Our Little Look-a-Likes

We have noticed for a couple weeks now how much Colton looks like Clara when she was a newborn. It's very curious to us how they can look so much alike but yet at the same time they don't. When Clara was born she was the spitting image of Aaron. Colton resembles Aaron, but not in the exact way Clara did. Yet, if you compare these two pictures the resemblance is pretty close.

Colton at 3 weeks old

Clara at 4 weeks old

So Much to Do, So Little Time to Blog

Life has been busy and fun for our family since I last posted an update. Here's a quick recap with some pics to share in our fun.

Last Saturday we had some friends over for a little cookout and they helped celebrate my birthday with Aaron, Clara, Colton and me. The kids played in the pool and sprinkler and the grown-ups got to relax on a beautiful day and enjoy some good food.

Here are Nick (my cousin's son) and Clara deciding whether or not to run through the sprinkler. They eventually did while holding hands and laughing all the way!
Miss Clara taking a juice break from the fun.

This past week we spent Monday at Freeman Lake which is a nice park in Elizabethtown. We played, fed the geese, and had little picnic before heading home for a nap - for all 4 of us!

Giddy up dinohorsie! Colton chillin' at the park Clara getting up close and personal with the very friendly & hungry geese

On Tuesday we ventured up to Louisville with Michelle, Nick and Hailey to visit the zoo. The highlight for Clara was the little petting farm where she got to pet a bunch of goats. She kept asking to go back!

We have enjoyed our time together and are sad that Aaron has to return to work tomorrow. He'll be at Ft. Riley in Kansas for the week so Clara, Colton and I will be getting some quality time together.

Until next time, xoxoxox

Dr. Clara

Greetings from Kentucky! We are settling into a nice little routine with our little man and big sister. There have been a few rough patches but it feels like things are settling down. This morning Miss Clara and I ventured out into the humidity to weed our vegetable garden. It's growing so well! She was actually quite interested and helpful when it came to raking and pulling the weeds between the rows of plants. She is so proud of and excited about her sunflowers; she wanted to take her picture by them.

Here's a recent pic of "Dr. Clara" giving Colton a check-up during tummy time the other day. A toy doctor kit is her new favorite toy. It's actually my old doctor set that I got as a present when Keri was born/for my 3rd birthday. Grandma cleaned it all up like new and now it's been passed off to the new big sister. She loves listening to our hearts, looking in our ears, checking our blood pressure, poking us with the syringe to give us medicine and checking our temperatures. And, naturally, Clara thinks Colton is the perfect little patient!

The OT in me needs to point out that this little man LOVES his tummy and can't get enough tummy time! If the medical world didn't have me so freaked out with the whole "back to sleep" thing I'd let this guy sleep on his stomach like most of us did as infants. He sleeps on our chests all the time on his belly and loves playing on his tummy on the floor. He's already lifting and turning his head from side to side and rolling to his side.

That's it for now. We are relaxing and enjoying our time together before Aaron goes back to work on June 14 and I'm sure we'll have more updates before then.

Summer Fun!

Embracing the spirit of summer, we enjoyed a lovely morning/afternoon splashing and picnicing in the yard today. Aaron surprised Clara with a very cool little pool complete with slide, waterfall and dinosaurs! We filled it up, had a blast, worked up an appetite and had a nice little picinc, and all before naptime.

"Ooooh, that's cold Daddy!"

Clara helped give Colton his first sponge bath; still waiting for that cord to fall off. She loved washing his hair!

All clean and looking handsome

Well, that's about it for now. My parents head back up north tomorrow and it'll be time for the four of us to sit back and enjoy the ride that is our new family!

...And Colton Makes Four!

Phew! That went by fast! Nine months of waiting to add to our family and anticipating the surprise of "what's it gonna be" flew by in what seems a heartbeat. It seems like it went by almost as quickly as the 3 1/2 hours that it took to arrive at the hospital, be admitted, and barely get the epidural working before it was time to start pushing, and out came Colton! We are so excited to have this perfect little man in our family. I don't think Aaron has stopped smiling; he's so thrilled to have a son.

We came home on Wednesday afternoon after a nice 48 hour stay at the hospital. My parents had arrived on Monday evening and had been helping out with Miss Clara. We are taking one day, sometimes one hour at a time! Adjusting to our new life will be interesting and challenging at times I'm sure, but ultimately wonderful!

Here's a slide show for you guys to enjoy of our little man and his big sis!




Thanks for all the love and support over the past months and day from all of you! We truly appreciate it. xoxoxox

Its a boy!!!! Colton William Barrett. 6 lbs 11 oz. 19 1/4 inches. Born at 1:26pm. May 17, 2010