Halloween... this is for you Nana

We promised Nana that we would take a picture of Parker in his Halloween outfit. I put this on him to go to our MOPS group. This is not his costume, he will be a tiger on the day of Halloween and of course I will take plenty of pics then! He will be all dressed up to greet the trick or treaters at the door. I'll be posting more pictures later! OH and we have to thank Aunt Jamie(mimi) for the pumpkin hat we LOVE IT and we LOVE YOU!!!

mommy loves to play with my long hair

I had to take some pictures of Parker after his bath this morning because he looked so dang cute with his hair spiked up. I love playing with his hair after a bath and he actually loves when we brush his hair. He hated baths at first but he actually is beginning to like them and doesn't cry at all during them anymore. Michael and I are doing great and getting the whole "parent" thing down pretty well. I am getting use to running on 5-6 hours of sleep and trying to take naps when he does BUT if you know my mom then you know how I am there is too much to be done around the house to nap. Overall life is wonderful and we are still thanking God for such a beautiful healthy baby boy.

2 week photo shoot

2 week appt

Parker had his two week appointment on Friday and is now weighing 10.5 lbs I guess mommy's milk is doing it's job. At his 3-5 baby check up he weighed 9.13 so he has gained quite a bit in the past week. I had to laugh at how big Parker looked compared to the other babies there for the two week baby appt. He looked HUGE. Our pediatrican said Parker looked great so we don't have to go back to the doc until he is two months old, for the dreaded shots YIKES! Nana and Papa leave on Monday to go back to Kansas City so that will be very sad. Papa couldn't wait to see Parker and hasn't stopped kissing on him since he got here on Friday. I have to say Michael and I have been SPOILED with Nana here, she has cooked, cleaned, and taken Parker in the morning so mommy can sleep for a few more hours. I can't thank her enough for everything she has done for us in the past three weeks. We will really miss her=( I have to say Michael has been AMAZING he is so involved, I can honestly say he has changed way more diapers than I have=) What a great daddy! Well I will post new pics soon.

5 days old

Here is Parker Gabriel Keenan at 5 days old. A lot of the swelling in his face has gone down, he is just so darn cute. Well at least mommy, daddy, and nana think so! We had a 3-5 baby check-up yesterday and he was weighing in at 9.14 so he hasn't lost too much weight. This did not surprise me because it feels like he is constantly attached to me wanting to nurse, we actually have to also feed him 2 oz of formula at each feeding to make him content. What can I say he is a big baby and LOVES to eat! His jaundice levels also came down quite a bit so he did not have to be readmitted to the hospital to be put under the lights, thank goodness. He has been sleeping great at night so far he gets up around 2-3 times a night to feed and once we change his diaper he usually is ready to fall back asleep. It has been great having Nana around because she will take him in the morning after I nurse which lets Michael and I sleep a little longer. What am I going to do when she leaves????=) Babies are truly a blessing from above=)