Sun Valley!

A couple of weeks ago we finally got away for a few days.  We went to Sun Valley, Idaho with Brady's family.  It felt like we hadn't been on vacation in forever!  It was Korvy's first trip, and I was a little nervous about how it would all go, but he was a champ! He slept perfectly on the car ride to and from Idaho, and slept through the night the whole time we were there!  Perhaps we need to move there...maybe that would do the trick permanently! 

We had lot's of fun swimming, shopping, eating, and just relaxing with family.  Here's a few pics of our annual Sun Valley vaca!

Going out on the town!

 Out to dinner in my handsome new shirt!  I know it's not proper etiquette to go without shoes to a restaurant...but I just never can seem to keep them on!

Having a bath in the sink!  Believe it or not, this is a first, because I have my own big bath at home!

 Chillin' with Grandpa

Having a snooze!

Playing with the cousins...and keeping mom on her toys trying to save me from Mykah's "kisses"-aka licking and grabbing my face!

Great Nanna getting sticks for Mykah and Crew...poor Mykah got wacked!

Loving life!

2 Months Old!

I can't believe my little bub is 10 weeks old today!  This post is a tad late, but hey! What else is new?!  We just had his 2 month appointment, and here are his stats:

24" long...75 percentile for length
10.2 lbs...10 percentile for weight

He's definitely a long and skinny!  The doctor also gave him some medicine for acid reflux because he spits up...well...more like throws up like crazy.  Poor little bub!  I can't really tell if it's working or not, but we'll see.  At least he's starting to be a happy baby!  For the first few weeks he was super collicy, and if he was awake he was screaming.  However, thanks to my sister-in-law/personal nurse who suggested giving him Culturel, he seems to have calmed down a ton, and is now smiling, cooing, and occasionally giving me a full on laugh!  For those of you who have collic babies, that stuff is like a miracle drug!

So that's a little of Korvy at 2 months!  Time is flying by and I'm loving every second of it!

Korvin's Newborn Pics

I am so behind!  You thought I was a bad blogger before...add a child to the mix and all free time pretty much just goes out the window!  Anyway, now that Korvin is almost 9 weeks old, I guess it's about time I posted his newborn pictures. Ha!  Here are a few of my favorites...

I'll try to add some more updated ones soon, but for now I must go to bed so that I can wake up for Swiss Days! Wahoo!

Korvin's Nursery

I should've done this post forever ago, but I kept waiting for some last-minute touches that honestly didn't get finished until the night before I went into labor! Nothing like waiting until the last minute! Ha! Anyway, I'm finally posting pics of Korvin's nursery!  It was quite the project.  It was pretty much a blank slate, so we had to start from scratch.  I found a picture online of the type of wood design I wanted in the room, and Brady & my dad didn't think it'd be a problem.  Like most projects, however, it was much more than they bargained for!  They had to rip out the baseboards and create new ones, cut all of the slats out individually, and basically put up a faux wall of solid wooden sheets to cover up the texture so that the slats could lay evenly! But their hard work paid off, because it turned out exactly how I envisioned it.  Next came the paint, which was pretty nerve-wracking, because not only did the entire thing have to be painted, including the wood, but the colors were pretty bold!  We decided to have a guy come and paint it for us to save us a few headaches, and he did an awesome job!  Then, it was time for decorating! Yay!  We got our furniture at USA Baby, Nanna & Grandpa Thorn gave us the rocking chair, and Nanna made all of the bedding, plus the window valance.  What did I do you might ask?  Well, I guess I was the supervisor! :0) I'm so happy with the way it turned out.  I still need to come up with something to put above the crib, but I haven't been able to decide on what yet, and once we get Korvin's newborn pics I'll put some of those in there as well.  Anyway, enough rambling!  Here it is! :0)

More of Korvy!

Wow! I can't believe how fast time flies! My little bub is 3 weeks old already!  We have been having so much fun together.  It's amazing how such a little person can bring so much joy to your life, and make so many other things in life seem so unimportant.  I'll admit motherhood has been much busier than I thought! It's crazy how everyday it seems like by the time I'm finally ready, picked up my house, and maybe done a load of laundry if I'm lucky, it's time for bed! The little man definitely keeps me hopping, but I can't imagine a better way to spend the day! I only hope I can figure out how to fit work and school in there again!

Anyway, Korvin is growing and developing just fabulously.  He was back up to his exact birth weight at his 2 week appointment, and everything looked perfect.  He's also started sleeping pretty good, thanks to the advice of our fabulous pediatrician.  The first two weeks he was waking up every 3 hours, and would sometimes eat for 1-1.5 hours!  However, our doctor told us to make sure he is eating every 3 hours exactly during the day, and to cut down feeding time to 20-25 minutes, because apparently after that they are using up more calories than they're getting.  So now after his bedtime feeding he'll sleep for about 6 hours, eat, then sleep for about another 4 before getting back on his "every 3 hours" schedule.  It's really nice that he's actually eating so well now though.  In the hospital, it was completely traumatizing trying to figure out nursing.  We tried everything, and he would hardly eat.  It wasn't until the day before we went home that one of the nurses noticed he was tongue tied.  The poor little man couldn't lift his tongue at all, which was making it impossible for him to nurse.  So the morning before we left our pediatrician clipped his tongue, and he's done wonderfully ever since.  I've decided that nursing is way more time-consuming and exhausting than I ever thought it'd be, but I'm glad that he can actually do it now since I know it's the best thing for him.

I guess those are the latest updates!  Not that anyone wanted to know all that, but I like to keep a record for myself. :0) So for the fun part!  Here are a few more pics of our little guy during these past 3 weeks!

Napping with Grandpa

 

Rocking with Aunt Madi...and Axel of course!












Ready for the 24th of July!

 

Meeting Great Grandpa Thorn

Rocking with Nanna at the cabin

 Snuggling with Grandpa Thorn