Who does Wyatt look like?

Wyatt 

Brian

Rebecca

Take a look at the pictures and then vote for who you think Wyatt looks like! 

Cousins!

Wyatt's cousins Hannah and Meghan came to visit today for the first time.  They have been practicing holding their new baby cousin on their baby dolls at home.   As you can see, the practice paid off - they were pros at baby holding!  
Meghan & Wyatt
Hannah & Wyatt

Eyes Wide Open

Finally, a picture of Wyatt with his eyes open!  His eyes are still blue-gray.  We are guessing that they will stay blue, since Grandma Margy says that my eyes were brown at birth.  I suspect his eyes may lighten a little in color since Brian's eyes are a lighter shade of blue.  His hair is dark blonde/light brown with reddish highlights to it.  We'll have to see once he's a little older what color it will end up being.  

Squeaky, Squeaky, Sleepy

Happy Two Week Birthday!

Wyatt continues to grow.... We went for his two week check up yesterday (ok, a day early, but his doctor didn't have any appointments today).  He gained another 7 ounces for a weight of 7 pounds, 7.5 ounces.  He also grew an inch, so now he is 20.5 inches long.  Since Wyatt was born, Brian and I have been congratulating ourselves on having a relatively mellow baby.  It turns out that Wyatt just didn't know how to use his lungs.  In the last day or so he has discovered how to yell - he especially likes to yell in my ear when I'm burping him.  I don't have a video of him wailing, but I've posted one where he is one showing off his squeakiness while he sleeps on my lap. 

Grandpa Bob requests a picture where Wyatt isn't all scrunched up.  We're working on that, since scrunched up is currently Wyatt's favorite position.  This, of course, is helped by the fact that he has no neck muscles yet!  I'm also working on getting some pictures of him with his eyes open and will post them when I get them.  We are also waiting for the professional pictures we had taken in the hospital - those are my favorites and will be posted as soon as I get the CD from the photographer.

Wyatt's 1 Week Birthday

Wyatt and daddy.  Brian has a special touch, on the rare occasions that Wyatt is fussy or crying, Brian picks him up and Wyatt stops and gazes up at his daddy.  
Wyatt and mommy.  Aah, I just noticed the circles under my eyes.... Oh well, part of being a parent.  My favorite part of the day is just after I've fed Wyatt and he's awake and alert.  There is nothing better than that "new baby" smell!
Today is Wyatt's 1 week birthday.  In honor of this, he did what he does best - he slept!  Here he is sleeping in the bouncer his cousin Brian and Heather gave him.  He really liked it - it vibrates and plays music and nature sounds.

  

Welcome Baby Dempsey!

We want to welcome Jonathan Ryan Dempsey to the world! Congratulations to his mom, dad, and big brother Olen.  We can't wait to see pictures!

Check Up & Bath Time

Wyatt went for another check up this afternoon to make sure that he was gaining weight.  At his check up on Monday he weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces (it turns out babies lose weight after they are born, before they start gaining weight as they grow).  Today he weighed 7 pounds, 1/2 ounce - a gain of more than 7 ounces in four days! According to his pediatrician this makes Wyatt a weight-gaining champion!  Usually babies gain 1 ounce per day, but Wyatt almost doubled that! We are glad that he is gaining weight as it means he is eating well, which is hard to gauge when nursing.

We are really enjoying our time with Wyatt so far.  I could spend all day watching him sleep and watching all the funny expressions on his little face.  My favorite so far is when he furrows his brow making him look even more like a little old man.  We seem to be lucky, he is very mellow.  He is the rare baby that doesn't mind being naked and doesn't really even care to be swaddled.  We gave him a bath tonight, which he seems to like more and more every day.  Tonight he spent his bath looking around taking everything in.  Here is a picture of him all wrapped up in his lion towel after his bath. 

We are also VERY thankful that Grandma Margy has come to visit.  She has been a big help to us - doing laundry, making dinner and changing LOTS of poopy diapers!  As an added bonus, Grandma's legendarily cold hands come in handy when we need to wake Wyatt up to eat!

More Pictures of Wyatt

Wyatt's Arrival

We are happy to welcome Wyatt Jacob Taft to our family. He was born Friday, March 13th at 3:25pm, weighing in at 7 lbs and 19.5 inches long.  At first we thought his hair was going to be red, but it has turned a light brown with some red to it.  We have been home from the hospital since Sunday, getting settled in and trying to figure out this whole parenting thing!  Brian and I want to thank everyone for their phone calls and emails of congratulations.  

Coming soon....

Here it is, the last picture of me pregnant.  The doctor has decided to induce labor tomorrow morning, so the next pictures posted will be of Wyatt!  

We have to check in tomorrow morning at 6 and will hopefully have a new addition to report by the afternoon!  

We will try to get pictures posted as soon as possible, but that may not be until Sunday or Monday, depending on how I am feeling.

Stay tuned!

One More Week

Good news, Wyatt gets to stay in the pool for at least another week.  The ultrasound and the non-stress test both went well - no additional calcification of my placenta and my amniotic fluid is only slightly less than last time.  We're taking it week by week, so we go back next week for another ultrasound and non-stress test. 

In the meantime, we've been busy getting ready for his arrival.  We are constantly amazed at how one tiny little person, who hasn't even been born yet, can possibly have so much stuff.  Today we got the crib set up and went on a storage shopping spree at Target.  Brian is currently building our new shelves/drawers so we can stash the rest of Wyatt's stuff! 

I will try to take some more pictures this weekend to post, so you can all see the progress.  For now, here are two pictures of the crib.