First Bottle

Baby Tate is 5 days old and had her first bottle today! I was fascinated with the whole 'pumping' ritual and paid close attention to what mommy was doing. Guess who gave my baby her first bottle? ME! Mommy said I'm such a good helper and I had fun feeding my baby. I was bored after awhile though and had to multi-task by feeding her and watching my show. Mommy isn't the only one who can multi-task!

Watching my show and feeding Baby Tate
Grammy and Tate
I love to sleep!
I look good in polka dots. Thank you for my polka dot blanket, Jackson. It is so soft and mommy has me wrapped in it all of the time. Here I am with my SOFT bunny from my friend, Eden, too. I have to watch out because my big brother loves soft things and might want to steal it from me. So far, he seems content with MY soft yellow duck so I think I'm in the clear.

Our First Outing

Today has been a big day. Tate had her first pediatrician appointment (she now weighs 7 lb 10 oz as opposed to the 7 lb 5 oz when she came home from the hospital) and afterwards we all went to Kerbey Lane for breakfast. Yum! Later in the afternoon we had another dr. appt for Tate and she had to have her frenulum clipped under her tongue. I thought she would cry but she was very brave! Thank you, Dr. Brown, for taking such good care of my baby. Mommy said things are going MUCH better now with feeding for both her and the baby.

Today's Tripp-ism

Tripp: "Mommy, I want my baby bean to go too"

Mom: "Do you remember your baby's name?"

Tripp: "Potato"

I held on to the changing table laughing so hard that I thought I might rip some of my stitches out!

Going Home!

Mommy and Baby Tate get to come home today! Here are some more picture of my new baby.

I love my baby sister!

My baby sister is so little and I love giving her kisses all of the time. My Grammy has been home with me but I like to be at the hospital as much as possible. In fact, I get sad when I go home and mommy, daddy and Baby Tate aren't home but mommy said they will be coming home soon. I can't wait!

Baby Tate's first bow

Daddy, me, Baby Tate, Baby Eden and Carey
Me with the girls. Baby Tate is 3 days old and Baby Eden is 6 weeks old.
I love my baby so much!

Announcing the arrival of Amelia Tate Riley

She's here! Tate was born October 2, 2008 at 2:57 pm. She is 7 lbs 15 oz and 19 3/4 inches long and we are in love with her! Mommy and daddy were in shock because they were expecting a boy, but I'm so excited about my baby sister. Isn't she cute?

I'm going to be a big brother today!

Today is the big day! After school (and after my nap - in order to avoid meltdowns), I get to go to the hospital and meet my new baby sister or brother! I'm so excited that I'll have my own baby to kiss on. Mommy and I tied ribbon and a note on pencils that I picked out at the store and I'm going to give each of the kids in my class a pencil that says 'I'm going to be a big brother today'. I think they'll like the racecar pencils.

And.....to make it even better, my Grammy is here and she brought me a baby pumpkin. It's going to be a good day.......