Money well spent!

We thought we'd take this time to familiarize you with some of the latest and greatest baby toys out there. One of the many we have purchased is the Baby Einstein Under the Sea play mat mobile. Supposed to be good for babies development of motor skills, gives them back and tummy play time, blah blah blah. Auntie Julie and I picked it out at Babies R Us from a sea of similar mobiles for the low low price of (gasp) $70. After all, can you really put a price on babies development? Heck no! We bought it, literally, hook line and sinker. Guess who is the only one who uses it????
Ha! Oh well, guess cest la vie! On a different note, we are getting ready for Thanksgiving! Since Sloane is but a little munchkin, we are having it at our house with all the family! Sloane is doing great - below are some completely gratuitous shots for all of you who just can't get enough of our little nugget! Special shout out to Mira for the awesome onesies! We love Blondie - "Call me, on the line, you can call me, call me anytime, call me..."

What's new in our world...

It's been a crazy week for us. Sloane has been uncharacteristically inconsolable this week so we took her to the Doc as all paranoid new moms do and found she has a bit of colic. The good news is that colic is temporary - bad news is no one knows for how long. Oh well - she's still perfect and sleeping fantastic at night. She's also thriving, born at 7 lbs 1 oz, she's now 8 lbs 4 oz - just growing like a weed.


We have discovered that Sloane loves to go places! Anywhere in the infant carrier is fine with her, either in the car or the stoller. Tuesday we went for a stroll around the neighborhood in the Bob, but we had to bundle up pretty good as winter is setting in here. Asleep and not even out the door yet....



Today we went to lunch with Auntie Julie, Sarah and Sea Bass at Chapalas. Mom loves Mexican food, Sloane isn't so sure -we'll let you know later. This is the cute little outfit that Dave and Nancy Salisbury and Admiral Brillo (http://admiralbrillo.blogspot.com) got Sloane - we LOVE the pink kitty coat it's purr-fect for this winter! Thanks Dave and Nancy! Hope the weather's nice in San Diego and we'll see you maybe at Christmas!

3 weeks old!

We can't believe she's already 3 weeks old! It still seems like we're trying to get settled and figure each other out. All 3 of us are new to this whole parenting thing. This weekend, Phil and I decided to test the traveling waters with a little weekend trip to our cabin in McCall. Turns out she rides pretty good in the car between feedings! Like her mommy, Sloane is NOT a fan of naps and it seems that when she is put down, she doesn't give up easily. The exception, of course, is her Daddy's arms where she will happily sleep for any amount of time!!
What a good Daddy! The book he is reading is Baby Wise - a parenting book about how to teach your child to sleep on a schedule. It recommends NOT letting them fall asleep in your arms, of course. :) This parenting stuff is hard work!!

Seems that diapers are also not leakproof as you can see below. And we thought our kid wouldn't be messy...Oh well, just throw it all on top of Mt. Laundry in the utility room... We're also rethinking the silk pillow covers in the living room... Even the cats stay far away from the messy, loud new little darling in the house.

Stay tuned for more lessons learned in the Winter's household!

Two weeks old today!

Sloane's belly button fell off and her appetite is increasing!

Sloane is going to her first brunch to celebrate her two week birthday this morning.  Grandma Shary is here to visit Sloane and help us around the house.  

New outfit and posing.....

Out and about visiting the mall!

We broke out Sloane's new BOB stroller and took her to Macy's for the big sale!  All systems were a go with no equipment malfunctions, JJ and Sloane looked awesome strolling through the mall! Sloane behaved wonderfully and didn't fuss a bit!  It looks like she has acquired the shopping gene from a long line of relatives!

Sloane's first Halloween

Well, we couldn't find any costumes small enough for a five day old baby but did get her somewhat festive!  Mom read Sloane her first halloween book before the first trick-or-treaters arrived

The girls are home!

Well, the hospital allowed us to take Sloane home!  Wow, what a feeling!  JJ and Sloane are getting settled in and finding the groove with the help of Grandma and Grandpa Suitter. Grandma Shary will be out to help us next week, all of which we are very thankful for!

JJ and Sloane are home!

Here are a few more pictures from the hospital of our beautiful new addition!  JJ and Sloane came home Tuesday afternoon.  Sloane slept well her first night at home, in fact we had to wake her up to feed her at midnight, 4AM and 6AM!  JJ is feeling better and happy to be home.

Sloane Waverly Winters has arrived!

Sunday October 26, 2008, at 4:49 PM, JJ gave birth to our lovely daughter!  She was 7 pounds and 1 ounce and measured 19 3/4" long.  JJ's water broke at 3:30 on Saturday while Phil was teeing off  on number 12 at Crane Creek and we arrived at the hospital at 4:30 that day.  It was a long 24 hours but worth every minute!  Updates soon to follow!

What we did on our summer vacation...

Well, we've been busy this year preparing for as-yet-unnamed-Baby Winters. Phil and I have been trying to fit everything in that we possibly could have before Fall arrived. So far this year, we:

Went to Cabo San Lucas with our friends Don and Laura Peterson

JJ finally got to see Brad Paisley in concert

We found out we're going to be parents
We hit the slopes often


We went to New York
We went to Kauai
We went to Florida and saw the space shuttle launch
We got to spend time in Naples, too
We hung out at our cabin in McCall ALOT
Phil learned all about cows on Grandma and Grandpa Longhursts farm
We flew to Friday Harbor and hung out with Vaughn, Katie and Bentley Olson on their boat
We golfed everywhere and anytime we could
Phil caught his first fish on a dry fly in Challis
We went to Yellowstone Park
We hung out with family

Meanwhile JJ got bigger and bigger
And our other babies just watched all the commotion
Yep, it's been a fun year for us and we can't wait for the next chapter in our lives!