Quin = cute

You lookin' at me?

You must be lookin' at me.

I am the only QD 3.14 here.

You can look at me.

Hi! I am seven months old. Big people just gave me a COOKIE! OHHH BOY! Is that good! Gimme gimmie more of that sweet stuff.

I was told that I smelled like a cookie for two days.

I would eat only cookies if I was in charge.

COOKIES FOR EVERYONE!!

no bed is too big

That is a sweet sleeping little boy. Comfy in those pillows and Dad's T-shirt blankie. We tried the crib. We tried the vibrational bouncy thing. We tried the baby papason, and the rain forest play thingy...But, I guess Quin just needed to spread out. He is a lucky baby. Lucky it was the early afternoon. This will not happen at night. The big people are still in control, right?

cozy, plush, and furry

Now what we have here is one cuddly situation!!
From Kitty to doggies to webkinz to the mighty Q himself. Couple of big brothers sure would want to crash this party...Maw and Paw too.

Mother and Son. Lookin' good and working together. 5 seconds after this shot The Mighty Quin gave a Mighty blow of projectile vomit bullseye on the work station. This calm Mommy turned into a shocked fielder doing a basket catch in an attempt to save her, not lap, but, laptop. That's right. Say so long to the touch pad and arrow keys.

5 weeks and mighty indeed!

The doctor is quite impressed with the Mighty Quin, or at least his appetite! At 5 weeks, he has already grown to 9 pounds and 21 inches long! Crazy eh? If you don't believe it, just check out the chubby cheeks below and you'll see the extra 2.5 pounds immediately!
Finally, a picture of me and Q that is fit to be seen!

Can't you just hear him saying "Mom, you are embarrassing me in front of my friends!" It's starting already, the teenage years are coming about 13 years early. YIKES!

First bath (at least, it's the first bath I got a picture of...)

He didn't think it was too bad for the first .02 seconds and then he SCREAMED! Luckily, Dad got a shot in before all of the wailing and turning red! And here he is in his own little towel. Thankfully, his recovery also only took .02 seconds. Phew...one down about a million to go!

He's starting to fill out...

How time flies when you are only 3 weeks old...crazy eh?

So worried looking...

Daddy and Quin's first nap together. Now if only Q would sleep at night. :)

And what do the other boys think?

Well, they seem to be pleased! Although Quin looks a little concerned by the big boys...what has he gotten himself into?

Now it's definite! He really is not sure where he's landed or who these crazy kids are!

They do look happy though, don't they? And where's Catherine? Well, she just gave birth so she's not feeling too picture worthy. :)

Finally! Pictures of Q

Here he is at the hospital - only a few hours old. As you can see, he's a little red and jaundiced. That is from arriving 5 weeks early. Luckily, he was no small guy for only making it 35 weeks in utero - he popped out at 6 pounds, 5 ounces and 19 inches long! Too bad we had to use the bili-blanket to get rid of the jaundice for the first week. :(

Not to say he wasn't small...just not as small as he could have been. Frankly, Catherine is a fairly pleased that he decided to come early since he promised to be around 9-10 pounds if he went the full 40 weeks! YIKES!