4th of July Beach Vacation

Over the week of the 4th of July Baby J had a lot of firsts. First time to the beach, first time meeting 2 of this Aunts and Uncles, first time meeting his Great Aunts and Great Uncle, first time sleeping all night in a crib, and first time meeting his two cousins. We had such a good time even though every day it was almost 100 degrees out!

 

Sleeping through the First Day on the Beach

  First 4th of July

 First Parade

 Uncle Brian making me smile

 

 Meeting my cousins Sophie and Emma for the first time

 Hanging with the cousins

 Auntie Emily and Uncle Austin being silly

 meeting my Aunt Jennie

 meeting my Auntie Monica

 hanging out with Grandmommy

 Meeting Great-Aunt Elizabeth

 Meeting Great-Aunt Monica and Uncle Bob

Gallagher (side) Family Portrait!

Last day at the beach was too hot to hang out at the beach so we just ran out and took a few photos

My Favorite Things

6 weeks has gone by so fast. Here is Baby J enjoying some of his favorite things

the activity mat

Good old Pacifier 

Mr Elephant blanket

going for walks in his stroller and sleeping

his mobile in his crib (used to be my mobile as a baby)

sleeping on daddy (sleeping in general too)

GLOW WORM!!

being swaddled by his daddy (he does a much better job than me!)

One of Baby J's favorite things is looking at his picture drawn by his cousin Emma. We took a video one day while he was just laughing at it.

ONE MONTH

 I really cant believe it has been one month already. Time really does fly.  Here are some fun pictures I took in the past few days. He is now 10.6 lbs and growing more every day! 

Our First Week Home

The first week home from the hospital was an experience I might never forget.  The day we got home from the hospital was my Mom's birthday. She was very excited to spend her birthday helping us out and getting us settled. Plus spending the day with her Grandson was also special.

Having Baby J at home finally was amazing, it was also a challenged I never anticipated. We had some humps to overcome, I was very grateful my parents were there to cook and clean for us. I never imagined how challenging it would be to fed yourself! Here are some photos from our first week home.

Baby J waiting for his ride home, along with my hospital bag.

 Grandmommy and Baby J

 Someone is looking a little sleepy

 Baby J's First Bath

He wasn't sure of that bath....

Baby loves to be swaddled

The first time Pete got to feed Baby J 

 Getting ready for our first walk

enjoying the activity mat

Pete caught Baby J and I sleeping together

Greatest Expressions

Even in Baby J's first few days he was having some amazing facial expresions and funny poses. Here are some of our Favorite. 

Baby J's First Visitors

Baby J and I spent 4 night in the hospital. We had an amazing experience. The food was surprisingly good.  We had many visitors and some who we forgot to take photos of. We apologize to Nicolette & Amy! But we loved seeing everyone!!!

Here is a photo of my breakfast one morning, it was truly the best hospital food ever. Notice Baby J nicely swaddled in the background.