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Halloween 2012

While I was unsure if I was going to buy Adam a costume for halloween or not, my mom decided that she was going to pick one up.  She found a very cute Superman costume that fit him perfectly!  Our adventure for the day started out with a Halloween trip to Derek's office to show off Adam's costume!  We picked up Chipotle for lunch and Caribou coffee, and then brought some back for Jerry.  While we were sitting in Jerry's office chatting, Adam had a serious diaper blow-out!  You could hear it loud and clear.  It was so bad that it went all the way up the back of his Superman outfit!  Haha.... not the first outfit that has been destroyed by the pooper king!  

After our adventure at the office, we went to Grandma & Grandpa Kelley's house to wash Adam's outfit and play so that I could get some studying done.  We had some fun and played on the floor.  Adam is very smiley and fun to play with now, so he spent some time playing on the floor with Grandma and reading stories.  Then it was back home to be ready for the trick-or-treat kids in the neighborhood.  We had lots of adorable kids come to the door all dressed up and got to meet some of our neighbors that we have yet to introduce ourselves to.  Grandma Johnson also came to visit so that she could see Adam's costume.  We enjoyed Adam's first Halloween all cuddled up in the house.  I am sure next year will be a different story!

 

 
 
 

First trip to the Pumpkin Patch 10/27/12

IT has been a very long time since I last blogged.... partially because Adam is a busy guy, but also because I have been studying for my Step 2 medical exam and I finally have that finished.... so now it is time to catch up on blogs from the last 6 weeks!  Here goes....

We went on Adam's first trip to the pumpkin patch on 10/27/12.  A couple of years ago, we decided that it would be fun to start a tradition of going to the pumpkin patch with Russ, Krissy, Trevor and Gwen.  I always had a tradition of going every year with my parents, so I wanted to start something like that with our family.  It just so happened that the weekend we decided to go was the coldest one yet this year.... not super exciting... but we went anyway, all bundled up!  Adam slept most of the time, but we got to take him through the corn maze and on the hay ride, so that was fun.  We also got the delicious apple cider and mini donuts.. yum!  Then it was time to play and pick out pumpkins!  Gwen and Trevor had a good time trying to find the most perfect and biggest pumpkins they could.  Russ and Krissy had commented on only being able to get a pumpkin the kids could carry... which made it even funnier as Trevor tried to lug the heaviest/biggest pumpkins over to show he could do it!  We had a blast!  It was nice to finally have a pumpkin on the porch for halloween.

 

     

10/17/12 - Adam at 6 weeks

Adam is now 6 weeks old.  It is incredible how quickly he is changing!  Over the past week, I have started to see how much he is growing, starting with him growing out of his newborn sized clothing!  This was slightly sad for me at first, but I am coming to enjoy the other changes that have accompanied this growth spurt.  First of all, Adam has been much more alert and playful during the days.  He is now laughing and smiling while you are talking to him occasionally, instead of just while he was sleeping like he did before.  Also, his vision has gotten much more clear.  He will now follow you across the room with his eyes, and can much more easily spot his dad when he comes home!  It is nice to know that he sees and hears us without being a foot from his face.  He still does the snort when he cries, but he has perfected the scolding cry!  He very rarely cries producing tears, instead, he finds it much more fruitful to hollar at you.  I will have to video-tape it because it is hard to describe this scolding cry, but it surely makes us laugh!

Yesterday, Auntie Krissy was up to visit so that I could get some stuff done.  This is a wonderful gift that Krissy has given me, as I look forward to a few hours of getting showered, or cleaning the house, or even just sitting down to visit with her!  Since Adam has been much more playful and okay with being on the floor without crying after 5 minutes, we decided to open up his baby einstein play gym.  He LOVED it!  He layed on the floor watching the light-up star above him and staring at himself in the mirror for at least an hour and a half!  I thought maybe he would get bored, but he didn't!  He loved it so much that I put him down on the floor to play several more times during the day.  He was awake most of the day because of this, and slept 7 hours without eating last night!  I am hoping we are on to a new trend!  I loved my extra sleep, and even felt rested enough to get on the computer and blog this morning before 10AM!

Today, Adam had his first set of social smiles.  Derek was talking to him and he just started smiling and laughing at him.  It was so cute!  I hope we get to see more smiles in the coming weeks!  He is so fun!

 

 
I am supposed to be studying for my Step 2 of the medical boards, but it is awfully hard to do when all I really want to do is watch Adam!  It seems like he is doing something new every day!  Now to get ready for Halloween.... we still have no pumpkins and have not got to the orchard yet!  Lots to do!!

Adam is 1 month!

10/5/2012


It is hard to believe that it has been a month since baby Adam was born!  It is also hard to believe that I have not posted on his blog since then!  I guess I have been enjoying cuddling with him as much as possible, which means not having both hands available for typing!  Oh, to recap the past month!

