Introducing Emmett James!

Emmett James Bartlett joined our family yesterday.  He made his appearance at 8:03am.  He weighed 7 lbs 11 ozs and was 20 inches long.  A very healthy boy indeed.  Momma is doing well and resting.  Baby Emmett has a good appetite and pretty much justs eats & sleeps, which makes our lives easy.  Lets hope he keeps it up!  Caleb has visited a few times and loves his baby brother.  He also misses his mommy but has a couple awesome Gammies taking care of him!  It'll be interesting to see how he adjusts when we bring Emmett home.  Here's a few pictures of the little man, he looks a lot like his older brother!

Thanks to everyone so far who's stopped by to wish us well and meet the new little man.  Extra THANKS to Gammie Mary & Gammie Jean for taking great care of Caleb until we can come home.

Caleb Day

Last Saturday we celebrated Caleb Day.  Since the new baby will be arriving soon and Caleb won't be the only child anymore, we decided to take him out on the town and show him a good time!

Our first stop was Monkey Joe's in Des Moines.  If you have small kids and have never taken them there, you are depriving them of some serious fun!  It's a building/business full of inflatable bounce houses and slides.

Caleb was a little intimidated by all the running & screaming kids at first, but before long he was joining them, running from house to house!

There was a big slide that proved a the most intimidating to Caleb at first.  He had no problem climbing to the top, but once there, he balked at sliding down!  This "shy" routine managed to help him land the help of a couple "older" ladies.  He used his looks, cunning, and charm to win the pair over and they took him up & down, over and over again!

 

After a couple hours of running, bouncing and sliding we had a red-faced, sweaty little man!  We bought him a piece of greasy cheese pizza and he ate it like we've never seen him eat anything before!

After the pizza we convinced him that we should probably leave or risk his lunch ending up on the floor of one of the bounce houses!  We drove across the street to Valley West Mall.  While walking through the mall, we saw the Easter set-up.  There was a photo opp for the Easter Bunny and train rides for the kids.  We took advantage of the non existent line and tried to see if Caleb would sit with the Easter Bunny.  He wanted nothing to do with it!  So we sat down as a family and got a pretty good picture!

Then Caleb & Mommy took a ride on the Easter Express! (They are in the last car)

After the train ride, we did a little shopping and sat down at Jimmy John's to get some lunch.  Caleb fell asleep in the stroller and slept for almost 4 hours!  We sure did a great job of wearing him out.  We'll always miss having just our family of 3, but we've got more love to share and things will surely be more exciting with the new baby arriving in a couple weeks!

Tummy time

Today marks the 36th week of pregnancy for Baby Bartlett #2!  Caleb wanted to show his tummy in the picture this morning too!  Only 3 weeks to go!!!!!

Looking for Love

Hi, my name's Caleb.  I'm about 3 feet tall, 30 pounds, and have a slender build.  My interests?  I'm into a variety of things.  I like deer, my dog Sarge, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, jumping on my bed, and playing outside. 

I'm looking for a young lady to be my Valentine.  Preferrably between the ages of 1.5 and 6.  But don't let that stop you older women from contacting me, I'm pretty open minded.  I'm looking to find that special girl to snuggle up under a blanket tonight with a tall glass of milk.  We'll relax watching a little Princess Sofia, because I'm not afraid to show my softer side.

If interested in a night of romance, you are welcome to call my Mom to get it set up, because I don't have a phone yet.  I look forward to meeting you!

                                            HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

32 weeks

Today marks the 32 week point in our pregnancy!  Only 7 weeks to go since we have the c-section scheduled already.  We had an ultrasound last week and baby looks fantastic.  He/She measured around 4 lbs 3 oz and is a little big for its age.  We can't wait to meet our new addition!

Here's Trish today at 32 weeks.  As you can see Caleb, Sarge & Kitty Lazlo are enjoying some Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in the background before work/daycare!

Birthday Boy

We celebrated a big birthday over the weekend at our house.....Sarge turned 1 on Saturday!  We told Sarge we'd make him a cake, but he deferred & chose soft food instead!!! 



Birthday Buddies

29 Weeks

Trish is 29 weeks along today with Baby Bartlett #2!  She's feeling great, looking good, and excited for another addition to our family.  Here she is this morning before we took off for work.

The other big development is that we have set the date for the birthday!  Baby #2 will be coming on Thursday, March 28th.  That is exactly 10 weeks from today!