Home for 2 weeks now!

We are settling into our family of 3 now!  We've been home for 2 weeks and I can't believe how fast time has gone by--he seems to be changing every day!  His cheeks are filling out, we're seeing his eyes more and more, and he is a lot more active :)  Everett is eating about 3-4 ounces every 3 hours and is sleeping really well at night.  He pretty much just wakes up to eat!  I've been so lucky to have my mom here the first week we were home and then Patty, Jeremy's mom, has been here this week.  Next week will be "interesting" when I'm home by myself with the little guy.  Feel free to check in on me and make sure I haven't lost my mind! Here are a few pics that we've taken the past couple of weeks!

Everett's wreath on our door

attempting some play time! 

Awake in Mom's arms!

Yay!  Dad's home from work!

Sponge bath!

Time with Mom

Nursery is finally finished with the print that Patty's friend made for us!  It looks so great in the room!

Baby K becomes Baby Everett!

Baby Everett Thomas Kennedy was born on January 13th at 1:57 pm!  And, our gut feeling was right---he is a little boy :)  I was induced at 5:00 am on Friday morning and everything went very fast!  I had my epidural by 6:45am and began pushing at 1:30 pm.  27 minutes later, Everett was here weighing in at 8 pounds 4 ounces!

We are so over the moon with being parents. It truly is amazing---the second you see your baby, you fall in love.  I can't imagine not having him here.  Jeremy is such an amazing dad already---changing diapers, rocking, singing, and just truly being in love with him.  He seems to be on a good schedule already.  Everett eats every 2 1/2-3 1/2 hours and takes about 2-3 ounces at each feeding.  The nights have been a little crazy because he wakes up about one hour into his nap and needs to be rocked but falls asleep very quickly after that.

Here are some pictures:

Meeting Aunt Alex or Aunt "Beauty"

Meeting Gigi

Meeting Poppy

Meeting Aunt Jaime

Meeting Nama

Coming home outfit!

Walking in the door!

In his nursery with Dad!

Two Become Three...

I've decided to start a new blog.  Jeremy and I had one a few years ago but let it just "discontinue" due to just nothing much going on in our lives :)  We're boring, maybe??!!

But, we've had one very special reason to start another blog---a baby due any day now!!  I've had friends that kept a blog with their little ones and it's amazing how helpful it's been to look back and see how much they've grown and milestones they encountered.  I figure now is just as good as anytime to start blogging!

I've had a great pregnancy--absolutely no complications, very little nausea (just in the first trimester), good weight gain, healthy heartbeats, etc!  We've really been blessed with how fast the pregnancy has gone and how great I've felt the whole time.  Although now at 40+ weeks, I am starting to get uncomfortable.  I've had terrible back pain the past 24 hours so hopefully that means a baby is on his/her way!

On my due date!  January 8th!

We have a scheduled induction on Friday because at that point I'll be 5 days past my due date and my doctor feels like it's time!  And...I do too!!