Saturday, November 26, 2011
SEVEN MONTHS!
Our little man is seven months old!
Yes, we know.... he looks an awful lot like his sister. Same cheeks, little button noses, same shaped face (same as Adam's), and another pair of beautiful almond eyes.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
SIX MONTHS!
Blake is six months old! A whole half a year!
At his six month check up, Blake weighed in at 18lbs 2oz and measured .
He can sit on his own and is officially mobile. He is a crazy fast army crawler, especially when he sees a phone, ipod, or anything that is Rylie's on the ground.
Pictures of our sweet, happy, handsome littlest love at six months....
At his six month check up, Blake weighed in at 18lbs 2oz and measured .
He can sit on his own and is officially mobile. He is a crazy fast army crawler, especially when he sees a phone, ipod, or anything that is Rylie's on the ground.
Pictures of our sweet, happy, handsome littlest love at six months....
Monday, September 26, 2011
FIVE MONTHS!
Our little man is five months old!!!!
Some stuff to remember about Blake's fifth month...
Blake was born with deep blue eyes. Early in his fifth month, he went to bed with blue eyes and woke up the next morning with brown eyes. For a period of about ten days, it seemed his eyes were a different color each day. It appears that they have finally settled in at a gray/hazel/ green color.
Blake started teething :-( While none of his teeth have popped through yet, they are about to. Everything goes in the mouth and he is drooling like crazy.
He is making some serious efforts at army crawling and seems to be mobile enough to get around in his crib.
Blake found his voice a while back, but now it is really in full force. He is constantly squealing and babbling. And laughing. He laughs at the funniest things- like counting. He thinks numbers are hilarious!
Blake is starting to pay more attention during stories. Curious George is still a favorite along with "Rainbow Fish."
Some pictures of our little man at five months----
And he loves nothing and no one more than his sister.
Some stuff to remember about Blake's fifth month...
Blake was born with deep blue eyes. Early in his fifth month, he went to bed with blue eyes and woke up the next morning with brown eyes. For a period of about ten days, it seemed his eyes were a different color each day. It appears that they have finally settled in at a gray/hazel/ green color.
Blake started teething :-( While none of his teeth have popped through yet, they are about to. Everything goes in the mouth and he is drooling like crazy.
He is making some serious efforts at army crawling and seems to be mobile enough to get around in his crib.
Blake found his voice a while back, but now it is really in full force. He is constantly squealing and babbling. And laughing. He laughs at the funniest things- like counting. He thinks numbers are hilarious!
Blake is starting to pay more attention during stories. Curious George is still a favorite along with "Rainbow Fish."
Some pictures of our little man at five months----
And he loves nothing and no one more than his sister.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Four Months!
Four months old....
During his fourth month, Blake took his first international flight and traveled to Portugal. He was a total trooper and we have come up with the slogan: "Have Tatas, will travel" for Blake. As long as he is fed, he is really the easiest baby. Blake also traveled to California this month and visited with Adam's family. It was great for him to see and meet so many relatives. While in Portugal, Blake mastered the belly laugh and now giggles non stop- more often than not at Rylie's prompting. He has also become a total thumb sucker. On his four month birthday, Blake rolled from his belly to his back. At his four month check up, Blake weighs just shy of 16 pounds and was 26.5 inches long (between the 60th and 75th percentile for both height and weight.)
During his fourth month, Blake took his first international flight and traveled to Portugal. He was a total trooper and we have come up with the slogan: "Have Tatas, will travel" for Blake. As long as he is fed, he is really the easiest baby. Blake also traveled to California this month and visited with Adam's family. It was great for him to see and meet so many relatives. While in Portugal, Blake mastered the belly laugh and now giggles non stop- more often than not at Rylie's prompting. He has also become a total thumb sucker. On his four month birthday, Blake rolled from his belly to his back. At his four month check up, Blake weighs just shy of 16 pounds and was 26.5 inches long (between the 60th and 75th percentile for both height and weight.)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Three Months
Three months old...
Since last month, Blake went on his first plane trip to Florida. In Florida, he went to Disney World, met Mickey & friends, went on his first rides (ask him about the Norweigan adventure!) went to the beach and in the water for the first time. This months has been filled with lots of smiles and Blake rolled from his back to his belly in mid July. Blake also went on his first road trip, which was not very successful. Aside from us not making it to our destination, Blake hates his carseat, and unless he is sleeping, he is screaming. While away, we did take Blake to his first movie- Winnie the Pooh. And he watched every single second. Blake also visited Hershey, PA Chocolate World. Some pictures of our little man in his third month....
Since last month, Blake went on his first plane trip to Florida. In Florida, he went to Disney World, met Mickey & friends, went on his first rides (ask him about the Norweigan adventure!) went to the beach and in the water for the first time. This months has been filled with lots of smiles and Blake rolled from his back to his belly in mid July. Blake also went on his first road trip, which was not very successful. Aside from us not making it to our destination, Blake hates his carseat, and unless he is sleeping, he is screaming. While away, we did take Blake to his first movie- Winnie the Pooh. And he watched every single second. Blake also visited Hershey, PA Chocolate World. Some pictures of our little man in his third month....
