Our Little Man: September 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Saying Goodbye

We have had to say goodbye to two of our neighbors in these last few weeks. Its sad that they were here to celebrate the birth of our little guy and have been around these last few months and now they are gone...and they might not see colton again until he's 'playing baseball' as jake says. The military introduces you to a lot of wonderful people, but only for a brief time. They were not just neighbors to us. They were our family and our support being so far away from Georgia or North Carolina. They made this housing feel like a home, our home. We used to look across the street and see Brady grilling and Rouger bounding over the fence. We used to be getting in the car to go to church and see BJ and Natalie as they waved to us and smiled so friendly. And now they are gone. We will miss them very much and so will colton. But we pray then one day out paths will cross again.

Brittany holding Colton

Brady, Brittany, and Colton

Everyone

the Rounds and the Alexanders

Natalie and Colton

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Update

I know we havent posted in awhile so we have a lot of updates. Colton went to his 2 month appointment about 2-3 weeks ago. He did very well with his shots. The doctor said he still had a small heart mummer and that he had only gained about 1 pound and 8 oz. I did not feel comfortable with that doctor because he was really short with me and really rude so we went to another doctor 3 days later. That doctor said he looks like a very healthy baby!! He said that he did not hear a heart mummer, which is wonderful news!! At that appointment he he was only up 1 pound 5 oz from birth weight (at 9 pounds 8 oz). He was in the 20th percentile for his weight and 25th percentile for his height. and 50% percentile for his head. That doctor recommended supplimenting some formula cause maybe i am not producing enough milk....well i guess he was right. On thursday (9/18/08) he weighed 10 1/2 pounds!!! He is getting to be such a chubby baby! he is also starting to smile a whole bunch! He loves it when you sing to him, make funny noises, and make funny faces.