Four Weeks

I did not do monthly updates routinely with Nathan, but I am going to try my hardest to do so with Wade :)

Four short weeks ago our family expanded to include this precious little guy!

We are still in that newborn phase, not much going on besides eating, sleeping, and diaper changing.  We are anxiously awaiting the first smile. He was 9 lb 7 oz last Friday at the clinic, so I suspect we are about 10 lbs now.  He continues to be a happy, contented baby - we are so blessed!

He wakes up about 2-3 times a night still, but goes right back down - usually snuggled in between Trace and I...

  

Nathan is such a good big brother,  he says, "Kiss?!?" and smooches him sweetly on the head multiple times daily. 

Stay tuned for some hilarious brother pictures tomorrow!

Recipe: Nanny Puddy

That is how Nathan says it, it is so cute...  

I am about to provide the BEST no-cook Banana Pudding recipe.  And it is so super easy, it is a must try.  This recipe comes from a little cookbook that my grandmother-in-law gave one Christmas.  It is a small spiral-bound fundraiser cookbook entitled Seasoned With Love:  Kure for Kamryn. 

Makes a huge amount, so this is a great recipe for potlucks or last minute get-togethers. 

Ingredients:

Bananas
Vanilla wafers
1can sweetened condensed milk
1 tub cool whip
8 oz sour cream
1 1/2 c milk
1 small package vanilla pudding
1 T vanilla

Mix pudding and milk together in a large bowl.  Add sweet condensed milk, cool whip, sour cream, and vanilla.

Layer in a bowl (or 9 x 13 pan) wafers, bananas, and pudding mixture.  Repeat layers and top with crushed wafers, if desired.

I have made this low-fat and full fat - great anyway you mix it.  This past time I used french vanilla cool whip and omitted the vanilla.  Crazy good, people, please try it!

Newsery

Or new nursery...

So I played around with the layout this weekend and am happy with the results.  I have some picture hanging to do still.  I love our old house, but storage space is one area where we are lacking in a big way.  Ignore the storage totes, please.

Big Boy Bed

With the arrival of baby number two, we had to decide what to do about sleeping arrangements...Nathan loves his crib, but has started trying to crawl out, with one successful attempt thus far.  Wade will be in our room for awhile, but something had to be figured out. 

I really did not want to purchase another crib, so we started looking at toddler beds.  We found one we liked that was low to the ground and had good reviews.  We thought about ordering it, then Trace, my uber-talented husband, decided he could build one.  The result is so cute, and while Nathan is still not really ready, we have it in the room, and he is interested in it, so that is a start!

Trace in the workshop.

Nathan moving a large plank of wood - if you look close you can see his bulging muscles on the Popeye shirt!

Working it with the nail gun.

Wade testing it out in the living room.

Nathan's first peek at the finished product.

In the room - we still need to do some rearranging, I will post pics of the full room when we figure it out.

Two Weeks

Our Wade is 2 weeks old today!!

Arrival and Brothers

We have been home for two days now and things are going great...Wade has been such a good baby thus far.  He is quiet, sleeps great at night, and is just so sweet.  Nathan is also doing wonderful - he was a little rough on Saturday when we first came home, but since has been so good.  He is very concerned when he cries, wonders where he is first thing when he wakes up.  I would not say he is jealous, but there are times when he wants whoever has Wade. 

Now that we have two boys, I always think of the movie Tommy Boy...When Chris Farley meets his Rob Lowe he says, "Brothers don't shake hands, brothers have to hug!"  That is what I think of with my boys! 

Here are a couple of pictures of the boys.

 

Welcome to the World

So, he has arrived!!  Douglas Wade made his debut August, 19th at 9:38 am.  Weighing in at 8 lb 3 oz and 22 3/4 in long.  He is doing great and hopefully we will be able to go home tomorrow!

 

On the way to the hospital, 2:30 am

Wade a couple of minutes old

After a few hours and some clean-up

Nathan checking out his little brother

Nathan was more interested in playing peek-a-boo with the curtain

Our family of four!!