Kellerman Dental Babies

Last year around this time, three girls at Kellerman Dental found out they were expecting babies.  Dominique was the first to find out she was pregnant, followed a month later by me, and Tiffany a few weeks after that.  We all had a great time being pregnant together.  Not only did we bond as pregnant women, but as a family with the whole office. Dr. Kellerman didn't have to deal with too many emotional meltdowns, so he survived the three trimesters just fine! It was great to be able to discuss how I was feeling and parenting/baby issues with the other girls.  For Tiffany and Dominique it was both their second pregnancy, so they answered about a million of my questions .  My office even had a baby poll going, since none of us found out the sex we were going to have, and gave away a Flip camera to the patient who guessed the sex of the babies correctly!!

The Mommies' Bellies About Ready to Pop....

 Dominique - Black Shirt

Tiffany - White Shirt

Me - Purple Shirt

• Dominique had a little girl, Karsen Leanne 7lbs 9oz and 18 in, born November 15th

• I had a litttle boy, Nolan Henson 7lbs 7oz and 19.5in, born Decemeber 20th

• Tiffany had a little boy, Grant Steven 8lbs 12oz and 19in, born January 7th

They meet for the first time!!

 Nolan - Orange Shirt

Karsen - Pink Shirt

Grant - Striped Shirt

I'm sure they will all grow to be as good as friends as their mommies have!

Teething at Ten Weeks?

Nolan has been fussy the last couple of days and had a temperature of 99.4 degrees last night, so I called his pediatrician today.  She said as long as he is eating the same amount, has been making plenty of wet diapers, and doesn't have a temperature more than 100 degrees he should be alright.  She thinks he may be teething!! Can you believe this?  Nolan has been ahead of the game on almost everything, but I never would have thought he would be teething at 10 weeks old!!  The Tylenol seems to help when he is really fussy, but most of the time he just kind of whines and eats.  When I talk to him and sing him songs he laughs, smiles, and coos just like his old self.  Hopefully, he will get to feeling better again.  At least we know one thing, when his teeth do finally come in they will be kept nice and clean!!

Since Nolan loves baths and they help him to relax, I decided to give him a bath tonight to help him sleep.  We haven't taken a whole lot of bath pictures, so I had Bill take a few while I was giving Nollie his bath.  He loves the bath so much.  His eyelids get really heavy and sometimes he even falls asleep!! 

We Survived Our First Week!!

We survived our first week of me going back to work and Nolan going to Ashlee's, his babysitter.  I was a little nervous about getting a schedule established, but everything went great!!  I take the night feeding and then Bill gets up in the morning and feeds Nolan before he leaves for work.  Nolan goes back to sleep after eating until I wake him up to dress him and load him in the car.  I take him to Ashlee's, which he loves, and then head to work.  I even made it to work 10 minutes early each day!!  I'm not going to allow myself to sleep an extra 10 minutes because the one time I do there is going to be a last minute poop explosion or a meltdown over something, which I will need those extra 10 minutes.  Bill picks up Nolan and I get home shortly after the boys.  We snuggle as a family, feed Nollie, and then Nolan goes to bed. Yes, this means he sleeps 6-7 hours at one time!!

It feels so great to be back to work! I get to visit with  my patients and hang out with my other family all day.  I call and check in on Nolan a couple of times a day, but I know he is doing great!!  Ashlee is such a sweetheart and her little boy loves Nolan.  Ashlee said Landon talks and plays with Nolan and he laughs and talks back to Landon.  When Nolan gets a little older he'll be following Landon around all over the place.

Snuggling with my love after my first day back to work

 Big boy on Daddy's side of the bed!

Nolan is growing up so much!! He loves to smile, laugh, and coo.  He will have conversations with Bill for about 10 minutes.   He also enjoys playing on his play mat by swatting at the rattles, kicking like a crazy man, and listening to music.  I was in the kitchen while he was on his play mat and I heard him going to town talking and kicking! I'm still trying to figure out how to upload the video onto the blog, so everyone will just have to take my word for it.

Here are a few pictures I took of Nolan this morning.  He's developing such a little personality!!

