One Week Old - First Bath

Dean got his First Bath at home with mommy and daddy at one week old. He didn't mind it one bit! I just love this bath sling Grammy bought us. It is perforated and can sit in the bath or on top of the sink, which was good for my sore back.

He just wanted to suck on his fist the whole time

More Firsts - First Day Home

Dean's first day home followed his First Car Ride

 

When home he got to meet some other family for the First time!

Like his First Cousin Ella

Here is his First Morning at home!We had tried to swaddle him with a blanket, but he kept escaping all night.

 So the next night he had his First Night in his Swaddler blanket. Even though we didn't quite have it on good in this picture, these things work miracles! He slept so good, we went out and bought three more the next day.

Firsts - First Day

I thought I'd better start blogging about Dean before I get too behind. To cover what I've missed blogging, I am going to start a series of Dean's firsts. So here goes for Dean's First Day!

Here is Dean's First Picture taken by his Daddy during is First Cry on his First Day in this world! This is how I remember my First Sight of him. I just remember thinking how big his mouth was!

Here is his First Weigh, weighing at a whopping 10lbs 3oz. He was also 20.5 inches long. And the day before we were told the estimated weight was 9lbs 7oz. I thought they were off, but didn't realize they were off in the heavier direction!

Here is the First Time Dad!

That's one proud Daddy!

Here Dean is being held for the First time by:

His Grammy

His G-Paw

 

His MiMi

 His Aunt Lindsey

His First Cousins, Chloe and Preslee.

Right after this was taken Preslee not so gently patted Dean on the head. He didn't mind though. :) These girls love some baby Dean!

 Well that was the First Day. Oh, I guess I should post his First Picture with Mommy!

I couldn't love him more!

More firsts to be posted shortly!

Getting Closer

I am now in my third trimester at 28 weeks, and am feeling great, minus the fact that my doctor made me cut back on sweets since my glucose test, which got totally botched up by the GLH, came back with a borderline bad result. Even though she is telling me to watch my weight gain, I am kinda thankful she is because I always said I didn't want to be one who gains a ton of weight during pregnancy. I have actually lost a couple of pounds since I started cutting back, so hopefully the baby won't be too large and the doc will be pleased.

Since I have posted this yet, we are having a boy and his name will be Dean Cecil Sullivan. We just both liked the name Dean when we were talking names, and it stuck in our heads. My sweet papaw, mom's dad,  has the name Cecil and we wanted to name our little guy after him. As a plus he will share his daddy's initials.

Since the time is winding down, I have been getting more into the nursery decoration process.  While I was gone to Boston for training for my new job, my mom, sister, and husband painted the nursery for me. I am so grateful that I didn't have to do that. I went with Gray Matters by Sherwin Williams because I want all my accessories and fabrics to bring the color into the room. In this pick is my old gumball machine. I thought it was the perfect thing in here since it was vintage and had the bright color.

 I have bought and received a few vintage toys for the room. The blocks where my first purchase for Dean, which came with the other two wooden toys, and my mom bought her first gift to Dean being the tin spin toy.

We have gotten three jenny lind baby beds, two from my mom-in-law, and one from an abandoned storage unit when my sis was pregnant. With three we were able to come up with enough parts to make a bed. Now we just have to buy the mattress. This is a pic before I paint it and minus the springs.

I have also ordered fabric samples for the bedding, so I can go ahead pick that out for my mom to get started. My mom is graciously going to make the crib bedding, and I have purchased a couple of quilt and sham sets for the twin bed in the room. I bought two because I wasn't sure if the red or green would go better and they were on sale for $27 at target. I couldn't pass up the bargain. I will return one once I decided. These are the quilts I bought.

My awesome hubby also took down the old dingy blinds and bought new vinyl faux wood blinds like we have in the living room without me even asking. I got to see his frustrations putting them up though. Drilling into the woodwork is a pain. Here he is hard at work.

I will try to get better at updating my blog now that lots of things are a changing. So until next time...