Grandparents

So now that three out of four grandparents have met Murdoch I figured I would post a few pictures. Talli and Bob were able to visit Murdoch a few times right after he was born and my Mom just came up for a long weekend. Murdoch will see Talli and Bob the next two weekends and then my parents are planning on coming up for another visit with Murdoch. I am sure we will have more pictures later but this is a start. Now we just need to get Steve up here for a visit!

Hanging with my Dad

Murdoch and Andy tend to spend a lot of time together in bed 'resting their eyes' which produces a lot of cute pictures. They both need a lot of beauty sleep!

Swimming in Maine

No Murdoch was not swimming in Maine - at least not yet. Karen and Hugh were nice enough to take Deucey up to Maine over Labor Day weekend - it was our first weekend with Murdoch so we had one less thing to think about and Maine is a lot more fun than hanging with us and a newborn! Hugh had bought Deucey a new life vest to help her get used to swimming and it worked! She went all the way out to the boat chasing after ducks. I think when we are up there next we will need to get a video. Here is a picture of Deucey in her life vest - it looks like she owns the boat and the lake.

My First Bath

Murdoch's belly button fell off around 2 weeks so we decided to give him a bath. The sponge bath was not an easy task so we assumed that a full bath wouldn't be all that pleasant either and we were correct. There was a lot of screaming though he did relax for about a minute so hopefully that minute turns into more minutes in the future, otherwise Murdoch may end up being a dirty little baby. I would think that he would love baths - he is related to the shower queen, Uncle Hugh, who loves to stay in the shower for an hour! Maybe we will have Hugh come over and talk to Murdoch about how much fun a bath can be. Enjoy the pictures!

3 Weeks Old

Murdoch is three weeks old today. A lot has changed in three weeks. At his doctor's appointment last week he was 10 pounds 7 ounces so we have moved to the next size in diapers though we did squeeze him into the newborn ones for a few days to get rid of them. He is an inch longer so he is now 22 3/4 inches so some of his clothes are already too small. And probably the most important change, at least to the two of us, is that he now sleeps in 4 hour intervals at night which seems like such a luxury. We are waiting for the other shoe to fall off and suddenly he no longer sleeps but so far so good.

Other than that we don't have too much to report. The house is coming along. The outside is almost done. Hopefully the tile in the two bathrooms will be finished today or tomorrow and the toilets and vanities are being installed on Thursday. Hopefully it all comes together because Grandmother Cheryl is coming on Saturday from St. Louis for a visit.

Introducing Murdoch!

Murdoch Parsons Sutherland was born at 9:18 AM on Tuesday, August 28th. He was 9 pounds, 1 ounce and 21 3/4 inches. He came out screaming and with a full head of hair. I went into labor around 11:30 AM on Monday and we made it to the hospital around 4:30. Ligea, our doula, met us there and was a huge help! She helped both of us stay calm and focused during the whole labor. Ligea - thank you so much!

We have a lot of pictures to post during his first two weeks but I thought I would get started with a few from his birth.

Here is a slideshow from the first day:

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