A few pictures of Riley....

Jacob has posted quite a few darling pictures on his facebook page, but I'll post a few of my own here!

Outfit I made Riley.

Shoes included in Diaper Cake, from Tami and Sue.

 Here's the rest of the Diaper Cake.  Has personalized blanket and bibs.  Just adorable!!!

Grandpa with Riley, Oct. 26.

 

 

 

 

October 26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 4, with new hat I made for him!

Owl hat Elise made.  He's soooo cute in it! (Check out Jacob's facebook page.)

 

 

 

Riley is up to his birth weight! Yeah!!

Tomorrow Riley will be 3 weeks old, and yesterday he finally made it back up to his birth weight!  Mom and Dad are VERY happy!  But they are not getting much sleep. It will get better, but they are just tired right now.  Will publish more pictures soon.

One week and 2 days

The last week has been wonderful!  I'm getting better sleep now, but poor Jacob and Elise are not.  The baby was taken off the bili lights, but then had to go back on them.  Sigh.  He's still under 6 lbs. (Jacob says, "He's soooo skinny!")  They worry about little Riley, mostly because he is so little, and having jaundice doesn't help.

Last night they let me spend the night and take care of Riley during the night so they could sleep. (I have offered before, and they were finally desperate enough!)  They got a good 7 - 7 1/2 hours of sleep.  Riley woke up twice during the night, then when he woke up at 7 a.m., and at that point I decided it was time to let momma feed him, or she'd be sorry!  Worked out good, and frankly, it was fun!  I may need a nap this afternoon, but I got at least 6 hours of sleep, so I'm good.  Helps that I've gotten good sleep over the last week, not 3 hours a night like Elise. :-)

I'm a grandama! I'm bushed!

Okay, I can't even compare myself to Jacob and Elise, but I haven't slept much since the baby was born either!

Here's some pictures: 

Hair!  And only one cowlick!

Finished bathroom!

Here it is!  Finally functional, AND pretty!

Mirror

Putting on a mirror without clips, using just glue, can be tricky!  The workers where I bought the mirror said to hold it as long as I could, since I didn't have clamps, and that 10-15 minutes should be sufficient to where it would've move.  John and I took turns holding the mirror against the wall and pushing up so it wouldn't slip.  Well, it was getting more solid by 15-20 minutes, but we were tired, and was still slipping down a little!  So John got out the blocks, and with blocks and one shim we were able to hold up the mirror!  Yeah!  We're leaving it there at least 24 hours, but probably more like 40 hours.

By the way, we actually had some snow briefly on Thursday.  Here's what it looks like outside my front door.

The construction has ended.

The last worker left here on Thursday afternoon, and said, "It's done."  Whew!  Doesn't mean that WE are done, but THEY are done!  Yeah!  It's been so nice to get the "stuff" back in the room!

Today we (mostly John, 'cuz it's too hard for 2 people to fit in the bathroom working at the same time) is finishing the painting, fixing holes, putting back up the towel holder, and hanging the mirror.  The mirror is going to be VERY nice to have back!

No one wanted my old vanity, even charity.  Oh well.  Here's a picture of my old vanity now.

I'll post pictures of the bathroom once it is really done.