August 16, 2008: A night of adventure!

Cormick and Benjamin: Best Buddies!

So, as mentioned before, our friends Ellen and Peter have a baby (Ben), who is 3 weeks younger than Cormick. We recently decided it would be brilliant to have a monthly date weekend where they watch our kid for an evening and we watch theirs on the other evening.

Last night was our turn for a date. We had an awesome time! We went out to a nice dinner and then played poker for a couple hours.
Tonight was their turn and ours to babysit. Benjamin and Cormick had a great time!!! (Actually, I don't think they are aware that the other one exists yet... but let's not get technical!) Here are a few snapshots of their wild evening...

"Whoa Ben! Calm down buddy!"

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Gettin' jiggy with it....

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Nothing wrong with a little hand holding...

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Musclemen

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The boys...

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"Whew... all this playing has worn me out!"

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Time to rally!

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"What the hell is she making us do now?"

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Whoa!!!!
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Best Friends Forever
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Not bedtime.... SAFARI time!

August 2008

3 Months Old

Posted on August 14th: So... I don't have much to post here yet as he just turned 3 months quite recently, but I had to post this terrible quality video of him rolling over! (Major accomplishment in life, I know!) He first rolled over a week or so ago, but I decided it didn't count because he wouldn't do it again. This video is of him rolling over for the 3rd time on August 12th. I had never seen it so I got a little excited and dropped the camera... luckily I get pull it together and capture this glorious act!

July 2008

2 Months Old

Sorry! The boy is growing so much! All I have are mostly just pics of him from this month!

He has gotten to be a big strong beast this month!

Things to tell about:

*Nicknames: Nubby, the Beast, Barfboy (still... but improving daily)

*Accomplishments: Laughs a lot, fantastic head lifting ability... (hmmm... that sounds kinda lame, but we find it exciting), weighed in at 13lbs on the dot and was 23 inches (I may need to double check that...) at his 2 month appointment, is getting much better at eating without being a complete nutcase (aka: much slower and more relaxed now instead of gulping like he may never eat again.)

At his two month check up the doctor told us that he should be recognizing his name by 4 months. This could be a problem as we pretty much have been calling him Nubby ALL the time. We will have to work on that!

Dan and I ran the Missoula Marathon RELAY with our good friends Ellen and Peter McKenzie on July 13th. It was glorious fun! We were dead last of the relay teams, but seeing as how Ellen and I had just had babies we consider it quite an accomplishment. I totally hurt my hip trying to train for it and the race didn't help the healing process.... by the end of the month, I could finally run again after letting my hip heal, but I am a huge slacker and have been pretty bad about it. Cormick loves the jogging stroller when I actually do get out! Actually, he just sleeps in it the whole time, but it looks like it would be great fun.

June 2008

1 Month Old

A lot happened during this month!

*Nicknames: Cute Bear, Nubby, Barfboy (due to that fact that he eats like a maniac and then spits up insane amounts constantly throughout the day!)

*Cormick decided it would be fun to go through a super crabby stage where he cried A LOT! It was great fun! Luckily it only lasted a few weeks.

*He also started losing his hair! I didn't really notice at first, but you can really see it in the pictures over the next month.

*Our friends Natasha and Mikey came to visit from Utah to meet Cormick and his best friend Benjamin McKenzie!

*Towards the end of June, Cormick started smiling and we even got a few laughs out of him! That made things far, far better.

*Unfortunately, my dad was diagnosed with colon cancer at the beginning of July. He had to have surgery to remove the cancer. It was a tough time for everyone. Cormick and I went to visit him for 2 weeks. In that time, we were all so thankful for all the support of friends and family! By the time we left he was looking and feeling much better. Although he will have to do chemo, his prognosis looks good.

*By the time we returned from Helena, Cormick had turned 2 months old!

May 2008

Cormick's 1st Month

Hmmm.... as I am doing this blog AFTER the fact let me think back and note what I remember from that first month at home with our little guy.

*Nicknames: Cute Bear, Cormickleton McPickleton, Corpickle.

*He SLEEPS a ton! ... but not necessarily for long periods of time. He would wake up about twice a night to eat during this time and about every hour or so during the day. I remember thinking I might go insane because all I did was sit around feeding the kid all day.

*Breastfeeding SUCKED this first month! We had all sorts of problems and I remember thinking we would never make it.

*He is HUGE! This would make sense as all he does is eat constantly... driving his mother crazy. We went to his first doctors appointment two days after we left the hospital and he had already passed his birth weight. They weighed him twice just to check it.

* I learned that it is best to pack up the little guy and get out of the house! We made a lot of random trips to Target just to go do something... Luckily, Cormicks best friend Benjamin Scott McKenzie was born on June 3! Now we have someone to go visit and play with!!! Yay!