He's so cute, I can't help it!!

More pictures! If you ever want me to email you the files so you can make prints, just let me know. I think you can also order prints from Webshots, but I haven't done it before.


safari boy

3rd week

Grandpa Mike and Grandma Coralie were here for a long weekend and Gregory really loved rocking on the porch with his Grandpa. Gregory has been more consistent with his sleeping, which makes our lives a lot easier. He also has developed the typical "fussy period" from about 5-9 in the evening where he is a little more difficult to console, but putting him in a wrap seems to help quite a bit. Holly loves her wrap, and is getting complements on it wherever we go. Dan still prefers the Baby Bjorn, but Gregory is not quite big enough for that yet. Starting in a week or so, we are going to try to introduce a bottle, so Dan can share in the feeding duties when needed. This will be important in August when we go to California for Holly's cousin's wedding, and Holly will not be able to nurse him during the wedding ceremony. We are planning to introduce the bottle gradually, to avoid any confusion.

We have been taking him to a few restaurants, trying to see if he can make it through an entire meal. For the most part, we have been able to get through a whole meal--at least one of us.

He is starting to develop some "baby acne", which usually shows up around 3 weeks or so, and lasts a few weeks. The Baby Book warned us not to get too used to his crystal clear complexion. We have been getting some good pictures during his awake period, and are learning how much we like our digital camera. Enjoy the pictures and we are trying to figure out how to post a video, so keep checking back.


by hollydlr

2 weeks old

Well this blog seems to have been very successful at keeping friends and family updated during the pregnancy, so we'll just go ahead and continue using it to post pictures and news about our little family.

Gregory weighed over 9 pounds when our midwife came to check on us on Sunday! Pretty much all he does is eat, so I guess its not surprising. I don't get much done, but I don't mind because I know he's happy. He has started spitting up after some of those marathon nursing sessions, though, so I am trying to give him my finger to suck on when I know he's already full. We're not quite ready to give him a pacifier yet because he's still having some issues latching on occasionally. I'm having some mixed feelings about it too because I think he could easily become addicted to it and I'm not sure I want to go down that road. I think it will be something we reserve for the most needed times...like in church...

We had a very nice time with Dan's mom, Bonnie, the last several days. She had a great time rocking Gregory out on the porch, which gave me a nice break to do things like take a shower. He is starting to stay awake for slightly longer intervals so he enjoyed looking around outside. He is also starting to enjoy his mobile and the new mirrors on the wall in his room. We are gradually spending more time in there together and I am learning to lay him down in his own bed for his naps - its tempting to just want to hold him all the time, but I do think he sleeps better when he's in bed... Its also tempting to take all his naps with him, but then I would really not get anything done, including this blog! He is actually sleeping through the night pretty well - usually only wakes up once to nurse and have a new diaper - so I can't claim total exhaustion yet.

Anyway, check out our new pics from this week - just click on the picture to go to the photo album. You can't tell me this kid doesn't have strawberry blond hair!!!

Doing good....

Here are some more pictures - gotta love digital! If anyone ever wants to webcam, just give us a call!

by hollydlr

He's Too Cute!!!!

After a few days now our little guy has started to look like himself more and we couldn't be more in love with him. We went a little crazy on the picture taking today, so click on this picture to check out a few:

by hollydlr

In addition to our photography escapades, we had our friend Amber, a professional photographer, come over this morning for a photo shoot. I am sure they will turn out beautiful, but Gregory was not too thrilled about modeling - although he was wide awake he was complaining loudly half the time...Amber was very patient...I'm sure its no different from the usual for a newborn... When they are ready, the pro pics will be available for viewing and ordering online - we will post when we get the link for that....

My milk came in today and he is nursing like a champ, but tonight might be kinda rough with a lot of feedings - have to keep on top of it to prevent getting too engorged. Good thing I can take naps during the day... Dan has to go back to work tomorrow so Greg and I might settle down in the nursery instead - yet another great thing about using a mattress instead of a crib!

Introducing Gregory Sebastian Fix - born 6/17/07 - Father's Day

Gregory made his entrance today at 8:23am after a brief but intense 3.5 hour labor at home. The vital statistics: 8lbs even, 20 1/4 inches long; lots of blond hair! We were blessed with a wonderful midwife team and my mom in attendance, who just arrived last night around 11pm!! I woke up this morning shortly before 5 with very strong contractions about 5 minutes apart, lasting about 40 seconds each. By 6, they were about 3 minutes apart and a minute to a minute and a half long. Things were progressing very quickly so I called in the midwife and woke my mom and Dan. When the midwife arrived shortly before 6:30, I was getting cleaned up in the shower and was already 6-7cm dilated. Everyone was working quickly to get things set up because things were moving fast and by the time I was able to get into the birth pool I was almost completely dilated. My midwife ended up breaking my water for me, which was helpful because it turned out I had a double membrane that may not have broken on its own! Once that was done, pushing contractions started immediately, but they were more spaced out so I could rest in between. Dan held me up as I pushed a little bit with each one - I didn't want to do too much because it was going too fast and I wanted to slow it down. I went on for about a half hour, and Gregory's head was born. The contraction was over so I sat there that way for a moment and could feel his little ear, and his right hand up at his cheek. Slowly with the next contraction, I felt him turn to my right and then one shoulder and finally the rest of him slipped out. I lifted him up out of the water right away and he gave several good cries and began to pink up. However, the water turned out to be a little too cool for him, so Dan cut the cord after a few minutes and we got out of the pool and got dried off. The placenta came about 30 minutes later and he nursed a little bit shortly after that. I escaped with only two very minor tears requiring one little stitch each - not bad considering how fast he came! It was beautiful and exhilarating for everyone present! Please enjoy the photos - I tried to make sure they were G-rated! The slideshow pans a bit strangely, cutting off some of the pics, but you can go look at the whole album too if you want...



Gregory’s birth

Its gonna be soon!!!

Now I am probably jinxing myself to 2 more weeks of pregnancy, but my prediction is sometime within the next 3-4 days. The midwife was just over and did an internal exam - the first one I've had. I was just too curious to hold out anymore - and I really wanted to know if all the contractions I've been having have been doing anything. Well, I am 90% thinned out and 3 cm dilated (out of 10). For those unfamiliar with these things, that is really moving along - usually by 4-5 cm, you are in labor pretty hard and heavy. So I am totally ecstatic! Of course, it is not unheard of to walk around 3 cm dilated for a couple weeks...but with all the other signs and symptoms, I don't think that will happen. I am just going to put my feet up and rest tonight and try to hold out until my mom gets here tomorrow night, and then maybe on Sunday we'll go play a round of golf and get things really going! We will call the immediate family when we are for sure in labor, unless it is the middle of the night, in which case we'll wait until a somewhat decent hour. And once its all over we'll get the news out as soon as we can... YAY BABY!!!!