Two Months Old

K celebrated his 2 month birthday in early March so we are a bit late in posting the picture. Thankfully, he survived the shots at the doctor's office without too many tears being shed and I think that we are all glad to have that part over with. We're not that big on the measurements that they give as we know that they often don't predict as much as parents are led to believe, but nonetheless, we were pretty shocked to find out that K is taller than 98% of his peers. We'll see how it goes from here but based on the results I am anticipating the basketball scholarship letters to start rolling in.

Smiley Face

K has started to smile! At first he would just wrinkle up one side of his mouth, then he advanced to smiling when he was having a "poo break", but now we have advanced to the full fledged smile. Hopefully we can keep him happy and give him multiple opportunities to share this wonderful smile with us.

Baby Parade!!

After spending the first couple of months indoors with K, Jill and I were pretty anxious to get him outside. Thankfully we didn't have to wait that long due to a couple of unseasonably warm days late last week. K sent the word to all of his lady friends and asked them to join him for a "group date" at the park.

The strollers certainly hide them well, but there are three girls that came along. That's right, the buggy in the middle is filled with twin girls.

All of the fathers went for run before meeting up with the Baby Parade. Our wives had no real sympathy for our post-workout aches and pains and somehow we still ended up pushing the strollers.

Awesome Pictures of our Little Man!

We wanted to share some of the pictures that were recently taken of K and his room. We are super excited about the pictures because they turned out so good and now we have some more pictures of him at about the two month mark.

All of the pictures were taken by Ruthie, who is helping watch K at the clinic since Jill went back to work four days a week. Ruthie has been a huge blessing and while the transition back to work is one that continues to be a struggle and one that we continue to pray through, it is at least comforting to know that K is being well cared for.

We are very thankful that the room came together so well and we couldn't be happier with it. I know I had some doubts when Jill told me we were going to use the same color on the wall. I really questioned if flat and satin would really make that much difference --- but as you can see by how it turned out, I should just keep my mouth shut and trust her.

We tried to time the pictures so that we would be able to get some of K when he was asleep and some when he was awake. But once again K continues to teach us that planning and him do not really go together. He woke up while Ruthie was taking some quick shots of the room and once he's up ---- he's up!

We were even able to get in some good family shots.

Thank's again Ruthie - We love them all!

HAPPY BELATED TROUT DAY!!!

K wanted to celebrate Trout Day, March 1, with the rest of Cassville, MO. This is the one day where the towns population (2741) is tripled and flooded with fisherman coming to Roaring River State Park to throw their line in at the opening siren. While the event may seem uneventful to some, all the kids in town have the date circled on their calendars as this is treated as a "town holiday" and school is let out for the day. Apparently K is going to participate when he gets older as he was up and ready to go at 5:30 just so that he could encourage his fellow fishermen.

The First Month

We have done our best to make sure and track Kellen's growth over the past month. With this being our first child we have been amazed at the weekly changes that have taken place.

At this point he wasn't too sure about sitting up and he also wasn't too sure about the character next to him.

Our sign kind of hides some of his body and so it makes it difficult to see how much he has grown but he has made it back to his birth weight and has started adjusting to the life of sleep, eat, play. His play time usually consists of about five minutes and then he falls asleep and starts the three hour cycle all over again. Man, what a tough life!

Although this large outfit hides his weight gain well, our visit to the doctor confirmed our suspicions -- K quickly shot passed his birth weight and gained two pounds since his first visit. Our doctor said that this was a little more than most boys but she was put a positive spin on it by saying she was encouraged and confident that he was getting enough to eat.

The end of the month resulted in enough head strength and growth so that he could be moved out of the corner for his picture. Although he couldn't sit up like this for a long stretch of time, we were impressed that he sat up long enough for us to snap some quick pictures.

Introducing Kellen Brady Robertson

Ok, so if we didn’t already have the title of “world’s worst blog updaters” we know that the title is now officially ours. It has been a month since Kellen joined our family and while it has certainly been busy, we probably could have spared a moment or two to update everyone. One giant apology to the grandparents, family, and friends who have been asking for an update and more importantly for pictures – but here you go.
Jill and I started our (more hers than mine) delivery experience late on Wednesday night as she woke me up by calmly saying, “I think my water just broke.” Not the panic that I expected and certainly not the level of certainty that I expected, but after getting up and doing some last minute preparations we headed to the hospital. Three hours later we were out of the triage area and in our own room with the nurses saying that we better take advantage of our last opportunity to catch some shut-eye. We were able to fade in and out of sleep for a couple of hours until the doctor came in around 6:00. He confirmed that we were definitely going to be leaving with a baby and so we called our parents and from there the morning quickly progressed. Nurses continued to check on Jill and we met with the anesthesiologist, but Kellen confirmed that we will no longer be able to plan as much as we would like, as he came prior to Jill getting the epidural.
Kellen was born at 11:27 a.m on Thursday, December 31, 2009. He weighed 7 lbs 6 oz and was 20.5 inches long.


Both sets of grandparents were waiting outside of the room and rushed in as soon as we gave them the green light.




The first night was filled with feedings and sleeping. He must have known how tired we were as he was calm and allowed us to get some much needed rest.
We stayed at the hospital for approximately 30 hours and then we were out the door. It’s still hard to believe that they just give you five minutes of instruction and then trust that you are capable enough to handle the rest. We’re not saying that we’re not capable, but think about it ----- the whole process just seems a little crazy.

Again, sorry for the lack of updates but we have made it our February 1 resolution (we seem to be a month behind on everything) to update more often. We will work our way back a bit and catch you all up on what filled our lives between September and December and try as well as try a bit harder to keep current and add some more recent updates as well. After all, no one wants to have the title of “world’s worst blog updaters.”