Week 2 Nov 17-24

Our little man is growing a ton. We took him to the doctor's and apparently he has grown a whole inch and half! Now we just need to focus on fattening him up. We can't wait til he's a little more sturdy.

Picture time! 

Dad and baby 

Mum and baby

Lincoln getting tired of dads shenanigans already. :)

He's so handsome when he sleeps

And lastly, here he is with his bunny. I think we will do a bunny Side-by-side each month to document his growth

Here's a couple cuz they're cute.

Happy Thanksgiving, see you next week!

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Week 1 Nov 10-17

Well a whole week has passed since we came home from the hospital. Chris has had the week off and so we've been bonding with the little one, showing him off to visitors and trying to settle into this new life.   Lincoln seems to like us, so I think we are off to a pretty good start.

Here are some of the visitors

Lincoln's nervous god father. Tiny fragile things scare even the manliest of men.

Honestly, he just sleeps a lot.

But someone forgot to tell him that babies don't actually sleep like this, so he always looks like he's posing for pictures. 

 It's super funny.

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We were worried that Rue wouldn't like him..... We were wrong. 

He's her baby too, apparently

She's always curling up next to him.

.... I think he likes her too....

He is awake sometimes tho.... And he makes faces like this.

Bewilderment, and deep thought.

Not sure he's totally accustomed to life outside the womb yet.

Oh and here is some video of his many faces.

New baby.

I decided to start this blog because we live so far away from everyone,  and it feels likes much time passes between visits that we don't get to share much of our lives with our loved ones.

So considering our newest addition, I think a little photo blog is in order.

November 7, 2013 at 10pm our sweet baby Lincoln Nicholas Gallegos joined our family.
He was exactly one month early, he was 18 inches long and weighed 5lbs 11oz.
Despite being the tiniest little guy, he is completely healthy and his delivery was without any complications. 

I carried him entirely in my back, here he is the day before I went into labor. 8 & 1/2 months pregnant.... 

Hooray for no stretch marks, but holy cow was it painful not being able to breathe or sleep or eat because he was squishing my lungs, spine, and stomach. 

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Here he is moments after birth. I was very happy to see him. Please ignore my sissy tear streaks. 

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His first smile. I am so insanely happy I caught this on camera. 

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Being handsome 

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Lauren (Lincoln's proud godmother) and Olivia.

Liv was very happy to meet him, she whispered "next year we will get to share cake" and I nearly lost it. So cute. They now share a birthday, within an hour of each other.

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The photographer at the hospital got some good shots

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Chris pledging allegiance to the Lincoln

And just being Chris...

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Him being tiny.....

In his swing

Pretending to be a baby sloth

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First bath

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That pretty much brings us up to date.

I will post weekly with more family first moments.... 

And with the holidays coming, I'm pretty excited about all of the milestones we will have to share. 

Much love,

The Gallegos Family.