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Well, Peyton has been a part of our family for almost 6 weeks now! He continues to be a very healthy, happy baby. He saw the doctor again this week for his one month check-up where he weighed 11 pounds 9 ounces and was 22 inches in length! He already almost weighs more than Jensen did when he was 2 months old. He sure didn't stay little for very long. He is starting to coo and he loves being played with and talked too! We are just starting to have him do some "tummy time" now and whether it was a fluke or not I am not sure but he did roll himself over this morning! Every week brings new surprises so we are anxious to see what he will do next week!
Jensen has become quite the singer lately. He has enjoyed singing for awhile now but he has recently discovered American Idol ( or as he calls it Arican Idol) and he enjoys singing along with the contestants each week. He uses whatever he can find as a microphone ( as you can see it was the vacuum this week). Unfortunately you can't often understand the words most of the time but the melody is dead on! He does know the words to quite a few songs but of course he doesn't often sing those when you would like him too! I don't know if he will grow up to be the next American Idol but he sure keeps Mom and Dad entertained!
Peyton has been with us for a month now. We are starting to adjust to being a family of four and it definitely is an adjustment. We were very fortunate to have so much support from our family this past month. My parents came home with us from the hospital and stayed a few days and Brian's mom stayed for quite a few days this past month which helped tremendously! Aunt Lara has also babysat already! It really is a blessing to live near family when you have kids! I am still trying to establish some kind of schedule to maintain my sanity around here but the boys seem to have other ideas! All in all, things are going well. Peyton was at the doctor a week ago and he weighed 10 pounds 10 ounces already! He sure didn't stay little for long! He has just started to smile when he is awake, which is more and more all the time! I tried to capture one of those smiles in this picture.
Well, Jensen is now a big brother and he seems to like it pretty well. Right after Peyton was born when we were all in the hospital room together, Jensen said to me " Thank you for the baby Momma". He has been huggin and kissing on him ever since. Of course it has been an adjustment for him as he no longer is the center of attention as he has been for the past 2 1/2 years but he is doing pretty good!
Well, this is my first post on my blog and we have had a lot of very exciting things going on with us with the arrival of our second son Peyton last month so I thought I would start there. Peyton James Perkins was born on Feb 8, 2006 at 7:45am at Mid Michigan Regional Center in Midland, Michigan. He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. He was born by scheduled c-section and Brian and I had to be in the hospital by 6am to get preped for surgery and they wheeled me into the delivery room at about 7:15 am. I had a c-section when I had Jensen also but it was an emergency c-section so I don't remember too much about it besides the fact that I just wanted the pain to go away but this was a totally different experience this time. It was really neat to be awake and alert during the whole thing. They took just me in to start the anethesia and everything before they brought Brian in to be with me. He said it seemed like an eternity that he had to wait outside but it was probably about 10 minutes. He came in and of course at this point I am not feeling anything but hearing everything that is going on. The nurses and doctors were great, they talked me through the whole thing and soon enough we heard a cry and that is the most beautiful sound in the world. They brought him over to us and I couldn't believe how big he was for a newborn. Of course, he was adorable ( I am a little biased) and he had lots of dark hair! He looked very much like I had imagined him to look, unlike his brother who didn't have much hair at all when he was born. Anyways, after I was able to see him, Brian was able to go with Peyton to get his first bath and all that other stuff they do to newborns and I just had to lay there for awhile until it was time to wheel me back to my room.
On my way back to the room, I was feeling very emotional and I saw all of my family looking into the window at Peyton. I really started to tear up when I saw Jensen with a big grin on his face looking at his little brother for the first time! Also, seeing Peyton for the first time was his Grandma and Grandpa Mowat, Grandma Janet, Aunt Lynnette and Uncle Dave and Aunt Lara.
He is definitely another miracle sent from God!
Well, Peyton has been a part of our family for almost 6 weeks now! He continues to be a very healthy, happy baby. He saw the doctor again this week for his one month check-up where he weighed 11 pounds 9 ounces and was 22 inches in length! He already almost weighs more than Jensen did when he was 2 months old. He sure didn't stay little for very long. He is starting to coo and he loves being played with and talked too! We are just starting to have him do some "tummy time" now and whether it was a fluke or not I am not sure but he did roll himself over this morning! Every week brings new surprises so we are anxious to see what he will do next week!
