Love,
Trent, Melody, and Camden
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Almost Christmas
Camden donned his Santa hat today in preparation for Christmas! Such a festive little guy!
I know I'm cute, but stop taking pictures of me, and pick me up, Mom!!!
I know I'm cute, but stop taking pictures of me, and pick me up, Mom!!!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Snowed In
Well... We were officially snowed in yesterday with what the media is calling the Colorado Holiday Blizzard of 2006. Trent spent the day clearing walks and driveways for neighbors and grandparents with his snowblower. Here are some pictures of our winter wonderland.
Our backyard
Melody by the front porch
Our street
Our across-the-street neighbors are going to have some fun digging out their car!
Trent by the drift on our back porch
But best of all, the sun came out yesterday afternoon after the storm was over.
And today is gorgeous... blue skies, melting snow, gleaming icicles hanging from the eaves... perfect weather for meeting the neighbors and helping each other dig out. (Except for Trent, who reported to work at his regular time this morning. Crazy, eh? Only in Denver.)
Our backyard
Melody by the front porch
Our street
Our across-the-street neighbors are going to have some fun digging out their car!
Trent by the drift on our back porch
But best of all, the sun came out yesterday afternoon after the storm was over.
And today is gorgeous... blue skies, melting snow, gleaming icicles hanging from the eaves... perfect weather for meeting the neighbors and helping each other dig out. (Except for Trent, who reported to work at his regular time this morning. Crazy, eh? Only in Denver.)
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Baby Boss
The "Baby Boss," as Trent calls him, has been nursing about every two hours around the clock for the last week and a half, and we finally understand why... Our little man has just had a major growth spurt. At his doctor's apointment yesterday, Camden weighed in at 9 lbs 2 1/2 oz! That means he's gained about a pound and a half in the mysterious last week and a half. Dr. Rich was very impressed and told Mom and Baby to keep up the good work.We're pretty sure that he's reaching the end of the feeding frenzy, as he's finally started sleeping longer stretches again. Whew! We're sure learning who rules the roost and makes the schedules around our house nowadays.
("Who me?" he says. "But look how cute and innocent I am!")
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Guess Who?
We came across a photo of Baby Trent 1 day after he came home from the hospital, and the resemblance to our little Camden is uncanny!
Check it out:
Baby
Trent
Baby
Camden
By the way... If you'll notice the date... Camden is a whole month old today!
Christmas is just a week away, and Melody finally finished making Camden's Christmas stocking.
That means we have 3 hanging this year.
Check it out:
Baby
Trent
Baby
Camden
By the way... If you'll notice the date... Camden is a whole month old today!
Christmas is just a week away, and Melody finally finished making Camden's Christmas stocking.
That means we have 3 hanging this year.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
2 Weeks Young
This past week, Camden had his 2-week visit with the doc, and he is doing awesome. Since his well baby visit, he's grown an inch and gained a pound, which means he's now up to 20 1/2 inches and 7 pounds, 12 ounces. He's healthy, happy, and doing great.
After his 10-day "vacation" to help out mom and new baby, Trent went back to work, but the boys still make time to hang out in the evenings.
Just in time for Trent to go back, Granmy Marie swooped in from Virginia to help out.
Camden loves his Granmy.
Melody is doing better and better every day and is healing well after her surgery. Here are some before/after shots:
Before (Camden's b-day)
After (2 weeks postpartum)
Even when he's asleep, Cam keeps tabs on his mommy and daddy. Here's his classic one-eye peek. The little squirt also loves to sleep with one or both of his hands over his head.
Wow! We can't believe it's December already! Trent convinced us to get bundled up and go check out some Christmas lights around town.
One of our family traditions is to drive downtown and see the City and County Building's Christmas display.
And, of course, our favorite Christmas gift is already here:
our little elf.
P.S. Trent finished the bathroom for us about 1 a.m. before we went to the hospital to have Camden -- we just forgot to put on the final picture. So, here it is! Doesn't it look awesome?! Trent is the man!
After his 10-day "vacation" to help out mom and new baby, Trent went back to work, but the boys still make time to hang out in the evenings.
Just in time for Trent to go back, Granmy Marie swooped in from Virginia to help out.
Camden loves his Granmy.
Melody is doing better and better every day and is healing well after her surgery. Here are some before/after shots:
Before (Camden's b-day)
After (2 weeks postpartum)
Even when he's asleep, Cam keeps tabs on his mommy and daddy. Here's his classic one-eye peek. The little squirt also loves to sleep with one or both of his hands over his head.