Nolan's 2 Month Check Up

Today was Nolan's two month check up with Dr. Jennifer Hulsen, his pediatrician.  Not to be confused with Dr. Thomas Hulsen, the doctor who delivered Nolan.  You guessed it... they're husband and wife.  We arrived at our appointment a little early, so Nolan fell asleep in the waiting room.  Once, we were called back into our room the nurse weighed and measured Nolan.  Nolan now weighs 12 pounds 6.5 ounces and is 24 inches long!! My little boy is growing like a weed. Since Dr. Hulsen was running a little bit behind, she went ahead and had the nurse give Nolan his vaccines.  Two were in the form of shots and one he was able to drink.  The liquid went down just fine, but the shots didn't go over too well with Nollie.  He let out the loudest cry I have ever heard come out of him and he actually had tears in his eyes.  As soon as the nurse was finished, I swooped him up into my arms and he settled right down.  He ate a bottle while waiting for Dr. Hulsen and fell asleep again.  I have the best baby!! We're now back at home resting and recovering from those treacherous shots.  Nolan was a little fussy, but is doing great.  I took a few pictures of the battle wounds and then dressed him in his pajamas so he can sleep better.

 The reason Nolan is growing so much is because he is such a great eater!! And we all know what goes in MUST come out, so not only is Nolan growing but so is the size of his bowel movements!!  He had a little explosion the other day and I thought it was a great opportunity to document, so when he gets older we can show the pictures to his friends.  This is why I call him Pooter.

 Still working a little bit up....

 He thought it was quite funny

 All better

 He even got some on Mommy

The aftermath of the explosion.

Cleaned up.  Now time to relax.

Nolan's First Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to all of our wonderful family and friends!!  Nolan and I started our Valentine's Day off with a hug and a kiss from Daddy this morning.  Nolan gave me the best present of all; he slept until 7:00!! haha  After we slept in, I took Nolan to my chiropractor appointment where I had a nice adjustment.  Nana and Aunt Kelby stopped by with an adorable outfit and shoes from Old Navy for Nolan.  We all went out to eat at Applebee's and then came back to the house to hang out.  I decided it was an opportune time to have a little photo shoot at the house because I had some helpers, Nana and Aunt Kelby.  Nolan did a great job!!  Aunt Kelby kept him satisfied with his paci and Nana and I took the pictures.

After the photo shoot, Nana and Aunt Kelby left to go back home to Coffeen.  Nolan and I layed down for a nice long afternoon nap.  We were really tired because I awoke to a scratch on my nose, and it was Bill tickling my nose with the stem of the rose he got me for Valentine's Day!! He also bought me a box of chocolates and a card from himself and from Nolan.  Bill is such a sweetheart, I love him more and more everyday.  He truly is my best friend and the most wonderful father Nolan could ask for.  I fall more in love with him everyday because of the wonderful things he does for our family.  I love you Billy Head!!

Ten minutes later, I had eaten half of my box of chocolates when Nana text me to say my family was going to Uncle Jaron's basketball game in Hillsboro.  I could not miss this opportunity to show off my little man, so I packed Nolan up and we made the drive once more.  Nolan is starting to like his car seat a little more since he is in it ALL the time.  Bill stayed back to work on his thesis.  Nolan did great at the basketball game.  He was so alert looking around at everyone and smiling like a big boy.  I was worried about all of the noise, the band, and the buzzer, but Nolan did so good!!  We left after the first quarter of the Varsity game and made it back to Glen Carbon in time to bathe, feed, and put Nolan to sleep by 9:30.   He is such a trooper and a great little boy.

PHOTO SHOOT!!

 This one cracked me up! He's just hanging out.  Thinking, "Mommy, are we almost done?!"

 "Seriously, I'm getting tired of waiting!!"

 This is the quilt Great Grandma Jane made for Nolan's bedroom.

 GO TOPPERS!!

Hanging with the Hygienists

As most of you know I am a Dental Hygienist and I went to Hygiene school at Lewis and Clark Community College.  While attending college, I met a great group of girls and we have still remained in contact today.  Among that group of girls are Brooke and Linda.  Today, Brooke stopped by to see Nolan for the first time.  Brooke brought a few goodies for Nolan including a Mizzou Tigers outfit.  Brooke said since her and Joe moved to Missouri she has to represent!  Thanks Brookie for my cool outfit!!  Brooke, Nolan, and I met Linda at Applebee's to have a delicious lunch.  Nolan is pretty much a regular in the restaurants. We had a good time catching up and of course the girls think Nolan looks like Bill.  Oh well, at least his daddy is a good looking guy!  After we ate, we all came back to the house to cuddle with Nolan a few times and then the girls left for the afternoon.

 Linda and Nolan

 Brooke and Nolan

Nolan ended the day hanging out with daddy on the floor.  Bill cannot believe how alert Nolan has become.  After looking at these pictures, Nolan definitely looks like Bill.

 

 Smiles for Daddy

 

Nollie loves his Daddy