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Two Months!
Our sweet baby boy is two months old!
At two months old....
Blake is sleeping through the night! Started at eight weeks.
Blake weighed in at 12 lbs 6 ounces.
Blake loves story time in Rylie's bed. It appears an early favorite is Curious George. He is incredibly attentive during the stories.
Blake is FULL of smiles.
Some pictures of our little love...
As a two month old, Blake will go on his first plane trip to Florida. He will meet Mickey Mouse for the first time and go to the ocean for the first time! Such an exciting month ahead!
At two months old....
Blake is sleeping through the night! Started at eight weeks.
Blake weighed in at 12 lbs 6 ounces.
Blake loves story time in Rylie's bed. It appears an early favorite is Curious George. He is incredibly attentive during the stories.
Blake is FULL of smiles.
Some pictures of our little love...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
One Month Old!
Not quite sure how it is possible, but Blake is already one month old.
Some pictures of our little man at one month old....
Some pictures of our little man at one month old....
Some of Blake's tricks at one month old....
He can hold his head up pretty well.
He LOVES tummy time.
And did we mention that he has the sweetest, more adorable, gummy smile. So yummy!!!!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Our growing boy....
Blake's Stats
April 26, 2011 (at birth) 8 lbs 10 oz and 21 1/2 inches
May 2, 2011 (7 days old) 8lbs 1 oz and 21 3/4 inches
May 4, 2011 (9 days old) 8 lbs 3 oz and 21 3/4 inches
May 11, 2011 (15 days old) 8 lbs 10 oz
May 23, 2011 (just shy of 4 weeks old) 9 lbs 15 oz (60th percentile) 22 inches (85th percentile) head circumference (90th percentile)
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Blake Miles Tennen
Here is Belly Baby's arrival story...
We arrived at the hospital a few minutes after 11 am for a 1:30 scheduled c-section. After going through the registration process, we were taken back to the PACU where you are immediately before and after the c-section. At around 1:10, I was taken into the operating room. Adam was brought in after my spinal block was done. The curtain was up and at 1:34 pm, Dr. Apgar announced that she had to pull the baby out tushie first because of how high the baby was and it was a BOY! We were overjoyed at the arrival of our little man.
After a few minutes, Adam was invited over to where the baby was and this is who he met...
Introducing......
BLAKE MILES TENNEN
born on April 26, 2011 at 1:34 pm.
Weighing in at 8lbs 10 oz and measuring a questionable length- he measured 19 3/4 inches in the OR and 21 1/2 inches a few hours later in the Mother/ Baby Unit. We believe that our little man's chicken legs weren't stretched out for his OR measurements.
After a few minutes, he was able to bring our newest little love over for me to see him. And our anesthesiologist spent the next few minutes taking a ton of pictures of us.
The all time sweetest moment EVER...
Blake dressed and ready to go home! Blake was born on Tuesday afternoon and we were discharged on Friday afternoon.
Our first night home as a family of four- Rylie and Blake... the sibling love beginning...
We arrived at the hospital a few minutes after 11 am for a 1:30 scheduled c-section. After going through the registration process, we were taken back to the PACU where you are immediately before and after the c-section. At around 1:10, I was taken into the operating room. Adam was brought in after my spinal block was done. The curtain was up and at 1:34 pm, Dr. Apgar announced that she had to pull the baby out tushie first because of how high the baby was and it was a BOY! We were overjoyed at the arrival of our little man.
After a few minutes, Adam was invited over to where the baby was and this is who he met...
Introducing......
BLAKE MILES TENNEN
born on April 26, 2011 at 1:34 pm.
Weighing in at 8lbs 10 oz and measuring a questionable length- he measured 19 3/4 inches in the OR and 21 1/2 inches a few hours later in the Mother/ Baby Unit. We believe that our little man's chicken legs weren't stretched out for his OR measurements.
After a few minutes, he was able to bring our newest little love over for me to see him. And our anesthesiologist spent the next few minutes taking a ton of pictures of us.
We spent another 30-40 minutes in the OR where Adam and I did what all new parents should do: gushed over how gorgeous our baby is and tried to figure out a name for him! We agreed on Blake, but his middle name was still up in the air.
We traveled together from the OR back to the PACU, but unfortunately after just a few minutes in the PACU, they took Blake to the NICU for observations. His respiratory rate was really fast, which is apparently very common after a c-section delivery. Common or not, I was incredibly distraught that he was taken to the NICU and because of the c-section, I couldn't go anywhere. Thankfully, Adam was able to go with him and we spent the next few hours in constant contact via cell phone. After 3 hours of observations in the NICU, Blake was able to leave and the nurse brought him to my room. I was able to immediately start feeding him and he did great. It was quickly clear that our little guy is a good eater!
After dinner that evening, Blake got to meet Rylie, Nana, Pa, Auntie Bethany, Jordyn and Micah. Knowing that people were coming at we needed to announce the baby's name, we made a game time decision that Blake's middle name would be Miles.
And so with that, we proudly introduced Blake Miles to some of his family.
We are all exhausted, but blissfully in love with our new little man.
Love to all----
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