Colton is 2 weeks old!

Wow, that went fast!

Happy 4th!

Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July. Usually Chris and I take Noah to Bainbridge Island for 4th of July festivities including one of the greatest "small town" parades around however this year with the new baby we stuck close to home. My mom and step-dad came over with bags of food to BBQ and our friend Michelle joined us. Later in the evening we made our way nextdoor to Phil and Melissa's where we had more food and the boys (husbands included) set off fire works. This was the first year that Noah seemed to have fun with the noise as opposed to being frightened of it. In this photo you see Sam, Ben and Noah watching the dads light the fire works from the safe distance of Phil's truck. Notice that Noah still has a sensitivity to the noise...Also Colton is gaining weight and looking more like a baby and less like an old man everyday!

Colton David's Arrival

Well Chris and I went to Northwest Hospital on Saturday evening thinking that I was going to be given a dose of medicine to help induce labor and after being monitored for 2 hours we were to be sent home with the hopes that it would bring baby in 24-48 hours. Instead they examined me and found out that I was already in labor! Things went relatively quickly after that and Colton was born the next afternoon at 1:52pm. He weighed 8lbs, 6ozs and was 20 inches long. His head was not as big as Noah's (thank God!) and his hair is lighter and there is a lot less of it! It will be interesting over the next few weeks to watch him grow!! So far he is eating well and I feel great so we are a happy bunch here at the Twardzik Household! I'll be posting new pictures very soon so please check back!