The Mauger's: September 2009

9.19.2009

Yay!

James' umbilical cord finally came off- 19 days after his birth... it sure did take its sweet time falling off!

9.18.2009

We were lucky enough to find a professional photographer that was giving away a free photo shoot for a newborn baby boy in order to update her portfolio... so needless to say we jumped at the offer! Here are some of the photos with more to come later!

James did not like his head in the mitt, but it ended up turning out great!

The goal of this shoot was to have James’ head peeking out, but he was trying to go to sleep and did not let us do that- I kind of like how this picture turned out more than what we were trying to do

He finally fell asleep when we took this picture- this is one of my favorites! Boy his hair is red! (Who would have thought?!)

We call this the Moses picture because the basket reminds us of the basket Moses might have been in :)

James was asleep during this picture, but boy was he uncomfortable! He was too big for the teacup, but I really wanted a picture with him in it!

9.13.2009

James’ First Bath

We were very excited and nervous to give James his first bath at home. Both of us had never seen it been done before, but luckily we received a DVD in the mail from Huggies that filmed all of the basic care procedures for babies, including sponge baths. James definitely wasn't a fan of the sponge bath after about 4 minutes, but overall he did a great job. Best of all, when the bath was over, we were able to dress him in his little robe that was a bit oversized but still adorably cute. Here are some pictures from the event :)

Preparing to get wet! Keeping his body covered so he would stay warm while we washed his head.

Before getting wet, James has a smile on his face- he is such a pleasant baby!

At this point James is still enjoying the bath, probably wondering, “What;s going on?!”

Here Matt is washing James’ hair- what a great daddy!

Here is James after the bath with his adorable robe on!

The robe is definitely too big, but he looked too handsome not to wear it!

Our newest addition

I know that I am very late in updating this blog, but better late than never! On August 31, 2009, our wonderful baby boy came into this world at 6:30 at night. His name is James and we weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces and was 20 and a half inches. He looks exactly like his daddy did when he was a baby. James has gray blue eyes with reddish-brown hair. He is the most pleasant baby ever! He is never fussy unless he is hungry, and is very alert and attentive when awake. Here are some pictures since the big day!

At the hospital at 6 in the morning waiting to be induced since I was 9 days late. I was having contractions about 5 minutes apart and in this picture I am timing a contraction.