Baths and Shoes

We gave StoneMason his first REAL (not sponge) bath the other day. In a nutshell... he HATED hit. Hated it. Hated it. We didn't take pictures during, but here are some from after. (Sorry they're not all rotated the right way...)

On a happier note, we tried on the shoes Aunt Ann made him! That's right.. MADE. They're way cute with cars on them (but if you hold them upside down the cars kinda look like frogs...). She even put traction on the bottom- though it might take a while till that comes in handy! Thanks sis!

Behold the power of... the swing!

As a new mom I'm trying to learn just what it is this little guy wants. Normally all he wants is food, or to go back to sleep. Well, we made a break-through yesterday. 1- he held onto a binki longer than 45 seconds, and 2- he fell asleep on his own. All thanks to... THE SWING.

*NOTE: see the little arm that is - as always-trying to break out of his swaddle. Drake and I think kids shouldn't get hands until they're older and can controll them.

He's Here!

First, I can take no credit for the neat slideshow below. Our wonderful neighbor took all the pictures and put it together! Thank you!
We thought we'd put up some stats about "StoneMason":
Born: about 4 am March 1st. Sadly- he missed leap year day by a few hours.
Weight: 6 pounds 13 ounces
Length: 19 1/2 inches
Hair? Yep- some dark stuff
Other: he has incredibly long feet and big palms too!! He has some big shoes to grow into!
I'm not sure what other "typical" questions there are. Those have been the most common as of yet. All in all, he's a great baby. He doesn't cry much at all. In fact, he doesn't DO much of anything except for sleep. He even prefers sleeping over eating! He's darling and I think he looks a lot like Drake, but I guess we'll see won't we.

The Little Stone Mason