Growing Boys!

A week after Adam was born, David turned 3!  We celebrated with parties at Big Marine with neighbors and in Grand Forks with family. 

Adam continues to grow and is a very easy going baby.  When we took him in for his check-up at almost 3 weeks....he was 10 pounds!  So he is definitely a happy, healthy baby!  We are hoping that he will start sleeping through the night soon...or we would even be happy with him waking up only once at night!  But we have nothing to complain about - it is a joy to have 2 boys...and David still loves being a big brother - thank goodness the jealousy hasn't set in yet (can we count on it not happening?)





We had fun spending a week at Grandpa and Grandma's house....I really liked having the extra sets of hands!!  Now we are back at home adjusting to life as a family of 4.  I have David home 2 days a week and he goes to pre-school the other 3 days.  Let's just say that 3 days of the week are quiet and calm (with the occasional outbursts from little brother!) and the other 2 days are kind of crazy.  I have gotten really good at doing art projects and making lunch one-handed!!!  We are always really excited to see Pete on those days!!  In all seriousness, we are doing great and really happy about how easy the adjustment has been!!!

Adam is Here!

We were thrilled to welcome our 2nd son to our family this week.....Adam Dohn Carlson was born on August 2nd at 2:22am.  He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Despite having to wait until August (July sounded much better!), everything went great and we are at home adjusting to having two wonderful boys!

After starting contractions around 6:30pm on Monday night and getting to the hospital around 11:00pm, Adam was born at 2:22am in the morning on the 2nd!  After oogling at our new little arrival, the three of us at the hospital were able to take a little nap before starting the day with visitors and all the hospital stuff that happens during the first day of life!

Pete went to get David in the morning and brought him over to meet his new little brother.  He has been so excited about being a big brother, so we were hoping that that excitement would continue when Adam actually arrived.  Thankfully it has!  David keeps saying how much he loves his little brother, wanting to kiss and hold him, and checking in on him when he's crying to make sure he is OK!  Let's cross our fingers that this continues!

Thank goodness Grandma Peggy came to help out with our adjustment and especially with David while we were at the hospital on Tuesday night.  When she left on Friday, it wasn't more than 2 minutes before both boys were crying at the same time.  Pete and I looked at each other and started laughing......then begging she would come back!

We will update the post as much as possible so everyone can watch our new adventures with two boys.  Even if it's just photos.....hopefully we'll be able to keep it a bit  more up to date.  Enjoy!