Wednesday, December 24, 2008

More Smiles

And another smiley video...

Cole Smiling

Captured some of Cole's recent smiling on tape...it's fun because he finally responds to us and likes to smile a lot!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Back in the game...

So we went to the doc today and Cole is weighing in at a whopping 11 pounds 11 ounces! He is spitting up a lot lately, but apparently it is not affecting him much...note the chubby cheeks :-)










We tried putting him in the Bumbo chair tonight and this is about how it went...then he cried and wanted us to take him out! We will try again when he can hold his head up a little more!










This is Cole's friend Chase. He is about two months older than Cole, so he will show him the ropes!











Cole hanging out with Daddy :-)
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Blogging Break

Wow, we certainly have taken a little break from blogging...we simply got caught up in being busy and lost track of things.  Since our last post much has remained the same except little Cole has been busy putting on weight.  Jen's parents came in two weeks ago to come see us and Cole (mostly him I'm sure), and we just saw them off this morning to head back to the States.  As always, it's great to see family and they seemed like they enjoyed relaxing and playing with their grandson.   Hopefully Chris' parents will get to meet him soon! 

While Kathy and Dave were here, our friend Tara took our pictures again and we thought we'd post a few for you all...



















Hope you guys like these photos!  Tara did such a great job taking them.  If you're looking for a photographer - she's great!

More updates to follow...hopefully we'll be more on top of things in the future and get more blogs out.

-Chris, Jen, & Cole

Monday, October 13, 2008

Cole Bath Time

Just a few pictures from Cole's first bath experience. He actually liked it more than we expected...!




 


 





Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The little liver that could...

This week has been chaotic but fun! We have been spending a part of each day at the hospital having Cole's bilirubin levels checked and the docs have been doing everything they can to keep us OUT of the hospital! We were already re-admitted on Saturday for more phototherapy, as his level was too high. We were given a "bili blanket" to take home and have had him on it as much as possible for the past 2 days. As of this morning, he is off the lights for 24 hours and we will see what his little liver will do by the morning! Keep your fingers crossed! This pic was on our way out of the hospital when we finally got to go home!




He is sooooo SMOOCHY! This is about an hour before he wakes up...for his night time party! So far he still thinks he is in utero and has stayed on that schedule! We are working on keeping him awake for a few minutes at a time during the day! So far, so good! At the rate we are going, he will be 5 by the time he sleeps through the night :-)










Sweet boy napping after staying awake for a whole 15 minutes during the day!! Yeah Cole!










Time with Daddy after a diaper change! Daddy is the expert diaper changer now and has been mastering using two wipes instead of three!


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Friday, October 3, 2008

Wee Baby Is Here! (4wks early!)


Well, I must say that the past week has been the most chaotic of my life. Despite being away for 3.5 weeks for training, I came home to one of the biggest surprises ever! Sunday we flew the jets back from Las Vegas (direct) in a 10 hour trek across the US, Canada, and the Atlantic. The flight went fine and Jen greeted me when we shut down to a great welcome home.

Turns out someone else was getting a welcome home soon thereafter as well! Today Jen and I were able to welcome home our newest addition to our family - Coletrane Otto Wee! Born 30 September at 4:19AM, Cole weighed in at a hefty 5lb, 15oz and 19 inches long.

Cole was a bit of a surprise to say the least. You see, he decided to show up 4 weeks early, and less than 48hrs after I returned from Las Vegas from Green Flag. One minute we (Jen & I) were talking about our plans for the weekend, and the next Jen was in labor!

The delivery went incredibly well, and both Jen and Cole are doing fabulous. Things went soooo fast - Jen started having contractions at 1:30, which I thought were just practice Braxton-Hicks contractions, and had Cole less than 3 hours later! We literally got in the hospital and Cole was born less than 45 minutes afterwards! Not even enough time for any sort of drugs. Jen did amazing...and I, well, felt useless watching her do all the work. But we made it through together so I guess that's what matters.

Fortunately everything was alright despite the shortened pregnancy and quick labor. The only issue was that Cole had jaundice, so we had to stay in the hospital for 3 extra days while he was under lights to help him rid his system of the biliruben (sp?) in his body. All went well, although it took a while for the doctors to be sure that we could take him home, which leads us to getting home today.


We now just made it home and are starting to recover from the trials of the week (not to mention a broken heater when we arrived back to the house). We feel so blessed to have things go so well for us, and are praying for continued good times ahead. Hope you enjoy the pictures from the first few hours after the delivery!
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Sunday, September 7, 2008

T. Lohse Photos



Hello, been a while (over a month!) since our last post so we thought we'd share some of the pictures from our photo shoot with our friend Tara. These are over a month old, so the belly is a LOT bigger, but we wanted to share them with everyone. Had a great time getting our pictures taken and hope to have Tara take them again, as she is an excellent photographer. Makes you feel very comfortable! Well, we hope you enjoy these!

































































































Sunday, July 27, 2008

Belly Pics - what else?!

Okay, more pictures to send out of the ever growing belly. We spent this weekend doing a few baby type things, went to a Red Cross baby class, got some pictures taken of us by our friend Tara (who is an excellent photographer by the way), and hung out. We'll post the pictures we get from Tara once they arrive, but here's a few from our own camera...as you can see, Jen is looking fabulous. The good news on top of that is she's feeling about the same as well!














So, there's your bi-weekly installment of belly pictures to keep you in the loop. Other than that, we're getting ready for me to leave for TDY (temp duty) to Las Vegas on and off over the next 2 months. I go for 3 weeks till Aug 25th, then back to England till 9 Sep, then back to Vegas until the 27th. It'll be a lot of back and forth (and air miles!), but at least I'll get to see Jen in between training there.


Little niece Zoe is going in for her surgury this Friday so please pray for a quick and safe recovery. We're sure that she's in good hands, and once those doctors give her back to Tom and Dani, everything will be back to perfect. I like this picture...bored with this stuff already...hopefully our kid is half as cute. :)


Well, we hope that the end of July is going as well for everyone else as it is for us! Take care and we hope to hear updates from you all soon!
Chris & Jen


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