Christmas Eve

Spence had an exciting Christmas Eve. He got to see his friends and family, and he even saw Santa for the first time. Here are a few pictures...

Spence in his Christmas onesie. It says "What Santa doesn't bring me, Grandma will."


Here's Spence with his Great Grandma Creswick. We dressed him up as Santa's Little Helper (thanks Auntie Carolyn).



Here's Spence with his cousins, Maddy & Sam


Since Friends Thanksgiving was so much fun, we had Friends Christmas at our house. Here's a "guy picture" of Spence, Dad, and Uncle Koach (Keith).

2 Months!

On Christmas Eve Spence turned 2 months old! He officially does not fit into his newborn clothes or diapers anymore. He has chubby cheeks and thighs now (instead of that baggy skin he was born with). Our little guy is growing so fast! In fact, he weighs about 11 pounds now. He's doubled in size since he was born!

52

Here are a couple of pictures of 2 guys who are 52. Can you guess which one is 52 days old? Hint: it's the one with the pocket aces.








This is what happens when mom takes a shower and dad watches the baby

Friends Thanksgiving

On the 29th we went to the Tesz's to celebrate "Friends Thanksgiving." We've all been talking about Friends Thanksgiving for awhile now, but we finally made it happen. We had a "Branford" dinner (good china and all), and then we had a turkey shoot! Well actually Drew, Greg, and Keith dressed up and we shot at them with a paintball gun. Even the babies and the dogs dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians (don't worry though, they stayed inside for the shoot).

Lily and Spence enjoying their bouncers. Doesn't Lily have the cutest Thanksgiving bib?


Greg the turkey and Lily the Pilgrim


Spence the Pilgrim


The gang

Izzie and Bruce

First Thanksgiving

This year Spence celebrated his first Thanksgiving. He went to Aunt Kathy and Uncle Doug's house for some delicious food (although he slept through the entire dinner). Then, he joined his Gram and Gramp for dessert. What a fun day! Too bad we didn't take more pictures!

Meeting his Great Grandma Knutton


Hanging out with Aunt Kathy


4 generations

1 Month!

Spence is 1 month old today! Can you believe it!?!? Of course we had to take a few pictures of him...

"Woo-hoo! One month rules!"


"What! How dare you call me old!"



Big yawn... "Enough with the pictures, mom."




A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, your bankroll smaller, a home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.

Growing Fast!

We had our 1 month appointment at the pediatrician's on 11/19 and Spence is growing and doing well. He now weighs 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measures 21 inches! He's getting big already! We can't believe that he is already going to be 1 month old on Monday.

Here's his latest trick....he started sucking his thumb.


Visiting Lily (and Bruce too)



Daddy's favorite outfit (thanks Rachelle!!!)


All bundled up and ready to brave the cold!

Bath Time

Now that Spencer's umbilical cord fell off he can take a bath in his new tub (much better than the sponge baths he had to have before).

Here's a picture of his first "real" bath. We had to censor it in case he runs for office someday :)



Drying off...



Nice and clean!

A Few Random Pictures

Here are a few more pictures of our little guy. He went back to the pediatrician on 11/4 and he gained 1/2 a pound. He's up to 6 pounds now.

Halloween

Spence had a fun time on his first Halloween. Lily (his girlfriend) came over for dinner, and his cousins Maddy and Sam came by too.


Here's Spence in a Halloween bib his great aunt Carolyn got for him.



Lily (2 months) and Spence (1 week)



Lily trying to put the moves on Spence.


Trick-or-treat!

The Grandparents

Here are a few pictures of some very proud grandparents with our little guy.

At Home

Here are a few more pictures of the baby. We can't help ourselves - all we do is take pictures of the little guy!

Sleeping in his bassinet


Drying off after a bath



On his way to see the pediatrician (he gained 1 oz. and is now a whopping 5 lbs. 8 oz.)


Snuggling with dad

Spencer Harrison Knutton

The baby has arrived and we are both so excited that he's here! Spencer was born 2 1/2 weeks early on October 24th at 8:18pm. He weighed 5 lbs 7 oz. and measured 18 1/2 inches long. Here are some pictures of his first few days of life.


This was taken right before we headed to the hospital. I started having contractions around 1:30am and my water broke at 2am. We made our way to the hospital by 8am on Friday.


In labor and anxiously waiting for our son's arrival...



Proud parents of a healthy baby boy!



Getting ready to leave the hospital. His clothes are so big on him!



Our new family!

Baby Shower

We had our baby shower on September 28th and it was perfect! Thank you to everyone who came to the shower, sent their well wishes, and helped out in any way. We truly appreciate all of your love and support! Here are some pictures from the big day.


While the girls went to the baby shower, the boys had a "man party" at our house. Don't worry though, Lily was there to keep an eye on them :)


The delicious cake made by Grandma Knutton (Linda)


The beautiful centerpieces...I LOVE Flowers by Semia!

The gift table

Opening presents

Diaper cake made by Amy Tesz...how cute is this?!?!

Again, thank you to everyone for your generosity. This will all be such a huge help when we bring home the baby. Six more weeks to go! We are so excited!