Colson's 2 Week Well Baby Visit

I took Colson to his 2 week well baby visit today. Everything looks good.

Here are his stats:

Weight--7 lbs 14 ounces
(down 2oz from his birth weight but up 7oz from his 2 day visit)
20th percentile

Height--19 3/4 inches
(either my kid shrunk or someone didn't measure too accuratly because the hospital said he measured 20 1/2 inches when he was born)
15th percentile

Head Circumference--35cm
15th percentile

Colson is still a good sleeper, although he is alot more alert than Hannah ever was at this age. He will eat anywhere from 3-4 ounces at a time and during the day will go 3-4 hours between feedings and has gone as long as 5 hours between feedings at night. This mommy has no complaints! :o)

He has yet to reach his birth weight so I have to take him back in to the doctors next week to be weighed.
Then he has his 2 month appointment on April 19th.

2 Week Postpartum Doctor Visit

I had a follow-up doctors appointment today to check my blood pressure. After I had Colson my doctor took me off of the medication that I was on, so he wanted me to come back before the 6 week check-up just to monitor my blood pressure.

Well, it wasn't good news.
My blood pressure was 154/111.
I go back in a week to have it checked again. He is hoping it will go down and I can avoid the medication but if it doesn't go down by next week then I will have to go back on medication and he will refer me to a regular physician. Blah! I really hope it goes down!

However, I do have some good news from my appointment!
I have lost 23 pounds of the 38 that I gained during the pregnancy. YAY!
That means I have 15 pounds to go to get to my pre-pregnancy weight of 141. That's not too shabby. Although after I lose the 15 pounds, I would still like to lose another 15 pounds. I would love to be back around the 125 mark. It will take some work though... I haven't weighted 125 since college.


And I will leave you with a photo of my little man doing what he does best!

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is all I need to make my Valentine's Day extra special!

I hope you have an extra special Valentine's Day with your loves!

Colson's Newborn Photos

The fabulous Amy of Amy Straka Photography has outdone herself once again!

This past Friday Amy came to our home to take newborn photos of Colson, as well as some family photos of all four of us. She posted a sneak peak of some of the photos and I absolutely LOVE all of them! I can't wait to see the rest. I have no idea how I am ever going to narrow down my picks for the ones I am going to get printed.

Colson has a dimple on his left cheek, just like Hannah.

Hannah had little to no interest in getting her photo taken, but Amy managed to snap a few really good ones! I'm glad she was able to get a nice family photo of the four of us.

And in true Hannah fashion...

Amy,

We can't thank you enough for capturing such wonderful photos of our little family. We will cherish these photos for a long long time! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Play-doh

Ever since Hannah made cookies with grandma, she has been wanting to make cookies again. I think she really enjoyed playing with the cookie cutters. So the other day I whipped out my cookie cutters and the play-doh and let her go to town.