Wow! We can't believe it's December already! Trent convinced us to get bundled up and go check out some Christmas lights around town.
One of our family traditions is to drive downtown and see the City and County Building's Christmas display.
And, of course, our favorite Christmas gift is already here:
our little elf.
P.S. Trent finished the bathroom for us about 1 a.m. before we went to the hospital to have Camden -- we just forgot to put on the final picture. So, here it is! Doesn't it look awesome?! Trent is the man!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Bath Time!
The Friday after Thanksgiving marked Camden's 1 week birthday. Hooray! We decided to give our little man his first bath. We are still in sponge-bathing mode because his little umbilical cord hasn't fallen off yet, and we're not supposed to submerge it.
Hey, what am I getting into here?
This is cold!!! (Actually, it wasn't that cold. We heated up the bathroom to about 80 degrees before we started.)
Ahhhh... I'm diggin' on this hairwashing stuff. Thanks, Dad!
Mmmm... It's nice and warm in this fuzzy hoody towel Mommy made me. Now I'm happy.
Thanks for brushing my hair, Dad.
Allll cleeeean! Don't I look handsome? Mom thinks so.
Hey, what am I getting into here?
This is cold!!! (Actually, it wasn't that cold. We heated up the bathroom to about 80 degrees before we started.)
Ahhhh... I'm diggin' on this hairwashing stuff. Thanks, Dad!
Mmmm... It's nice and warm in this fuzzy hoody towel Mommy made me. Now I'm happy.
Thanks for brushing my hair, Dad.
Allll cleeeean! Don't I look handsome? Mom thinks so.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Hello, World!!!
Hi, everybody. My name is Camden Joshua Feist. Sorry it's taken me a while to let you guys know how things are going, but it's been a little bit of a crazy ride the last few days. It all began on Friday, Nov. 17...
Mommy and Daddy got up at 4:30 a.m. We had to report to the hospital at 5:30 a.m. for our 7:30 a.m. C-section. Mommy was very tired. She didn't sleep much the night before, because I think she was pretty excited to meet me.
At the hospital, Mommy and I had to put on a funny dress.
Then Daddy got into his cool blue outfit. It was almost time...
Daddy was excited to meet me, too. He did a great job comforting Mommy and making her feel less nervous about surgery. Right after this picture was taken, Daddy put on his face mask, pointed to Mommy's belly, started breathing like Darth Vader, and said, "I... am his father." That made Mommy laugh really hard.
Before anyone knew it, I was here. I was born at 8:05 a.m. I weighed 7 lbs., 4 1/2 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. I was pretty mad for a little while because I was cold! I still don't cry very much, except when I'm cold.
But then the nice hospital people bundled me up and took me to meet my Mommy for the first time. She was so happy to have me close! She couldn't believe that I had just been inside her, only a few moments before. And... I was finally warm, so I quieted down. She was happy, I was happy...
What can I say? Life was perfect at that moment.
After that, while they sewed Mommy up, Daddy and I went to the nursery, where I got a little check-up.
Finally, Daddy and I went to recovery, and Mommy got to hold me for the first time.
Then we checked in to our suite, where Mommy, Daddy and I stayed for the next few days. That's where we had our first family portrait taken. Here it is! (They made Mommy wear blankets on her head because her body temperature dipped for a little while and they had trouble bringing it up again. But we took the blanket off for this picture. Shhhhh... don't tell!)
We had a lot of good bonding time.
Daddy took lots of pictures of me. Sure, Dad, I'll pose for another one...
Daddy thinks I am pretty awesome.
And Mommy adores me.
Daddy thought it was pretty cool that the Flight for Life landing pad was part of our view. He would take me over to the window and say, "Look, Camden! That's a hel-i-cop-ter."
Daddy and I spent a lot of time in the hospital chillin'...
...and playing. I love the little Mickey that Mommy and Daddy bought me while they were at Disney a couple months ago.
But -- whew -- sometimes all that playing wore me out.
It takes a lot of energy to be so cute. Oh, by the way, here's a picture of me contentedly sucking on the paci they gave me at the hospital. I make faces when Mommy and Daddy try to give me anything other than this kind. It's my favorite.
Before I knew it, on Monday, Nov. 21, Mommy and I were getting ready to go home. I even got to wear a cool new outfit.
Don't I look adorable?
We had lots of stuff to take home with us. Daddy had to fill this cart twice to get everything down to the car.
