Larry's Family Comes Over for a Visit

Four Generations!

David with Aunty Anna and soon to be Uncle Matt

Family picture with Great-Grandmother Bishop

David with Great-Grandma Bishop

Happy David with Grandma Soderlund

David's first Christmas

Here are some pictures from David's first Christmas. We'll post more in the coming days, so please check back. By the way, David now weighs 12.5 lbs. He's in the 91st percentile for weight. A big boy!

Uncle Brent and Aunt Rhonda came to visit last weekend. David was quick to snuggle up to both of them!


Here he is hanging out in bed with Thaddaeus.


The family portrait before David's Christmas dinner...


... and after Christmas dinner.

David and Grandpa Folsom

David with Aunt Wendy and Cousin Lydia.

David and Aunt Anna. They finally got to meet each other on December 27!

Baby Model

Here are just a few shots of Baby David that will go into his modeling portfolio. We are especially proud of his layout on the shag. Very tasteful.

Recent photos

The Folkerts family brought us dinner last week and the boys got to meet David for the first time. Here's (left to right) Nathan, Lydia, David, Grant and Chrissy.

A sleepy David with a very tired Daddy.

David loves his pacifier.

But he can't keep it in for long!


David's favorite sleep position. Are human legs supposed to bend like that?



The whole family.

Bath Time

Husky Boy

Well it's official as of today's doctor visit, we have a husky boy on our hands. David is now weighing in at 10 lbs. even which puts him in the 85th% for babies his age. As for length he grew half an inch in the last week putting him in the 75th% for babies his age. He now measures 21 1/4 inches in length. Wow what a kid.

On our own

On Sunday, David's Grandma and Grandpa Folsom went home. Now that our safety net has been removed, we're a little aprehensive about taking care of this little guy all on our own. But we're looking forward to visits from his Grandma Soderlund, Grandpa Soderlund, and all his aunts and uncles in the coming weeks!

Speaking of uncles, here's David with his Uncle Matt on Thanksgiving:

And here he is with Matt, Michelle and her mom Lois:

Also, to update you all on his weight, when he saw his pediatrician last Monday, he weighed 9lbs (9 ounces more than when we left the hospital)! Based on that weight gain, we were able to stop supplementing with formula. Tomorrow he'll see his doctor again and we're hoping for more weight gain. He'll be a real chub-chub before we know it!

Thanksgiving

Thad-The Guardian

Hey, where's my turkey?

The Thanksgiving Party!

We had a low key high calorie Thanksgiving for obvious reason. Those in attendance were Mom and Dad Folsom, Matt (Chrissy's younger brother), his girlfriend Michelle and Michelle's mother, Lois.

Surprise!

David's Surprise for Dad!

Heading Home Video

Face Time with David

Here is a short video of David and a sleepy Dad. Enjoy!

Losing Weight Here!

Our Friend Lydia Comes to the Rescue!

Well at least one of us is losing weight. Today our nurse informed us that David lost 1 pound, and that while weight loss is not abnormal for newborns, David lost one more ounce than he should have. So we are now introducing one ounce of formula at every feeding in order to bulk him back up again. I am trying to model this behavior for David by bulking up on fast food and heavy desserts. I do it for my son. Chrissy is doing better today, her staples were removed and she is a bit more mobile than yesterday. Right now we are looking at leaving for home sometime tomorrow.

A Grateful Family!

Aunt Wendy and Cousin Angelina
Grandma Soderlund













Grandma &Grandpa Folsom











Picture by Wendy and Tim

Thanks to all who have been reading our blog. We really appreciate your supportive messages and loving comments. We also want to give a special thanks to the grandparents and Angelina and Wendy for coming out to the hospital on our special day. We are only on day three and we already feel the love. Thanks.

That Dreaded Day for all boys!

Well today was the circumcision day. Poor David. After a morning filled with long feedings and short naps, David’s 12:30 appointment arrived. In my ignorant state of mind I requested that I be present at this procedure. Well right off the bat I regretted showing up. They had the poor guy strapped into a car seat like contraption while the nursery nurse was drowning his sorrows with a sugar water pacifier. As the doctor began to wield medieval like contraptions, I began to think, “What have I done?” Well in the end David and I survived. OK, enough adventures for one day.

(This picture was from the night before, but I find it most fitting for this segment.)

Surviving the 1st Night

David likes to eat. He spent a lot of time pleading his case for food last night. Nursery time tapped out at a total of 3 1/2 hours (one hour session and another for two and a half) During that time we enjoyed our sleep. We are both running on adrenalin but still so excited to have this little chunk of a guy in our lives.

He's Here!

Well its official! David Lawrence Soderlund was born on November 18th at 3:01 pm. He came in at a weight of 9 lbs 5 ounces and measures at 20.25 inches in length. Baby and Mom are doing fine adjusting to the new life. We are all a bit exhausted but elated that this day has finally come.

Our best picture of Baby Soderlund so far.

Our big boy and the plan to get him out.

We had an ultrasound on Tuesday (11/11/08), at which our baby weighed in at over 10 pounds. That's huge for a baby at only 38 weeks! We know that these measurements can be off sometimes, but our doctor doesn't think it's off by more than 10% (ie, one pound in this case). As the ultrasound technician left the office, Chrissy's mom heard him say "There's one for the record books." Hmm.

Women give birth to big babies all the time. In fact, Chrissy weighed almost 10 pounds when she was born, but she was 2 weeks late, she was her mom's 3rd child (birthing big babies is supposed to be easier for "experienced" moms), and still her mom suffered complications. Since letting the baby come "naturally" poses some real dangers to him and to Chrissy, our doctor recommended a C-section. SO... we've scheduled Baby Soderlund's C-section for Tuesday 11/18/08 at 12:30pm.

We're sort of puzzled by our baby's huge size. But we are also confident in his maker: "You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made... My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place." (Psalm 139:13-15) He has a plan in all this.

Boy, are we going to feel silly if he weighs anywhere less than 9 pounds on his birthdate!