Week 1 and 2

Well Corin is two weeks old today! We went to the pediatrician yesterday and she said he is perfect, I of course already knew that but it was nice to have it confirmed by a professional. Corin has gained a pound in ten days, quite impressive when you figure that is a seventh of his body mass. To equal him I would have to gain twenty – five pounds in ten days…ha! He is getting longer as well and he is looking less bow-legged.

The first two weeks of Corin’s life were very exciting. We spent the first week and Erin and Nate Sees house. Not only was Erin my doula ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doula ) but they allowed us to crash at their house after leaving the hospital. It was wonderful being cooked for and having someone who knew babies to take Corin for a hour here or there. Chester and I were both exhausted from the birth and the hospital stay. While we were at the Sees home we gave Corin his first bath, took him to his first pedatric apt and changed his diaper for the first fifty times. Friday the 25th Corin met his Grandma Emmons for the first time and she came home with us on Saturday.

Week two was spent with Grandma at home here at Hume Lake. It snowed six to eight inches and then when the weekend arrived and the rest of my family (Grandpa Emmons, Auntie Nat, and Uncle Rus) arrived it snowed almost two feet on Saturday and Sunday (February 1st and 2nd). My family had some trouble getting out on Sunday they planned to leave by noon but there were many buses full of high-schoolers trying to get out as well. The snow was falling steadily and on the way out of the valley seven buses got stuck along with many cars and vans. A total of three hundred campers were sent back to camp and my family was sent back as well. They sat around our home for another few hours and at 11:00pm the road was deemed “clear” by the highway patrol and they were free to leave. We ended the second week of Corin’s life by taking to the pediatric apt that was previously mentioned. It has been a wild ride! Can’t wait for more.