Happy Birthday Reese and Audrey!

A couple of weeks ago Everett attended his first party. It was to celebrate cousins Reese and Audrey's birthdays. Reese turned 4 and Audrey 2. He sure loves these two little ladies and it is so sweet to see how much they love him already. 

Audrey loves her new fancy dress-up shoes 

Future Godmother Meghan is a fantastic cook!

Diaper Butt

You may notice E's got a serious case of "diaper-butt" lately. That's because we've been giving cloth diapering a try. We've been using BumGenius 4.0 off and on for a couple weeks now. They add a little more junk to the trunk but so far, I give them a thumbs up. 

2 months

Everett went to the doc yesterday for his 2 month check up and shots. He is now 13lbs 2oz and 21.75 inches long. I figured I should start including something in his photo shoots every month as a point of reference for how much he is growing, so we'll use a baseball.

8 Weeks

Happy 8 week birthday little man!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Everett and I are sending our love your way :) 

7 weeks

I can't believe Everett is 7 weeks old. It's exciting see him growing and changing but I'm missing him being tiny already. Last week we went to see the lactation consultant and E was up to 10 pounds 11 oz! 

We bought a new camera a couple of weeks ago and boy I sure wish we would have had it earlier! We really missed out on getting good photos of him after he was born. We're making up for it now, though. I think Adam and E have a photo shoot everyday!

We've been having fun learning Everett's likes and dislikes.

Likes:

milk

spending time with cousins

 snuggling

the moby wrap

Dislikes:

inferior diapers

bath time

So far Adam and I are loving being parents but I do have one major dislike of my own:

Hank

This is Hank, my breast pump. We spend about 4-5 hours together per day. If it wasn't for him we would be able to actually stay in touch with friends and family, leave the house for more than 1-2 hours at a time and sleep. We'll be continuing to work on this whole breast feeding thing and hopefully Hank can start collecting dust in the near future.

Eat, Sleep, Pump, Poop.

That's what's on the agenda these days in the Merrill household. Oh- and watching lots of trashy TV. 

Everett is getting big so fast. On Monday he was already up to 7 pounds 4 ounces. That's a 1lb 3oz gain in a week! This week he also upgraded diaper sizes from premie to newborn. And he actually fits into his newborn clothes now. 

We went home from the hospital on January 1st. Happy New Year!!!

Marcus and Everett are best buddies already.

Looking a little skeptical of the doctors office...

Everett loves his auntie Laura!

Jussi is very protective of her baby brother.

Welcome home Everett!