Colin's next phase - 1 to 3 months old

Welcome to Colin's second month of life (November - December 2007). Colin now weighs about 14 pounds and is 24 inches long.

In this short period of time, Colin will have visited a total of six states (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio and Michigan) and will have his first Christmas and first New Years Eve party. He got to meet his brand new Cousin Thea as well as his cousins in Michigan.

The best thing that happened for mom and dad during this time period is that Colin started sleeping through the night!

Colin at 1 to 3 months old

Colin Robert Templeton arrives..........

.... on September 24, 2007

After 23 hours of labor and 2-1/2 hours of pushing, our beautiful baby boy - Colin Robert Templeton - arrived at 3:15 am on Monday, September 24, 2007 - about 6 days earlier than his due date. He weighed 8 pounds 14 oz. and was 21-1/2 inches long. He had a serious conehead and lots of splotches, but was gorgeous nonetheless. Gran and Slim made the 11 hour drive out from Michigan in plenty of time to sit with me in the labor room with James and Nonnie and Grandad Templeton.

After coming home to our "mostly" done house, we still had a lot of work to do. Mom fed the very hungry baby while Dad, Grandad and Uncle Zippy painted the house around us. Gran helped out too with the baby and cleaning the apartment.

Introducing Colin Robert Templeton