Our Weekend

Well, we are now back at home and I thought it was time to update our blog and get some more pictures up. Here are a few pictures and the update first and then I will make a slide show later with more pictures.

Everything went so well and we could not feel more blessed. As Nathan said in the post below, Tucker Robert Smith was born at 1:23 on Thursday morning. We stayed in the hospital until Saturday- let's just say we were really ready to go by then. I am very grateful to all those who do the jobs of taking care of the new babies and moms, but it can get a little tiring and annoying after a while- you are just ready to go home and do it all on your own. My mom flew into town on Thursday afternoon and she took care of Griffin from then on. Griffin loves his "baby broder" and he gives LOTS of kisses...of course after a few minutes he is ready to get down and play. The hospital room was a little small for a two year old to play in (another reason we were ready to go home). We got home on Saturday afternoon and my mom cooked dinner, which was really nice. She and Griffin and Nathan went to church on Sunday morning and Nathan's parents came on Sunday afternoon. They had been in Houston with Nathan's brother and sister-in-law who were having there first child, a son Grant, born on Friday evening. Our family is so blessed! We even ventured out the half-mile to church on Sunday evening. Nathan smoked chicken for us last night and it was so yummy. We are looking forward to having family in town and Nathan home for the next two weeks before reality sets in. :)

Tucker is such a good boy. Of course, he has slept most of the time the past few days, but is starting to wake up a couple of times during the day now. He does not cry much, only when he is hungry or being changed- he doesn't like that at all! He is sleeping pretty good at night- he usually has one stretch where he goes right to sleep and sleeps 2-3 hours and the rest of the time he takes a little while to get settled after eating (Nathan gets the job of putting the pacifier back in his mouth) but then goes to sleep for an hour or two more. He is easily settled so at least one of us is able to get some sleep at all times. He does like to pee with his diaper off and has extended our nightime feeding/changing routine by about 15 minutes to change clothes, bed sheets, etc...

All-in-all we are doing great and loving our new addition to our family. Thanks for all those who came to visit and who have had us in your thoughts and prayers. We love you all and can't wait for everyone to meet Tucker.