3 Months

Hello All,


Another month has flown by and our little guy is three months old already!  He is showing his beautiful toothless grin more and more everyday as well as reaching for things close to his face.  His grasp is strong and he will hang on tight...hopefully not with a hand full of hair :)

Per the bathroom scale he is up to 11.2 lbs.  We will see how accurate that is at his next check-up at 4 months old.  He is enjoying our walks around the neighborhood in his stroller and no longer sleeps the whole time.  In fact he usually stays awake for nearly the entire walk which at times can be about 2 hrs long on nice days.

Since he doesn't sleep very much during the day anymore, he has continued to sleep through the night from about 10:30pm until 7am.  There has been a few occasions when he will make sure he isn't the only one awake at 4am but thank goodness that doesn't happen often.

Coming up we are looking forward to my Uncle Jim and Aunt Laurie Hughes and family from Iowa and Aunt Helen Nodland from Chicago who will all be arriving this Saturday.  Walter will have lots of attention!! Then in April we will take him on his first plane ride to Florida to meet Great Grandma Alta Nodland, and Uncle Joe Schrader for the first time and see Gma Julie and Gpa David again.  We will play in the sand and feel the warm Gulf water on our toes...probably a little early to get him in beyond his feet :)

Thanks for reading and more to come next month!  Enjoy the pictures :)  

-Mary

Family pictures in Estes Park, CO

Concentrated on tummy time

PLAY TIME!

So serious sometimes...

...But not all the time :)

Goofy grin :)

Playing in the Pack n' Play

Fast asleep after a car ride...the hat is a little big yet

Holding his sock...

...making sure its still clean...

...must not be...

...getting rid of the stinky sock (not stinky at all haha)

Sitting on his new blanket

                                              

Hanging out with Uncle Peter

In the car again...this was during the Estes Park trip

3 months old!!

Holding Cookie Monster

Eating Cookie Monster

Had to compare growth from months 1 and 2...looking a little short!

Walter 1 and 2 months

Walter is 2 month old already!!  It was a busy couple of months!  Walter had his well baby check-ups with the pediatrician at 5 days, 2 wks, 4 wks, and 2 months.  They said to keep doing what we were doing!

For Christmas we drove to Midland, TX to spend time with the Burns clan. We left Denver around 11am after the 2 wk checkup and what is normally a 10 hr drive, we did over 2 days.  We drove for 2 hrs then stopped to feed Walter for an hour then continued on for another 2 hours.  We arrived in Midland on Christmas eve and spent Christmas with Colby's parents, sister and brother-in-law, grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins. What a great time :)

After New Years we drove back to Colorado.  Kim came back with us which made our travels much easier.  This time we made it in 14 hrs stopping along the way to feed Walter.

In February David and Julie flew up from Florida for a short time.  Grandpa David met Walter for the first time while Gma Julie saw how much he has grown over the past 2 months. 

More to come soon...  Thanks!!

Walter sat on Prancer!

Walter with Great Grandpa Getz

Headed back to Colorado

Grandma Kim and Walter snuggling to keep warm in CO

Our first date night in CO with Grandma Kim watching Walter

1 month old :)

Grandpa David meeting Walter

Grandma Julie visiting Walter

Cuddle time with Maureen

Our favorite time of the day - TUMMY TIME!

All fresh and clean!

 

 

 

 

2 months old...his outfit fits a little better now :)

Our new addition...Walter

Welcome!

I am starting this a little after the fact since our little Walter is growing like a weed and is almost three months old now (on the 11th).  Since we have quite an extended family, this will be a great place to keep everyone informed on how he is doing and how darn cute he is!

To start, Walter David Burns was born at Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, CO, on December 11, 2013 at 11:43am.  He was 6lbs 6oz; 20 3/4 inches long. 

Colby, Julie(my mom), and I arrived to the hospital at 6:30am after contractions began at 4am.  Anesthesia had the epidural in by 8:30 and Walter joined the world after two practice pushes and one real one for the Dr. to catch him before lunch.  

Skin to skin time

Walter meeting Maureen for the first time

Peter made it in to meet Walter straight from work

Skin to skin time with Dad :)

Buckled in to head home

Napping with Gma Julie

During the first week Walter was an eating and sleeping machine.  He slept most of the time and would wake up to eat and fall right back to sleep.  We were blessed to have Grandma Julie in town from Florida before he was born and for a few days after he came home.  Maureen and Peter live in Denver so they make it up to visit when they are free. 

Colby and I certainly had a lot to learn once Walter came along but we have enjoyed every minute!

So long for now, more pictures and updates to come.  Thanks!