I let everyone else do the hard work, while I snoozed in my new little seat. I didn't even put up a fuss when Daddy buckled me into it for the first time. I am such a good baby.
Here we are getting ready to get into the car. The nice valet people brought it right up to the front of the hospital.
Here I am getting ready to take my very first car ride. See me all tucked in the backseat? Mommy was excited to go home, too.
Finally, we got there: Home Sweet Home.
Here's my new little house that Mommy and Daddy have been working so hard to get ready for me!
Mommy and I were pretty exhausted from the trip, so we headed right in to bed. Mommy changed me into something a little warmer. It was a little bit big on me (My little legs only fit about halfway down the pants part), but I'm sure I will fit into 0-3 clothes soon. For now, I'm just wearing newborn and premie stuff. I'm just a little guy!
My talented Daddy figured out how to set up the camera so you could see a picture of all three of us on the day we got home. Aren't we a cute little family?
Mommy and Daddy got up at 4:30 a.m. We had to report to the hospital at 5:30 a.m. for our 7:30 a.m. C-section. Mommy was very tired. She didn't sleep much the night before, because I think she was pretty excited to meet me.
At the hospital, Mommy and I had to put on a funny dress.
Then Daddy got into his cool blue outfit. It was almost time...
Daddy was excited to meet me, too. He did a great job comforting Mommy and making her feel less nervous about surgery. Right after this picture was taken, Daddy put on his face mask, pointed to Mommy's belly, started breathing like Darth Vader, and said, "I... am his father." That made Mommy laugh really hard.
Before anyone knew it, I was here. I was born at 8:05 a.m. I weighed 7 lbs., 4 1/2 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. I was pretty mad for a little while because I was cold! I still don't cry very much, except when I'm cold.
But then the nice hospital people bundled me up and took me to meet my Mommy for the first time. She was so happy to have me close! She couldn't believe that I had just been inside her, only a few moments before. And... I was finally warm, so I quieted down. She was happy, I was happy...
What can I say? Life was perfect at that moment.
After that, while they sewed Mommy up, Daddy and I went to the nursery, where I got a little check-up.
Finally, Daddy and I went to recovery, and Mommy got to hold me for the first time.
Then we checked in to our suite, where Mommy, Daddy and I stayed for the next few days. That's where we had our first family portrait taken. Here it is! (They made Mommy wear blankets on her head because her body temperature dipped for a little while and they had trouble bringing it up again. But we took the blanket off for this picture. Shhhhh... don't tell!)
We had a lot of good bonding time.
Daddy took lots of pictures of me. Sure, Dad, I'll pose for another one...
Daddy thinks I am pretty awesome.
And Mommy adores me.
Daddy thought it was pretty cool that the Flight for Life landing pad was part of our view. He would take me over to the window and say, "Look, Camden! That's a hel-i-cop-ter."
Daddy and I spent a lot of time in the hospital chillin'...
...and playing. I love the little Mickey that Mommy and Daddy bought me while they were at Disney a couple months ago.
But -- whew -- sometimes all that playing wore me out.
It takes a lot of energy to be so cute. Oh, by the way, here's a picture of me contentedly sucking on the paci they gave me at the hospital. I make faces when Mommy and Daddy try to give me anything other than this kind. It's my favorite.
Before I knew it, on Monday, Nov. 21, Mommy and I were getting ready to go home. I even got to wear a cool new outfit.
Don't I look adorable?
We had lots of stuff to take home with us. Daddy had to fill this cart twice to get everything down to the car.
I let everyone else do the hard work, while I snoozed in my new little seat. I didn't even put up a fuss when Daddy buckled me into it for the first time. I am such a good baby.
Here we are getting ready to get into the car. The nice valet people brought it right up to the front of the hospital.
Here I am getting ready to take my very first car ride. See me all tucked in the backseat? Mommy was excited to go home, too.
Finally, we got there: Home Sweet Home.
Here's my new little house that Mommy and Daddy have been working so hard to get ready for me!
Mommy and I were pretty exhausted from the trip, so we headed right in to bed. Mommy changed me into something a little warmer. It was a little bit big on me (My little legs only fit about halfway down the pants part), but I'm sure I will fit into 0-3 clothes soon. For now, I'm just wearing newborn and premie stuff. I'm just a little guy!
My talented Daddy figured out how to set up the camera so you could see a picture of all three of us on the day we got home. Aren't we a cute little family?
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