Busy Week 2

Monday Graeme turned one week old, and was not happy about it.

Grandma Janice came up for the week to help take care of Graeme and help Amber around the house, while also managing to sneak in some quality snuggle time with Graeme and Sims.

Mr. Sims also took some time this week to get to know baby brother a little better. He likes to check Graeme's swing a few times a day to see if he is in there, or to make sure that he is a happy baby.

Graeme had his two week check up during the week and we were told to supplement his feedings with some formula since he is hungry hungry hippo. Obviously he did not object.

Baby boy is also very interest in his hands, which sometimes leads to some interesting hand jestures.

Thanks again to Jance for all of her help this week, it was great having you around. We'll try to post more often during the next week when we can.

Who are all of these people and what is all of this yelling about?

We had a big weekend with all kinds of family introductions.

Thursday we brought Graeme home from the hospital, which included our first "official" family photo,

and a photo with Grandma and Grandpa Woode.

Kim and Toni came up for the weekend to meet their new grandson as well. The Tredinnick family met at Buffalo Wild Wings on Sunday to cheer on the Packers along with Graeme's cousins Adie and Brynn.

Graeme also had his first full weekend of football, cheering on the Gophers in a losing effort,

and the Packers in a great victory.

As you can see, all the cheering made for a sleepy little boy after the Packer game on Sunday, afterall, he had a busy first week.

Home to meet big brother

Today was another big day for baby Graeme. We got the okay to finally leave our apartment (the hospital room that we have been cooped up in since Monday) and head home.

Graeme had another big day of firsts, including his first car ride (which he slept through)

His first time meeting big brother Sims (Sims was pretty indifferent about meeting baby brother at first)

His first naps in his bassinet (Sims was more interested in little brother at this point)

His first time getting to wear non-official hospital apparel.

Grandpa Ken and Grandma Janice headed home today as well after being up to take care of Sims and visiting us in the hospital, thanks for all of your help this week!

Tomorrow will be another exciting day with our first visit to the pediatrician and first visit from Grandpa Kim and Grandma Toni.

It's a boy!

Graeme Leigh Tredinnick was born on Monday, September 13, at 11:48 in the morning. Graeme weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs. 7 oz., and is 21 inches long.

Graeme had a rough first day in his new world, but has been pretty sleepy ever since.

Graeme and Mommy are doing good. We get to head home tomorrow which will provide all sorts of new adventures and introductions to new creatures/Big Brother Sims.

Stay tuned for more as we will try to post more frequently now that our little bundle of joy has arrived!

MAGS

Week 33 - Flip and Family Reunion

This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.


Up until this week baby was in the breech position. The doctor warned us that if things didn't 'turn around' by week 36 we would be looking at some alternate birthing options (read: c-section). Thankfully by the end of the week baby was head down and has continued to stay that way for the time being. I continue to attend my 2X week appointments and baby continues to exceed expectations by scoring a 10/10 every time. We got an amazing 4-d image of baby's face with his/her mouth open this week. I have yet to post it to the slideshow at the right, but will. 


Friday night we headed to Tomah, WI for the Graf Family Reunion. The Graf's are Matt's Mom, Toni's side of the family. We got in late but got up early Saturday for golfing and lounging and sweating it out in the water park. We stuck around for dinner on Saturday which was a Prime Rib dinner at the Ground Round. They had a great turn out and we are looking forward to showing off our little one at the next one. 

It's a BOY!

Not for us, for my brother and his fiancé Tommi! Brayden Michael Woode was born around 3am this morning. At bit earlier than expected, but they were ready and everyone is doing great! He joins big sisters Claire (6) and Kaylin (16 months). Congrats!

Everything we need to know about raising a baby...

...we learned in 11 hours. Well, maybe not everything but a decent amount. We took a two-day Birthing Prep/Parenting class this weekend at Fairview Southdale, the hospital where we will be delivering. It was a nice combination of lecture, video and activities to keep us interested. Topics included: pregnancy, labor and birth and how to care for you newborn. The biggest message we took away (and probably could have save ourselves a $100 fee) was that birthing and parenting are pretty much a crapshoot. There isn't one definitive 'right' answer for anything. Everybody's experience and story is different, every situation and scenario has several solutions. So, although we got a lot of information out of it, we still have a lot of talking and decision-making to do. The rest we'll just deal with as it comes.