Wyatt's 1 month old!

Bath time, he was around 3 weeks here.

1 Month, every month I am going to size him up to this frame to see his growth compared to something else.

So Wyatt is 1 month old and is weighing around 10.2 oz according to our scale at home. Makes sense the boy eats every two hours on the dot, even at night!! So remember how we thought all he did was sleep, well not anymore! I think 3 weeks and 1 day he completely transformed into the awake baby, he is always up with me during the day it seems. Also, the sounds that he use to sleep thru like the dogs barking, someone knocking, or the t.v. seem to startle and wake him up during naps now. He is starting to be a lot more aware and is always looking around for something to look at. We recently started using the swing and its so cool because he will watch the fish go around in a circle above his head, it enertains him for maybe 1 minute:) He has also been trying to suck his thumb but cant quite figure out how to get it out of his fist. Travis trys to pull it out and put it in his mouth but he always winds up sucking his on his whole fist. He took a bottle at about 3 and half weeks like a champ. Dad made me leave the house to return a movie so I wouldn't be a distraction, and I was so worried he would take the bottle and never need me anymore haha, but nope I got home and he wanted to feed with me right away! I have also noticed that he is starting to love his mamas touch and hold, and I dont want to say he favors me yet but he might be a mama's boy!:) 

1 month birthday present, Jungle Gym!! He's trying to grab things but really just hits it on accident and wonders what that was!

Bottle time.

Travis has also recently gone back to work and I have been holding the fort down with the dogs for a couple days now without him. Its been going pretty well, the dogs are behaving and have only chewed on one outfit and his giraffe toy once. I have to constantly watch Bailey our bulldog tho because she likes to stick her huge head on the edge of the swing and stop it to lick his feet until he can't take it anymore or until I have to yell at her. Bubba just looks at him, maybe gives him a nudge and walks away. They are both doing really well and Wyatt is starting to look at them more when they come to say hi. Wyatt also has this incredibly cute noise he makes after two sneezes, it happens almost every time. He will sneeze this big egzagerated sneeze and then as he is going back to do another one he goes, ooooohhhh instead really loud, as if he just had the biggest sigh of relief ever. We always look forward to it and keep trying to record it but never get it in time. Anyway I was really looking forward to my mom being here in less than a week but she recently changed her ticket for me because Travis came home and told me that he will be leaving for 20 days at the end of February for avalanche training in Utah, so I had my mom change her ticket to come at that time instead for help and support. I am very sad about that because Wyatt will be turning 3 months and will be changing a lot but I know we can do it without dad if we have to! Thanks mom for doing that for me.

Everyone waiting for Dad to come home.

Were home...Day 1 to Week 3 with Wyatt

First off I would like to tell my mother, thank you! Thank you for keeping me alive as a newborn! I have a complete new found respect for women and moms! It has been a awesome three weeks for us, Travis has had to go into work very little and when he does is always right back at home with us. We all got to leave the hospital the next day and it worked out perfect because Travis' dad got into town the same day! It has been such a learning experience for both Travis and I but we are doing quite good I think! He came home with a little jaundice and so we were advised to just keep nursing and have a check up at 2 weeks. When he came home he weighed 7.11 oz and we were told he would lose a few pounds but should re gain some weight or get up to his birth weight on our 2 week check up. Well we had our check up and the little guy was almost 100% cleared of his jaundice and weighs 8.14 oz's, the doctor asked if I was giving him growth hormones! Nope just a good feeder I guess, we were also convinced he was just catching up on some extra poundage he needed:) We don't go into until 8 weeks now. Feeding has been a little painful and challenging at times but it seems to get a little better each day, night feedings are tough and we are definitely on Wyatt's schedule. You always hear about sleep deprivation but I thought no not us, I get to sleep all day and take naps with him when he does, but even if you do somehow happen to get a little nap during the day you are still sooooo TIRED! It didn't hit me until the start of week 3!

The first two weeks Wyatt didn't do much, a lot of sleep, eat, poop, and fuss a little, but week 3 I am starting to notice he is awake more and starting to look me in the eyes, especially during nursing. He loves looking at lights and out the window and is getting a little more interesting. It kinda reminds me when we bought our first dog Max and brought him home, I was so excited to have him but he didn't do anything the first day, he slept, and cried and when my brother met him for the first time, he said, " he's boring, make him do something " then walked away. Not to compare my first born and first dog, but the first weeks are a lot of learning and then waiting for something interesting but it wasn't until week 3 that i started to notice his little personality, his different crys, and his little looks.