Well, I will just go over some of my favorite things that Adam has been doing.

1.  Adam has decided that he loves bath time.  Derek installed a heat fan in the middle bathroom, which Adam loves! He rarely cries in the tub, and seems to just enjoy being toasty warm!

2.  Adam has this adorable snort when he gets really upset.  As much as we hate seeing him cry, it is hard not to smile at how adorable his tiny cry and snort sound!

3.  He loves being cuddled up to his Dad in the morning.  He seems to know exactly when 7:30 AM rolls around, and he will cry to get out of his basinet, but then will stop crying and go back to sleep the second he is cuddled into the crook of dad's arm.  The two of the will rest together until dad has to get up to go to work.  I love waking up to the two of them all cuddled in!

4.  Adam rolled over from his tummy to his back for the first time on September 29th.  He got himself so frustrated with his little fists all balled up, and pushed himself right over.  He seemed to surprise himself.  He has done in twice since then, which seems to be incredibly early to be rolling on his own.  I guess I should be prepared for this strong little guy to be on the move early!

5.  Adam has found his thumb!  He has not quite gotten the understanding of balling up the rest of of his fingers so that they don't end up in his face yet!  So now,  he sucks his thumb with all of his fingers up in his face near his eyes and nose, and occasionally scratches himself when he tries to move his hand.

As for sleeping, Adam does pretty good, usually 4-6 hours at a time.  Can't complain about that! :-)  He is definitely an easy-going baby!

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Adam Brennan Johnson - On the day you were born

Adam, we were so glad to welcome you into the world!

At 12:12 AM on September 3rd, Labor Day, 2012, our little baby boy was born.  You came out looking just like your dad!  The nurses placed you on my chest and Derek cut the umbilical cord, which the doctor said was one of the thickest cords she has seen!  Apparently you were well fed and protected in the womb!  When the nurses took you over to the warmer to dry you off and weigh you, dad went with you and Grandma Kelley video taped.  You cried twice, and then once dad started talking to you, you immediately stopped crying and just looked right at him like you knew exactly who he was!  It was amazing!  We decided that you looked just like the Adam that I envisioned in my dreams, as you looked identical to Derek with even a full head of hair!   So you were named Adam Brennan Johnson, weighed 6 lb. 13 ounces and was 20" long.  Adam was given to you because it is your dad's middle name, and Brennan is Grandma Kelley's maiden name, so you got two family names!  I remember having a dream early on in the pregnancy about you being Adam Brennan and looking just like your dad.  I never realized that this would really be coming true!

I can't tell you the emotions that encompassed me the second you were born.  I was immediately a mom, and so excited to just watch you!  Our families came in after the delivery so that everyone got a chance to hold you, except Aunt Tracy, who was still in Boston working.  Everyone was amazed at how much hair you had and how absolutely perfect you were.  Of course we got lots of pictures and some video of everyone holding you.  Then it was time for everyone to go home and for us to get some rest.  We finally got upstairs to the Postpartum floor at 3AM.  The nurses asked us if we wanted them to take you to the newborn nursery to get your bath and so we could get some rest.  Dad was so exhausted that he was okay with that, but there was no way that I was going to let them take you out of our room, even if it meant me not sleeping at all that night!  I really didn't want to miss your first bath and I really just wanted to watch you all night long because you were so beautiful and I felt like I was still in a dream!  So you stayed in the room with dad and me, and actually you slept great.  You got up twice to eat, but otherwise slept in the little bassinet right next to my bed.  It felt like I maybe got a few hours of sleep, because I just kept watching you lay in your bassinet playing with your hands up by your face, yet I didn't feel tired.

Once morning came, we started getting visitors, starting with Uncle Russ, Aunt Krissy, and your cousins Trevor and Gwen.  Trevor and Gwen were very excited to hold you, so Russ had to set the timer so that they each got time to hold you!  Then Grandma Johnson and Aunt Amy came to visit you.  They were able to stay for your first bath, so we all enjoyed watching how you reacted to it!  At first, you cried the second we got you undressed and started getting you wet.  Since it was a sponge-bath, they did not submerse you in the water until they rinsed you off in a little tub, then you calmed right down and seemed to like it!  We got some footprints and then cuddled with Grandma Johnson and Amy for a little while.  Grandma and Grandpa Kelley came to visit in the afternoon.  You were wide awake and seemed to be watching everyone and figuring out what was going on around you.  We sat around most of the day talking about how cute you were and how we could not believe that you were finally here!  The pediatrician stopped by to see you also in the afternoon, and was amazed to see how absolutely perfect your skin was and was in disbelief at the fact that you really had no jaundice.  Dad and I spent another night with you in the hospital.  This time we slept a little more, but you did really well overnight, waking up just to eat every few hours.