It has been a really busy month of August with having Alex’s parents in town, as well as a short visit from his sister, trying to find a nanny and working on hiring a design build firm to get us on our way with our major renovation we’re hoping to embark on soon. Oh! And …
Category Archives: Family
Ben’s Photo Shoot
It’s already been more than a month since Ben’s newborn photo shoot, so he has changed tremendously, but these photos will always serve as a good reminder of what he looked like right around his due date. He was 7 weeks old and probably around 5ish pounds I think. Our photographer, Kim Hildebrand, did such …
Ben is Two Months Old!
Ben turned two months old on July 31st! And according to his doctor yesterday, he’s acting like a two month old and not like a preemie. That was music to our ears! Overall, Ben is doing exceptionally well. His height is officially “on” the charts {2nd percentile} and his doctor told us at his next …
Grandparents!
Ben has officially now met all four of his grandparents! Alex’s dad was out in Seattle when Ben was born, so he got to meet Ben the day he arrived. Naturally Alex’s mom rushed out here as quickly as she could after Ben was born, as well. My mom came about a week or so …
Too Busy Having Fun!
Well it’s been about two weeks since I posted an update about how Ben is doing and I can’t believe how fast that time has gone by! We have been so busy having fun that I’ve neglected writing an update. I’ll just let the pictures from the last couple weeks speak for themselves…
Figuring Things Out
When Alex and I brought Ben home from the hospital we decided that our first week would be spent figuring out how to be Ben’s parents. We knew it {and every day hereinafter} would be a period of trial and error and simply getting to know Ben and his needs, and that’s exactly what it …
Life at Home
We’re still in our first week of being home with Ben and I’m pretty sure we couldn’t be happier. It is an incredible feeling to actually, finally be at home with our baby. We have been enjoying seeing, holding, feeding and hanging out with our baby whenever we want to, without supervision from a nurse and …
A Family of Three
Now that Ben is home with us it feels much more like we are a family. Life is so much calmer, we’re so much happier and everything feels normal and natural. We are so overwhelmingly happy to be home! On Sunday morning we found out that Ben was getting discharged, and by some miracle, our …
The Homestretch
Today marks day 26 in the NICU. We probably won’t know for sure when Ben is coming home until the day he is discharged, but we do know we’re in the homestretch. Ben is doing fantastic, amazing and superb and is SO close to being ready to go home. This last week has been filled …
Ben’s Birth Story
Alex and I got to meet our little boy, Benjamin Ames, earlier this week on May 31st. Ben was born at 33 weeks 2 days gestation and weighed 3 pounds 3 ounces and was 15 inches long. The story of his arrival, including the days and weeks leading up to it is quite a dramatic one, …