The Tomlin Family: Baron - Months 1

During Baron's first three months, we just enjoyed having a baby around the house again. I was pretty proud of myself for not being as anxious as I expected. I was pretty paranoid about handwashing, which is typical for a first time mom, but most are over that with the later children. Not me! Because GBS lives in the gut, I would wipe my hands off with a wipe before picking him up, then carry him to the bathroom and lay him on the counter (I stood in front of him) while I washed my hands with Thieves Hand Soap (awesome stuff!). I think that was the only thing I was a little bit crazy about. I really made it the first two months with very few tears compared to the two months after Taylor was born, but once the holidays got here, I was a mess! I could've washed his hair with my tears.

Below are some pics while we were still in the hospital. Because of the scare with him, we ended up staying the full 96 hours recommended for a c-section.

Big sister loves him so much!

Ready for his first Game Day!! Roll Tide!

I brought several gowns for the hospital, but since we stayed longer and had a little boy (pees everywhere!), we ran out of clothes before I expected to and didn't have one for him to wear home from the hospital. I also wanted Taylor to come up and us take pictures before leaving, but the nurse discharged us faster than expected and Mom and Hilary didn't make it back up to the hospital with Taylor in time. I wanted everything to be perfect and nothing worked out! I was so emotional and nothing working the way I planned was just making it worse!

It was such a relief to be leaving with a healthy baby, but so hard at the same time. The last time I left a hospital, I didn't have a baby in my arms.

Headed home from the hospital!

Sister spent a lot of time wanting to hold Brother everyday when she got home from school. She's been such a great big sister!

We also had our fantabulous photographer come to our house and do newborn pictures. They turned out beautifully! Below are just a few of the amazing photos!

I'm taking his picture in this chair every month. He has grown so much from these pictures!

October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, so we visited Leah's grave at the cemetery. It was Baron's first time out there. Taylor loves visiting Leah's grave. She'll get out of the car and run towards it yelling "Leah"!!

Baron also went to the beach for the first time for Adam's Ironman.

See how much he grew from 1 month old to 2 months old!!

He had so much fun during month 3! I started back working, but my boss let me work from home until January, so I got to spend a lot of extra time with this little man! He learned to enjoy this play gym, so I could get some work done!