Moving Into Week Three

Well here we go into week three of parenthood. While Greyson is a lot of work he is the most wonderful little boy! Stephen had a great time getting our first little family picture on a mug. He's always wanted to do that and so he was pretty excited to come home with it the other day. We had our two week appointment and Greyson weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 21 inches long. He gained almost 10% of his body weight. Dr. Zimmer was very impressed and suprised (but we weren't, Greyson LOVES to eat). We've also been seeing his eyes much more lately, especially when we're trying to go to bed.
The entire family (dogs included) headed out for our first walks this week. Althought it was cold I put Greyson in my little moby wrap and he was snug as a bug. I've also been able to start working out again (praise the Lord for an easy labor).
We continue to praise the Lord for this little miracle. Stephen and I have found a new appreciation for our parents too. Wow, what a job they had!

Family Picture

It's hard to believe it's been a week since bringing Greyson home from the hospital. Stephen and I have learned so much and are loving being parents. I'm amazed at how little sleep I can now function regularly off of now. The dogs are still getting used to the new addition. They are receiving much less attention and that has Roscoe a bit upset, but Gus follows me around with Greyson trying to help in anyway he can. Every time we let Gus into the house he finds Greyson and then lays down very near him. Oh, our little family.

Car Seat

So our least favorite thing is putting him in his car seat, but I think you'd agree that he sure is cute in it!

Our First Week

Well here we go into parenthood. Stephen and I have done a lot of things, but this is by far the biggest and best! We both agree that the labor and birth of Greyson was the most incredible and indescribable experience of our lives. Life has now changed as we know it. Yesterday was quite the day, getting used to all these new things in our life, but so wonderful and rewarding all at the same time.

Thinking back to the labor and delivery we were extremely blessed with our Doctor and nurses. Stephen called them the dream team because they were the exact people I would have chosen to be there and they all worked so well together. I always remember my mom talking about Dr. Finkner delivering Jill and me and how great he was, well Dr. Zimmer has forever worked his way into our family and we couldn't be happier about it.

Greyson is a long baby. He measures 20 and 1/2 inches and loves to spread those legs out. He doesn't like being swaddled, especially his arms. I find myself watching him a lot and knowing exactly how all those movements felt just a week ago. Oh, being a mom is amazing!

Greyson Glenn Foreman

Monday, March 1, 2010 at 4:22 pm Greyson Glenn Foreman made his debut weighing 6 lbs 7 oz and 20 inches long. He has light brownish blonde hair and the cutest face his dad and I have ever seen. Words cannot describe this incredible gift from God.

So far Greyson enjoys eating, taking naps, listening to the dogs and intermittent stretching. Thanks to everyone for all your prayers. We look forward to sharing more about this amazing story soon!

Fun Videos

Well I was going through some old pictures and ran across these fun videos. The first is Grandma VanderBroek. She's in her mid 90s and doing amazing! This was taken back in the summer of 2007 when Stephen went home for a fishing trip with his buddies.

This second video was from a trip Stephen took with some of his friends to Yellowstone. Jordan is in the background sounding a little scared, which makes it even better.

It really is such a blessing to have so many priceless memories. I think to often we run through our days and weeks and forget about these beautiful moments that make up our life.

Hopping to Parenthood

Well we had our last baby shower before the baby. North Star one of Stephen's elementary schools put it on. We had a wonderful time watching a video they had put together about the correct parenting skills, enjoyed eating wonderful cake and we even had a visit from Kelso the frog. As far as the frog theme, Stephen uses a frog puppet named Kelso to teach a lot of his lessons. Kelso helps teach how to deal with conflict the correct way.

With there being a frog theme it meant there was a lot of green, which of course I loved. We had a wonderful time and felt overly blessed by the wonderful gifts and words of encouragement.

Now, I think we're ready for little Foreman. I'm 39 weeks today so any day now!