Quinn's Update and Christmas Preparation

Hey, all.
Just thought I'd post an update on Quinn's blog... All is going pretty well. I'm a little short on sleep today and plan to take a nap in a bit, but we're starting to settle into a good routine. We've had some issues with gas and fussiness, but we've changed his formula to a gentler one, so with any luck, that will help. He's struggling with a portion of his night sleeping, but we tend to get one good patch or so a night which is better than nothing :-)
We went to the doctor on Monday and it turns out he just has a pretty normal problem with his tear ducts not working well yet. So we have an ointment to use to help with that and it is improving a lot. He got weighed at the doctor also and it turns out he is already back at 6 lbs 2 oz which is good as most babies take 2 weeks to regain to their birth weight (granted, he wants to eat so much, I think it is possible that we could get him up to 15 lbs by the end of the week if we fed him on his preferred schedule :-)
Turner's mother came in on Monday and that's been a lot of help. She has LOTS of experience with babies and that's been great for us and I know she really enjoys spending time with her grandson, too. Yesterday we put up the Christmas tree. Quinn got to hang his stocking and his special ornaments. The dogs are still doing really well. Garcia's toenail is doing better which I'm glad of... He and Darwin have surprised me a bit as Cia is kind of clinging to us and D is sticking close to "his" baby. All things said, I think we could use a little more sleep, but we couldn't be happier.
Oh, and the pictures may be a bit out of order-sorry bout that....


Quinn shows off his amazing baby neck muscles (trust me, it's a big deal when you are a little guy) for his Grandmother.











Brandon and Michelle came to visit last night and they both took a turn feeding Quinn...


















Quinn and his Auntie Michelle right before they hung his special ornament from Michelle on the Christmas tree....












Quinn hanging out in his stocking... It wasn't my idea, but I do have to agree with Turner and his Grandmother that there will never be another Christmas that he fits in his stocking so we took advantage of it... He didn't seem to mind too much, just kept on doing the Macarena or Hokey Pokey or whatever dance he was doing :-)


















Quinn and his grandmother hanging up his special ornament that she brought for him....










The official hanging of Quinn's stocking (which is different than the wearing of Quinn's stocking above and below)....









Enjoying some Chrismtas lights...in a stocking...




















Garcia "helping" Quinn explore his play mat for the first time. I tried to keep the boys off of it, and eventually they both sat down by it, but they both kept sliding their paws onto the edge... I guess everyone likes to cross the line sometimes :-)













Not one to be outdone, Darwin also enjoyed the playmat. He almost walked off with it on his back though as his head got caught under the arches...















The Turner Family....













And just the human part of the Turner Family... (though I distinctly recall that Garcia was jamming himself between my legs when the photo was taken).....








Tracey (after delivering a delicious lasagna) and Grandmother










Uncle Pete (trying to ooze some of his Giants fanaticism into Quinn's tiny baby pores)

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Auntie Nichole and Uncle Pete came to visit and brought her dad over to meet Quinn....











One of Quinn's FIRST outfits that fit (we finally broke down and got him a few preemie and a few newborn outfits as he was swimming in the ones he had....). So much for all the books that said newborn clothes were a waste of money as they would just outgrow them. I know he will outgrown them, but it'll be nice for him to have a few outfits that fit well until then....













Another shot of his sassy new outfit!


Hope everyone is doing well! Quinn is currently getting his diaper changed (AKA torture according to Quinn) by his daddy, but I'm sure he'd send well wishes, too, if only his life wasn't so hard!!

Love to all,
J