Drawing People

Liberty has just started to draw things that actually look like what she says she is drawing! She is so excited and frequently asks us if we want to "buy some of my famous artwork?" This is a birthday card she made for Grandma...she started by drawing Grandma (complete with ears, hair, hands, feet and my favorite - a belly button!) and then she decided to draw the rest of her family - of which Liberty is a baby. Hmmm... She told me this is a picture of Grandma taking care of baby Liberty.

Henry found his voice!

3+ min, excuse the mommy voice...

SMILE HENRY!

Oh it's hard to capture a smile on camera...but here are some attempts:

From 2013_1_5 Pictures from Cell Phone

playmat playmates:

From 2013_1_5 Pictures from Cell Phone

From 2013_1_5 Pictures from Cell Phone

Henry is 1 MONTH!

Highs: There is nothing like a sleeping newborn on your chest. He is super cute. Cuter than I expected. lol. Liberty loves Henry WAY more than I thought was possible. She tries to soothe him, is sooo gentle and lovingly touches him, invites him to do things like lay on his playmat or do tummy time, brings him toys/blankets, tries to problem solve his fussiness ("maybe he has a blue line on his diaper mommy? I can go get a clean fresh diaper for him! Maybe he needs his binky? A bottle? Mommy, he needs a grown up to hold him! Henry, go back to sleep buddy boy.") I didn't think she'd be so PROUD to have a baby brother - telling strangers his full name "Henry James Wyatt" and all the things he does.

Lows: He doesn't cry at night but the sleep stretches are still short - 2.5 hours usually. But they are increasing and we are getting more like 4 hour stretches now, with the occasional 5 and ONCE 6 hour. I have hope more sleep is on the horizon soon. And, it is really hard to get out of the house with 2 kids. I knew this was going to be the case, but between getting 3 people dressed (and fed would be nice too), making sure a diaperbag has everything we may need, making a bottle to take, and remembering a jacket for Libs...it takes like 30 mins to prep and pack up...so no quick runs to Target, the Coffee Shop or even the park. We are inside a lot. I also do not like Winter.

A few notes to remember about my baby boy... (for my own memory really, sorry if TMI)

 ...you are not a sleeping champion like your sister was...yet.
...you are big. 9 lbs 2oz at birth - 11 lbs 5oz at 1 month! (Libs was 10 4) and 22.75 inches long (Libs was 23). So we have another 95%er in the works.
 ...your mommy didn't have enough milk to keep breast feeding but I tried for a month.
 ...you hated one boob and loved the other (it really was quite funny).
 ...you like to have your head and face touched.
...you have awesome wizard eyebrows.
 ...you hate to have wet diapers. We go through diapers like crazy.
 ...you smiled early and smile often.
...your big sister has been nothing but nice to you. This may change, but I think it's a small miracle that she has done nothing but love on you for 30+days straight. She also likes to call you "buddy boy" and "Henry my baby".

Photoshoot when I remembered Henry turned 1 month a few days ago and I better take a picture!

Impromptu Concert

cousins decided to use the drum sticks to preform for us on Christmas! Thanks Kelly & Doug for the video.

Christmas 2012

Christmas was great in so many ways. It was special to have so much family we hadn't seen in a long time come visit (Thom & Derek & Andy from SF). The Wyatt side visited us Friday-Sunday, then we had Christmas Eve solo, then we spent Christmas day with the Wheeler side. We did a Gingerbread house, visited Superstition Farms for the Mooey Christmas event, are Ted Wyatt meals and opened gifts on Sunday. Then we laid low on Monday since Liberty got a stomach bug. Santa came, ate his treat, drank his milk and took the picture Liberty had made for him. Santa brought Liberty a Radio Flyer trike and a full stocking to our house with a note saying more gifts were at Mom-mom and Pipas. There she got a Princess Castle with all the beautiful princesses (just like she asked for on Santa's lap). Some of her other favorite gifts included Disney figurines, a princess toothbrush, a cat blankie, dress up stuff, Cinderella anything, PJs, soft dresses, craft stuff, twisatable crayons, candy land and more. Henry was so much fun to have around - it is nice to be snuggled and have a sleeping baby cozy up with you. Lots of great memories were made this year and we have such a wonderful family to share them with.

"He's my favorite baby" - Libs

LIFE WITH HENRY - the first week

Breakfast with Santa

Liberty went on a date with daddy to have a pancake breakfast with Santa, do a craft, decorate some cookies and sit on Santa's lap. (Thanks City of Gilbert - all for $10? I love it). They had a blast and daddy actually took some pictures to capture the day so I could see what my girlfriend asked santa for! "I want a Castle with ALL the princesses...snow white, belle..." This album has another video in it that I cannot seem to get on the blog otherwise. It is Liberty watching Henry be changed (like she does for almost EVERY diaper change!) and she is telling him to "calm down Henry, it's me, big sister." I love this video.

Henry James Wyatt is born!

Originally due on 11/28 and all motherly predictions pointing to an early delivery - our son FINALLY decided to show up on 12/5 - a day before I was to be induced. We visited our OBGYN the morning of the 4th and had an ultrasound to check on him since he was so late. He was fine and the tech predicted a 9 pound+ baby. We didn't believe her.Contractions started at 6pm Tuesday (at chipotle, where else?). My mom was summoned to watch over Liberty at 8:30pm. We labored at home until 3am, then met our midwife at the hospital. I was 6.5 cm when I checked in. Walked around and labored some more and got the epidural at 8cm. Had Henry at 9:43am. It was a really wonderful birth experience. Everything went as we had hoped and unlike Liberty's somewhat stressful entry into the world - Henry was very healthy and got to bond with us for an hour before the nurses took him from my arms for bath/shots/etc. 9 pounds 2 ounces, 20.5 inches (which we think is an under measurement because at his week checkup he was 21.5 - I doubt he grew an inch in a week! He was 9 7oz at 6 days old. He has the same STRAWBERRY hair as Liberty and the same BLUE EYES. He's pretty adorable and not a fussy baby. Liberty is over the moon at having our baby finally here - she has been nothing but 100% loving and helpful - not one tear shed or tantrum thrown. Henry fits right in and we love him like crazy.

Bump Photos

I tried to capture the pregnancy journey like I did with Liberty - here are the belly pictures we took! :) BUMP PHOTOS

"Calm down baby Henry, it's me, big sister"

I am working to get baby henry pictures on the blog soon...but for the chronic blog checker here is a little video that caught a cute moment from the big sister...

"Calm down baby Henry, it's me, big sister."

From 2012_12_8 Breakfast with Santa & Daddy