Before and After

Last belly shot pre-baby...I was 37 weeks and one day pregnant.

Here I am today, 6 weeks and 5 days postpartum...I'll do a bare belly shot tomorrow.  And here are a couple more pictures of Sully :)

Sweet sweet Sullivan

This week it has been so cold here!  Its been snowing almost everyday so far.  Being from Phoenix, this kind of weather is only experienced up in northern AZ.  Sooo basically I have been taking tons of pictures of Sully.  He has really started smiling when he's awake.  By the way nobody ever told me that babies smile and laugh in their dreams practically from birth.  Its one of my FAVORITE things!!   I also love when we hold hands while he's eating or when he's crying I reach for his hand and he gives it a tight squeeze and it helps him relax and calm down.  Yesterday I brought him in the bath with me and he loved it.  

He normally has a bath in his PUJ tub which has been so great for us and is so easy to use!  

This was after his first real bath since his umbilical cord had just fallen off.

I have also been loving my ergo carrier...thanks Kaysie!! I use it everyday to do household things like laundry and  dishes.  (This picture was from back in AZ)

Sleep...well I will do my best to describe how we achieve sleep at all and how much we get.  At night around 8pm we head to bed.  I lay Sullivan down on the bed on his side and then I scoot in and lay facing him on my side.  Then I breastfeed him until he falls asleep.  I have tried transferring him to his pack and play or crib but he always wakes up.  So instead he stays next to me all night and when he wakes up around 12, 3, and 5am I feed him again and change his diaper.  This sleeping arrangement is something that I know we will need to work on but for right now it works for us.  During the day he only naps from 8am until about 10am.  This has been the time where we maybe go to Barnes and Noble to look at magazines, or walk around Target, or pick up some groceries.  Then when he wakes up he is really awake until its 8 pm.  I do put him in the ergo...as I mentioned to do things and he usually will take about an hour nap or so.   

Well here are a couple cute pictures of our sweet sweet boy!

Have a great day!

~Megan

6 Weeks 1 Day

Sullivan is here! 6 weeks and 1 day late posting!

Here is Sullivan!

I have been a bad blogger...I am still in the process of writing Sullivan's birth story but it will eventually be done and posted.  Here are the basics.  Our little bundle was born on October 23rd and he weighed 8 pounds even.  He had a full head of dark hair!  I completely fell in love with him the moment I saw him.  He could wear newborn size diapers up until 4 weeks and then we had to switch to size one.  He weighed 11 pounds 2 ounces at his one month appointment.  As for me...all of my clothes fit and I am four pounds off of my pre-pregnancy weight.  I feel great!  I would like to get a little more muscle but other than that the post partum recovery has been great.  I am not on a diet or focused on losing those four pounds.  I just think the breast feeding is definitely helping.  Right now Sully has been sleeping in our bed with us.  I found that its the easiest way for us both to get the most sleep.  Feeding him belly to belly laying down makes it easy for him to fall back asleep when he's done.  I am going to make a serious effort to post something daily with pictures.

Shutterfly Christmas Cards!!

Its hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner.  Time has really flown by!  Now that Sullivan is here I am interested in making a Birth Announcement/Christmas Card for him and using Shutterfly.com is the solution.  They are giving away 50 cards for writing a blog post about them!  I have been looking through their designs and they really do look special and so custom.  Christmas is my favorite time of the year and this year is going to be especially wonderful with our little one with us to celebrate.  I plan to have my talented brother at http://illuminatedphoto.com/ take some amazing pictures of Sully and then incorporate them in a fresh design like this from http://www.shutterfly.com/ .  Here are some potential winners.


This one is so stylish and chic!

This one is perfect because it has three stockings...just like us!

Finally this one reminds me of the ocean and the beach and because of that I think it may be the one we choose.  I can't wait to make this our a part of our holiday tradition.

33 Weeks Belly Shot

Hooded Towel

Can't wait to wrap a clean baby in this towel I made!!!