1 week old

Sweet Foster is one week old today (Tuesday.)  I can’t believe he’s been with us for a whole week!

I fall in love with him a little bit more every day.

We went to our first Pediatrician appointment on Monday and everything checked out great… the only issue we are dealing with is a slight tongue-tie or “heart shaped tongue.”  He was very tongue-tied at birth and luckily a lactation consultant noticed it in the hospital and recommended that we have a Dr. there clip his frenulum (this is the piece of tissue that attaches the tongue to the floor of the mouth.)  We had an ENT clip it  when he was 2 days old while we were still in the hospital.  Our Pediatrician said that his frenulum is still pretty tight but he did not recommend cutting it further.  He thinks that he will learn to nurse correctly over time so we are going to be patient with that. :) 

He was 8 pounds 4 ounces today, just 3 ounces away from his birth weight.  He really likes to eat!

So far (I am SO hesitant to say this) he such an easy going, laid back baby.  I love the few times a day when he is awake for 20 minutes or so after a feeding.  I just gaze into his sweet eyes and thank God for the blessing that he is.

Here are a few pics of our one week old little boy.

Relaxing Weekend and Cousin Bonding

This weekend Robin’s sister, Crystal, and brother-in-law, Tommy, brought their 3 1/2 month old son Zane on his first trip to Tulsa for a little bit of “cousin bonding!”

It was a great weekend of football watching and R & R for all of us.  Zane is an adorable baby- we couldn’t believe how much he’d grown since the last time we saw him.

Here are some pictures from our weekend.

 

Aunt Crystal holding Foster:

 

Uncle Tommy holding Foster:

 

Male bonding: Tommy, Robin, Foster, Brandon:

 

Zane and Foster (Zane was a very good sport!):

 

All 3 cousins: Zane, Foster, and Emma

(Lylah Belle will be here around New Year’s!)

 

We just happened to have the same onesie for the boys so we put them in the same outfit for a picture:

 

The dads with their kids:

 

… then Emma said, “I want a picture with the mommies!”… so we obliged: 

 

Robin wants Foster to have an appreciation for Tony Romo early in life:

Foster’s First Few Days at Home

 

Koby and Emma looking at each other saying, “What do we do with this new guy?”

 

Emma reaching out to hold Foster for the first time:

 

We gave Foster a mini sponge bath the first night he was home- Emma was a great helper!:

 

“His eyes are open, quick take a picture!"

 

Uncle Brandon feeding Foster a bottle:

 

Big Sister Emma holding Foster again:

 

 

Foster’s first OU game- Unfortunately his hat and burp cloth did not bring us much good luck.  Better luck next weekend!

 

Big Sister Emma and Foster:

More Hospital Pictures

We were in the hospital from Tuesday-Thursday.  Overall, I will say that this hospital experience was much better than our previous experience when Emma was born.  We were able to relax more, we felt more confident taking caring of a newborn, and we had great nurses. 

Here are a random assortment of pictures that we took of Foster while in the hospital:

 

Picture taken by the hospital:

 

Foster’s Pouty Lip (Emma made this same face when she was a newborn!):

 

 

 

Leaving the hospital…