Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we sure have a lot to be thankful for! We have a happy healthy baby boy, a roof over our heads, food in our bellies, amazing family and friends, and so much more. This Thanksgiving we got to spend it with The Georges and the Prewitts. My dad, Garth, HaLaana, Katelynn, and Josh got to come and visit. It was so great spending time with them. This is the first holiday that I have gotten to spend with them EVER! It was a really great experience spending time with them for the holidays.

Thanksgiving morning HaLaana and Katelynn helped me cook while Josh and Dad helped Rich cook the turkeys. We deep fried a turkey and smoked a turkey. When the food was ready the Prewitts joined us. Grandma Stockhill, Tim and Jonnie came over and Uncle Scott joined us a short while later. He was hunting in Williams and didn't see anything so he headed where the food was. I was horrible and forgot to take pictures. I did manage to get these two. I guess all of the cooking took precedence over picture taking.

Uncle Josh and Kohen

Uncle Scott and Kohen. I am pretty sure they are talking about football and planning Kohen's first hunting trip

Grandma and Grandpa Randgaard Come to Visit

Grandma is sooo in love with her new grandson, she just can't stay away (I am sure glad that she can't stay away) so Grandma, Grandpa T, and Aunt Maddy came for a visit. Aunt Maddy read Kohen books while everyone just hung out. Here are some pictures from their visit.

Grandpa T and Kohen

Aunt Maddy and Kohen

Aunt Maddy reading to Kohen

Grandma and Aunt Maddy giving Kohen a bath

While Grandma and Aunt Maddy were giving Kohen a bath he unleashed his gun and almost shot Aunt Maddy in the face! It was pretty hilarious. I don't think that Aunt Maddy will be standing close to a loaded gun anytime soon!

All cozy in his shark towel after his bath

Grandma Stockhill and Aunt JoDee Come to Visit

Tuesday, November 16th Grandma Stockhill and Aunt JoDee get to come and visit. Grandma Stockhill decided to spend the winter in Phoenix with Tim and Jonnie. Aunt JoDee decided to accompany her here to help her along, and to see the new baby. Here are some pictures from their visit.

Grandma Stockhill holding Kohen for the first time

Kohen and Grandpa Tim

Kohen and Aunt JoDee

Our first "family" picture

Kohen is a Week Old!!!

Monday, November 15th. I can't believe that Kohen is a week old. Time is already flying by. Our life has changed so much it is hard to remember what we did with all of our time before the baby was born. Here is what the last week has been like...

Daddy does the 2am feeding to let Mommy sleep. He is already trying to teach Kohen to hold his own bottle.
Next week, Daddy is bringing out the baseball glove!

The dogs are trying to adjust to the new addition. They don't know quite what to think of him. This is the closest Morgan will get to the baby, but she needs to know what is going on with him every second. She also sleeps by his crib at night.

The first "real" bath. I guess I need to remember to throw a wash cloth over his junk when I take naked bath pictures. Oh well, I guess this is what parents use as blackmail later.

The cute duck after his bath

Mastering holding the bottle

All tuckered out after an eventful day

Special Delivery From Grandpa

November 13th I got a very special delivery. I received some flowers from my Grandpa. They were extra special because my Grandpa has NEVER sent anybody flowers before. Not even my Grandma!! He had no idea how to send flowers so he got some help from one of the ladies that he works at the temple with that owns a flower shop. He gave her some money and told her to send me some flowers. I think that she had some help from the "other side." The bouquet had iris' which grew in my Grandma's garden, gerbera daisies my favorite and a single yellow rose which were my Grandma's favorite. I think that maybe my Grandma had a hand in this. Maybe it was her way of telling us congratulations too. 

This turned out to be a very special day indeed. We even got a visit from my sister Shay and Papa Dan!

My beautiful flowers

The sweet card from my Grandpa

Aunt Shay and Kohen

Papa Dan and Kohen

Daddy and Kohen catching some ZZZ's before he has to go to work

First Trip to the Pediatrician's Office

On our way to Dr. Richardson's office 

Kohen's bilirubin level was elevated when we left the hospital so we had to go to the pediatrician's office the very next day. They seemed pretty concerned at the hospital about it, but Dr. Richardson thought that it was no big deal. He was right too. Kohen got a little bit jaundiced but not nearly as bad as they said he would at the hospital. The medical assistant had daddy undress the baby and help with measurements. Richie was a little nervous to undress him, but he did just fine.

She also had daddy redress Kohen. Richie did better with dressing the baby than he did undressing the baby.

Redressing the baby

At two days old Kohen was 18 1/2 inches long and weighed 5 lbs 13 oz and is perfectly healthy. Dr. Richardson is amazing and we are very happy that we picked him as our pediatrician. (I think he was even practicing before I was born!). When we got home from the pediatrician visit "Uncle" Jason came to visit. We have such amazing friends!

Home From the Hospital

We got to go home the day after Kohen was born and boy were we grateful to be out of the hospital. Grandma was there to greet us and our neighbors Helen and John got to sneak a quick peek of our bundle of joy too.

The first sponge bath

When I worked in Labor and Delivery, one of my favorite things to do was give the babies their first bath. I was so looking forward to Kohen's, but they take the babies out of the room to do the bath now so I was pretty bummed. Needless to say, I was chomping at the bit to give my son a bath. I managed to wait until Rich picked up Morgan from Wyatt's, went grocery shopping, and cooked dinner (tacos in a bag...YUMMY!).  I was super excited to give him his bath, but he wasn't as excited to get a bath. In fact, he HATED baths until he could be submerged in water. 

Much happier after his bath

Our little "pumpkin"

Night one at home went pretty well. Grandma was there to help thank goodness. Kohen slept with us in our room in a bassinet for part of the night. Then he hung out with grandma and dad for the second half of the night watching TV in the living room so I could sleep. 

It was so nice finally having our son in our arms safe and sound. Being able to eat meat, sleep on my back, not have heartburn, and not throwing up were a HUGE plus too!