God Hears

From the time I was small, my mom taught me to pray about anything and everything. She told me that Jesus wants us to cry out to Him, no matter the size or silliness of our problems. This lesson played out in living color on Sunday. Brian and I decided to get family photos taken, so we made the appointment and got ourselves ready. As we were making the one hour trip to the mall, we decided to pray for our photo session. Those of you with little ones know what a fiasco getting photos can be. First you have to find coordinating outfits. Then you have get everyone cleaned, dressed, and out the door on time. In our case, we had to drive an hour, which is pretty sketchy with Daniel. Sometimes he does fine in the car, and sometimes he screams at the top of his lungs. We also had to coordinate his feedings, so that he was in a good mood for the photos, yet not spitting up on his outfit (or anything else for that matter). So, as you can see, this whole expedition required prayer. And God certainly answered our pleas! Daniel slept the whole way to the photo studio (answer #1). When we got the mall, we had 30 minutes to spare, so I decided to nurse him before going inside. He is always in the best mood when he has a full tummy (aren't we all), so we decided to risk the spitting up for the smiles. I nursed him in the backseat of the car without mishap, but when I was burping him, he filled his diaper. Maybe I should say over-filled, because we quickly realized that some leakage had occurred. Now, I was wearing my photo clothes, which included a white shirt and khaki pants. Any stain would have shown up clear as day. Daniel, on the other hand, was not wearing his photo clothes (praise the Lord!). Fortunately, we had planned to change him when we arrived. So, as delicately as possible, I passed Daniel from the back seat of our extremely small car to the front seat where there was a little more room to change him. Somehow, we managed to get his old outfit off, get him cleaned up (poop was on his back, foot, bottom, etc.), and get his diaper changed without getting anything on the car or ourselves. We made it to the photo studio with five minutes to spare, AND Daniel smiled for the pictures without spitting up. Now, is that an answered prayer or what?
Here is another photo (taken at home without any of the above hassle). This is his first day in short sleeves. What cute arms he has!

Daniel Update

Hi folks! I keep promising myself that I will update this blog weekly, but time certainly flies these days. Daniel had his well baby visit yesterday and received his first round of vaccines. He was supposed to get those shots about a month ago, but I kept finding reasons to postpone. I am not fond of people sticking my baby with needles, and I am even less fond of the possible reactions. However, we finally got them done, and Daniel did fine. Praise the Lord!!! He is currently in the 97th percentile for height and 90th percentile for weight. Can you believe that? Since I am only 5'4", I figured our kiddos would be on the short side. Perhaps not! Do we have a basketball player in our future?
In other news, Brian (and various family members we recruit) have been putting a fence around the back yard. Annie will be happy. Our poor dog has become low girl on the totem pole. Now she will at least have some room to play. Here is a photo we took several weeks ago. I came around the corner and was met with this sight. Brian had propped Daniel up against Annie. My first response was, "Get him off the dog! He just took a bath!" And then, I recovered and said, "Get the camera!" It certainly made for a great photo opportunity.

Two months old

Daniel is growing and changing every day. He is such a smiley little boy now. He even has begun cooing at us, which just melts my heart! His hair is growing in blond. Who would have thought that Brian would have a little blondie? Ha!
We are overcoming our exhaustion somewhat. Those first six weeks were tough. You are always told that new parents never get any sleep, but I guess it is hard to believe until you go through it. I learned you can go an entire month with only 2-3 hours of sleep per night. You are a zombie...but you can survive. Praise the Lord that we have our families nearby. They helped (and are still helping) tremendously!
I hope you enjoy these two photos. Daniel must be one of the most photographed babies ever. Now if I could just find time to scrapbook....

More Photos

Here are some new photos of our little one. He is six weeks old now!

Precious!

One Month Old!

Daniel turned one month old on Wednesday. In some ways, it feels like we just came home from the hospital. He is really doing very well. Just recently, he started giving us some genuine smiles. It just melts my heart! His favorites things to do are watching his Mickey Mouse doll and sitting in his swing. Daniel is struggling with some gas pain. His little face turns incredibly red, and he lets off some ear piercing screams. We are trying to find ways to ease his discomfort and calm his fussiness. If anyone has some helpful hints, please pass them along!
Here are two new photos...more will be coming soon

He has arrived!

Daniel Scott entered this world at 5:33 a.m. on February 5th! He weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. He has lots of light brown hair with golden highlights. His hands and feet were so big that they barely fit on the pre-cut cards for the birth certificate. Wow! Brian and I are overjoyed, yet exhausted. We came home from the hospital on Thursday evening and are developing our new routines. Daniel has been doing very well. We went to the doctor today, and he has already surpassed his birth weight after the initial loss. Now if we could just get him to sleep at night! He slumbers long periods during the day, but seems very alert when the sun goes down. Brian and I are just praying for sleep and enjoying this new little life God has created. He is our little miracle! We hope you enjoy the pictures.