Anyway he is doing great and he gets to take a lot of naps with Dad and has taken a few nice warm baths too because his umbilical cord fell off on day 9! He loves lounging in his tub, we say he looks like a little old man sitting in a hot tub. He gets really relaxed and kinda spaces out in the warm water. The dogs have been awesome with Wyatt too, they were really calm the first days and Travis made sure of that! Bubba has to come check on him every time he crys and usually sniffs his feet and then looks at me to see if I'm going to do anything. Bailey I don't think really knows whats going on, she still trys to sleep on our laps even when were holding him. Im afraid she will smother him with her huge wrinkles. Anyway the trip with my in laws was great, they cooked us breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday and I don't think I ever had to clean, or pick up anything the whole time. Thank you so much Peg and Rex. They really enjoyed spending time with their first grandson as well, it was cool to see 3 generations of Newby men together for the first time! My mom is due up here in a week and Im sooo excited to get help again;) We also gave him his first binky at 3 weeks, and he did pretty well and took it but sometimes spits it out right away but for the most part its been a success, lord knows we will need it for those plane rides!

Yup a lot of sleepy time! 

Wyatt Rex is here!!!!!

After 23 and half hours of labor we finally got to meet our healthy, happy, little baby boy Wyatt. He was 7.11 oz's and 21 inches, born on December 23rd, 2010 at 3:23 pm in Room 23 at Kodiak Providence Medical Hospital. The staff, especially our nurse Leanne and Doctor Webster were exceptional and took very good care of our family during delivery. We had a good and un-complicated delivery,( not pain free just uncomplicated haha ) He did however come out with a pretty smashed nose from being lodged for so long, but it eventually made its way back to the center. Travis was an awesome birth partner, assisting me with whatever necessary to get closer to our boy, and encouraging me to do it drug free. We wouldnt have been to do any of this without the help of a exceptional birthing teacher Zoya and her class. Without the class, his words and support it would have been very difficult, but those involved truly made the experience a beautiful and rewarding one for me. Travis' mom Peggy got to share in our experience as well and without her arms to squeeze and cold cloths thrown on my back I would have never made it out alive:) After an hour and half of pushing Travis was allowed to deliver Wyatt, which he did and he was officially the first to hold our son in the new world! Proud moment for Dad! Thank you to everybody for all the love, support, and prayers sent our way during my pregnancy and delivery, it all came out just as perfect as we could have asked for, so thank you!

                                                      Travis getting in his scrubs

                                             Grandma Peggys first time holding him

                                                    A new and tired Dad!

The holidays are here.....

This year we decided to have Thanksgiving at our new home! We have 18 people over total, 10 adults and 8 children. It was a complete success, thank God! I was worried about screwing my first turkey up but it turned out great! Travis and I were hoping I was getting closer to delivery but with a due date of Dec. 22, we still had some time to go! We had a blast decorating our house for the holidays and Travis did a good job of hanging lights for the first time outside. Everything seems to be going smooth, just waiting on our bundle of joy!! Oh and yeah, Travis was this years Santa for the work Christmas party!! He did a wonderful job even thought his tattoos hung out of Santa's outfit, but who says Santa didn't have tattoos!? Half the kids loved him while others he had to convince them it was him "Its me....Travis", not a scary Santa.

First turkey

Christmas cookies!

Travis as Santa!

Due date tomorrow!

Our house and Wyatt's room.

Finally started a blog!!

Travis and I recently moved to Kodiak, Alaska where Travis will be finishing out his 3 to 4 years left in the military. We also found out I was pregnant just one month after Travis' return home from his second deployment!!! The town here is small, quiet and actually quite peaceful. It has been a big change from San Diego to here, but a nice change. We spent the first month living out of a Best Western and a family friends mother in law apartment with our two dogs Bailey the english bull dog, and Bubba the hyper german shepherd, while looking for a house of our own. We spent our two year anniversary eating Safeway steaks together in our mother in law apartment together while picking out paint colors.

It took about a month ( Sept. 1, 2010 ) to find our dream home but we did it! We bought a beautiful three bedroom two bath house on a flag lot in a nice neighborhood located two minutes away from town and three minutes away from Travis' work! We spent the first few months building a fence in which Travis completely impressed me with his skills and painting all the rooms in the house. We decorated the baby's room as soon as we could although I was only about 5 months pregnant at the time.

Travis began work as a cold weather survival instructor for fututre Navy SEALS. He loves his job and has made some fun and good friends up here. He works a period of four weeks on and three weeks off throughout the year. The perfect job for starting a big family! We have truly been blessed with wonderful friends, family, a home, a great job, and soon a beautiful baby boy!

 Picture with Grandpa Delbert while visiting in Wasilla on the way to Kodiak!

5 months along!