Chubba-wubba

So, one of our only real struggles with Quinn has been his eating/weight gain. He has been struggling to reach the 5th percentile in weight throughout his short little life. But it's starting to look like we may be rounding the corner on that battle.

Here's the little man and his new favorite pastime.

No, he doesn't really feed himself (I'm too mess-phobic for that), but I think this captures the passion he has for food.

As further evidence (and just because they're AWESOME), check out the pictures of his fluffy belly at our photo shoot with Jamie last Friday. Finally, a little chub on my boy!

Quinn's Lucky Socks!

So, Quinn wore his lucky KU socks today (courtesy of Aunt Laura and Uncle Tim), and guess what?? They worked!! In one of the cruel ironies of life, Quinn, the only one in the house with lucky apparel, was forced to sleep through the entire game. Which, considering the volume of yelling, cheering, and general woo-hooing is the second miracle of the night.

Now, I've got 2 days to teach Seth the waving of the wheat, Rock Chalk, and all other applicable KU craziness so that I'm not the only one in our living room looking silly on Monday night. Plus, we have to get out the matching paci, t-shirt, ball cap, and bottle for the championship game. I'd better get busy!

Gottcha!

So, we had our 8 month (actually, 8 1/2 month) session with our awesome photographer, Jamie Miller today . Quinn, who is usually SO smiley, and did great for his 4 month session, was not so happy for this one. He did great for a while, but then he was just not his happy self. Could be because he woke up from his afternoon nap way early, or just because he wanted to show us that we can't take his smiles for granted.

Anyway, Jamie is great...we'll see how they turn out! Stay tuned for a sneak peek!

Cute update

Yes, he's still cute. Here's proof. Actually, I just wanted to post a more recent picture, for all of you keeping track. I'm going to try to get some video of some of Q's most recent achievements (most of them involve mouth noises), but in lieu of that, I figure we can't lose with a plain ol' pic.

Sunshine and Shadow

When we found out we were pregnant with Quinn, the first person I wanted to tell was my mom. But, I also wanted to do it in some sneaky-wonderful way that would totally surprise her. So, we waited 8 long weeks to give her a very special Christmas present - a "Grandmother" figurine. It took her about 10 seconds after she opened the box to put it together, and then we saw this face. And heard the giggling, and the crying, and the toe-tapping-Mom-dancing. Just the reaction I had been hoping for.

She had been waiting patiently for so long to be a grandma, and she was absolutely so excited. She changed all her computer passwords to "babyface" and called me every day to find out how "our" baby was doing. We planned the nursery and went shopping and pored over sonogram pictures together.

One year ago today was my mom's last day here on this earth. And of the lifetime of memories I have with her, this is the picture I hold in my mind. I miss her so much. And I miss her for Quinn. I wish she could sing to him and hold him and watch him grow.

But I think that Quinn has a lot of my mom in him. I see her in his sparkly blue eyes and his big baby smile...so much like my mom. So I sing him the songs that she sang to me, and I wish that she were here to sing them herself, and I'm thankful that she was my mom.

New Resolve

Okay. So, we're the world's worst bloggers. We read our friends' blogs and think... "How cool. How clever. How unlike us." So, we're going to try again. Especially for all our family who live far away and can't see the Q-man often.

The first evidence of this resolve is that I've actually made the effort to find out what our password is, and now I've looked into how to add pictures. And I think I can do it. Let's give it a try, shall we?
Wahoo! Success. I won't even tell you how long that took me, but it will get better. And now...isn't it worth it? You've seen our ray of sunshine (old pic, though), and I'm sure it's made your day more sunny. I know he makes mine sunny every day.

Okay. I'm worn out now. More later....promise!

Time flies...................Four Month Pictures!

Hi all! Well, maybe I should say you two 'cause that is probably the number of you checking this since I haven't updated it in two months! Anyway, Quinn got his 4 month pictures taken on Sunday. They turned out great! He is such a happy little guy. It is a joy to have him in our lives as he makes each day a little brighter. Here is the link to the pictures http://www.jamiemillerphotography.blogspot.com/. Note that there is a slideshow you can view!

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and the joy of the season finds you early this year!!

Love - Seth, Michelle, Quinn & Poppy