A Day in the Life of Colton...

Eating...Here he is "smoking" his bottle (which he no longer takes cuzz he has gained over a pound since birth!)

Sleeping...(yes, he has a purple blanket, the other side is brown, see above pic)

Chillin'

If you click to enlarge this pic, you can see the "swirl" in his hair on his forehead, earning him the name Superman.

Colton is doing great! He is very sweet, has bright eyes, and fuzzy hair that will not lay down! We have been SOOO spoiled this past week with my parents (and nephew Brady) here. They took great care of us, entertained the older kids, made meals, did laundry, cleaned etc. We even went to Coeur d'Alene one day! They are being missed....A LOT! Pictures to come...

Welcome to Colton!

Colton Andrew Banks made a FAST and grand entrance on June 30, 2010! I started having contractions at 8:30 on Wednesday night, got to the hospital around 9:45 and then he arrived at 10:20 pm with NO time for an epidural; much to my dismay! When we arrived, I was already dilated to an 8 and ten minutes later, I was at a 10. We made the nurses scramble, for sure! If you have the option of an epidural or not, I would say EPIDURAL all the way!!! Colton was a tiny 5 lbs. 6 oz. Since he was so tiny he couldn't keep his temperature up and his blood sugar was low so they put him in the NICU for 24 hours. He regulated himself fairly quickly and we got to go home last night (Friday). We are now doing well and resting a lot. The other kids sure love their new baby brother. They are treating him well! We love our little man Colton!!

Colton in his "pod" in the NICU with all his wires and cords

Getting ready to go home!

Proud sister! Syd is SUCH a help, and is SO in love with Colton

Wes wants to hold Colton all the time and make sure he is okay

Lando loves to poke and hold Colton. He calls him CoCo

Colton's first photo shoot at home!

Happy Summer!

Lando enjoying a DELICIOUS pineapple smoothie!

Peek-a-Boo!

Wes lookin cute. This shirt is his OBSESSION!

Syd lookin all OLD!

Our summer officially started last Monday. Sydnie's last day of school was Friday, we moved Saturday and have been enjoying the warm weather Spokane has to offer ever since! Warm weather, how I have missed you!!! We have been busy unpacking, going to parks, dr. appointments, libraries, movies, playing outside, drinking smoothies, catching up with old friends etc. We are currently living in a 2 bedroom apartment, which isn't half bad! It takes me 2 seconds to clean, and I don't have to unplug the vacuum, not ONCE, when I do the whole house! Here are some recent pics, since I noticed a picture shortage lately.

Normal-ness!

Today was the first day that I felt like we were a "normal" functioning family. Dad at work, mom with the kids doing "normal" things. Let me tell you...it felt good!! The move went well, life is sweeeet, the kids are happy, the belly is HUGE.

Get a Life!

We finally are starting a new chapter in our life! Aaron started work today (hopefully, it's going well, we haven't spoken yet). We are moving BACK to Spokane in 2 weeks (on the 19th of June) and then most likely a week after that, I will be having a baby. How is that for getting our life back??!! So, here are some of the details that you have all been so curious about...

Aaron is staying with some AWESOME nice friends of ours for the next week or 2. He will come home on weekends and help me pack etc. We DO own a house in Spokane but have unfortunately outgrown it. Also our renters (who are awesome, I might add) will not be out until August. We need a place in 2 weeks. We have been diligently searching for a BIG place to rent (for cheap), but still no luck yet. It's a bit nerve racking knowing we are moving and don't have a house yet, but I know it will happen. We are also cutting out of our Seattle lease one month early and our "understanding" landlord is MAKING us pay for the WHOLE month of July, and we won't even been here. No slack there! So if you know some one who wants to take our lease July 1st (and beyond), CALL ME! We also have to have enough faith that our house that we OWN will get rented by August.

So...there is much going on in our household, a lot of which is out of our control, but we are just excited to be moving on and getting a life! Now lets just hope I don't go into labor too early, I really would like my hubby to be in that delivery room with me!