Baptism

On Sunday February 12th, Ames Stephen McFadden was baptized into the Catholic faith. This was a very proud moment for us as parents. It is a very special event that was even more fulfilling than we could have imagined. God is very important to our lives. Our relationships - with each other and with our families - are rooted in God's love. We pray nightly for strength for ourselves and strength for our loved ones. While we might not always understands God's plan, we trust in his infinite mercy and love. And know that someday we WILL understand. We want our children to know and to love God. So this was a big day in that life long journey. Beth Miller and Spencer Schreiber are his god parents and we could not be happier. Here are just a few quick pictures Jenny sent us. I will try to get some more Baptism pictures uploaded soon because there are plenty of good ones.

Weight Gainer 4000

Yet again, it's been a while since our last post. We've been busy trying to keep up with our big boy. It's amazing how quickly your baby grows right before your eyes. We feel like our little baby is already gone. As this post references our baby boy has been on a steady diet of HGH, or so it would seem. Overnight his cheeks filled up and he started to take on a bit of a personality. If we were to fill out a personal profile for Ames, it would probably look something like this:

Name: Ames Stephen McFadden

Interested in: formula, frequent poops, sleeping

Love: bathtime

Like: 3am sportscenter, my swing, cooing, napping with mommy on couch, rocking to sleep

Dislike: taking the bottle out of my mouth

Hate: tummy time


We are really enjoying our time with Ames. It goes too quickly. Here are just some quick pictures we'd like to share.

Back in the Swing

Things are slowing down a bit now that mom and dad are getting used to the new sleep schedule. Ames is starting his daycare this week as Suzanne is getting back to work. We found a great place for him to be watched in home and luckily it's just a couple miles from home. Ames shares his time with 3 other toddlers and 4 infants. There are two full time ladies that watch the children plus several other part time or fill in relatives. All the children love Ames and he seems to be handling it well. He's starting to fill out in his face. It seems like all of his eating just hit him all at once. And he's definitely heavy enough he's starting to work on mom and dad's beach muscles :) He usually sleeps through the night with one pit stop around 2:00 or 3:00. But overall he is very good and we probably couldn't ask for a more mild mannered baby. Here are a couple pictures of laundry time and a little mommy/baby quality time.