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.)

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....



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!

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 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!!!!

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)

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.

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.

 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 are all exhausted, but blissfully in love with our new little man.

Love to all----

Too Sweet Not to Include

While on the way home from her dance class today, Rylie told me that now that she is four, she can do so many new things, and that she is going to be the greatest big sister ever. This is her list of things she is going to do to take care of our baby.

1. I will tell the baby that I love him/her all the time.
2. I will kiss the baby a lot like I do now. (Side note- about 90% of the time when Rylie talks to the baby and kisses my belly, the baby kicks. No one else has even close to that much success.)
3. I will tickle the baby's toes and belly.
4. I will sing to the baby- baby songs and also do shows for the baby.
5. I will carry the baby but I must ask Mommy or Daddy first (word for word.)
6. I will feed the baby bottles.
7. I will teach the baby all of the rules.
8. I will tell the baby that Mommy is a nice Mommy and Daddy is a nice Daddy.
9. I will read to the baby.
10. I will buckle the baby's car seat.
11. I will bring the baby to school for show and tell.
12. I will teach the baby to ice skate.
13. I will give the baby a bath.
14. I will make sure the baby doesn't crawl near the stairs.

and that is all I can remember.... So sweet, such a love she is.

I know we'll have our share of adjustments, but Rylie is seriously over the moon for our baby to come.