Two month pictures!!

Madeline is growing so fast!! We spend a lot of time playing and feeding and doing all the other things that are involved with having a newborn. So that is my excuse for not posting pictures sooner. Mike had a day off last week so we bought some pieces of fabric for a backdrop and camped out in Madeline's room for a big photo shoot. She complied for the most part but didn't give us much of her fantastic smile that she has. That she reserved for when the camera got put away! Enjoy!

6 Weeks

It's been 6 weeks since Madeline was born!! It has flown by. The last 6 weeks have been a blur with little sleep, many poopy diapers, a few poopy outfits, round the clock feedings, and many many little hugs and kisses. After feeling like we were barely keeping our heads above water, we are finally able to take a deep breath. It does get better!! Madeline is a good baby and so cute so that makes our job a lot easier!! She is now focusing on her toys and smiling at them which is adorable! One of the hardest parts these last 6 weeks has been getting her to sleep at night. She loves to sleep during the day and then wakes up and is wide awake as soon as we try to go to bed. I got the BabyWise book in the mail this week and have already seen small improvements in this during the day and at night. She slept 5 hours straight last night!!!! This makes me a very happy mommy. I haven't finished the book yet, but I'll let you know how it works! We have been taking a lot of pictures of Madeline and they are on our picasa page. If you are not able to access them let us know and we can add you to the list. There were some unauthorized viewers so Mike made it a private site. It is amazing to see how much she has grown even though it makes me a little sad she is growing so fast! We'll try to keep the pictures coming.

MADELINE MAY BAKER!!

Madeline May Baker, born at 7:29AM January 20, 2010. She weighed in at 7 lbs 2.3 oz, and was 19 3/4 inches long. We are truly blessed. Enjoy the pictures!

My Gorgeous Wife

She truly is beautiful. It's been amazing to see her handle this pregnancy with such grace and beauty. In only a matter of days it will all be over, and a whole new chapter will begin. What a journey. I love you with all my heart Cori, and I can't wait to meet our little girl.

Nursery Pictures!

3 Weeks To Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have not been faithful in keeping up with our blogging, but it has been a boring pregnancy!! This, I'm told, and agree to, is a good thing as everything so far has gone very smoothly. I have 3 weeks until my due date and am just now beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable. I consider myself very blessed to have had such a "boring" pregnancy. Hopefully I can stay well rested for the next stage when baby Baker decides to make her appearance. I know that both Mike and I will be taking lots and lots of pictures and I'm sure I'll have great stories to share so once again I'm saying that we will try our hardest to get on here more regularly! The baby's room is almost ready, clothes and blankets are being washed, and we are working on getting Tux ready for the big arrival. He knows that something is going on and has been a lot more clingy lately. We do have a cabbage patch doll that we put in the car seat for our trip home for Christmas and he didn't bother him too much. I know it will be different with a live baby, but I think that it's helping. Let us know if you have any other tricks for getting him ready for the baby and we'll try them.

Here's Some Pictures!!!!!!!

Ultrasound Pictures

Ok, our ultrasound was three weeks ago, and we failed to post any of the pictures from it yet. Sorry! Here's a couple of the good pictures of our little girl, one of her little feet and one of her sucking her thumb. Isn't she cute?!?! Cori is doing well and has been feeling the baby kick for the past couple weeks. Her belly's also beginning to "pop" as you can see in the pictures from the beach. It's all becoming much more real. Our little girl will be here before we know it!

Pictures!

Here's some pictures from Jody's visit to our house and from our trip to visit Jill and Ryan in Michigan.

WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!!!!!!!!!

We had our ultrasound on Monday and everything looks great. We found out that both Mike and I and 50% of the people who voted were right. It's going to be a girl!! She was very active during the ultrasound and we got to watch her doing somersaults and flips!!! I can't feel her yet, but when I do, I have a feeling she may keep me up at night with all her wiggling! It was so fun to see all of her bones and fingers and toes and yes we did try to count them and they were all there! She weighs 10 ounces and is growing by the day! The only problem with the ultrasound was that it was too short. I could watch her forever! We'll try to keep you posted and may post some pictures as my belly is starting to expand. I even broke down and wore a pair of maternity jeans today! Very comfy. Now we're off to go dream of dolls and pink things!

Is Baby Baker Going to Be.....

We find out in one week and want to know what you all think it will be. Get your votes in soon and we'll let you know who's right!

Introducing...

It may not look like much now, but this is the first picture of our newest family member!!! That's right, Cori's pregnant! Our baby is due January 18th. So far things are going well with the pregnancy, we were able to hear the baby's heart beating at our latest doctor appointment! Right now baby weighs 5 ounces. We'll do a better job of keeping this updated now that we have such exciting news!

We're Alive!!!!!!!

Yes, we are still both surviving the cold up here in Minnesota. We have been a little lax at posting anything but you know how busy life can get and we kept putting things off. I think that we promised to do better a few months ago, so I won't promise anything, but I will try to keep the updates coming a bit more often. We are both doing well. Mike is making his way through his first year rotations and eagerly awaiting July when he begins the anesthesia program. I am getting busier working as a personal trainer at the Rochester Athletic Club. Tux, our new puppy, is adjusting to life in the Baker house. Being a dog is such a hard life. Eat, sleep, play, poop! If only we could all live like that! Right on cue, Tux just fell asleep next to me on the couch. He is still recovering from his "surgery". Yes that one! He gets his stitches out tomorrow which I'm sure he will appreciate, although it didn't slow him down any.
We are all excited for our upcoming vacation. We are going to the Caribbean! I cannot wait to bask in the warmth of the sun, especially after just shoveling snow off the driveway AGAIN!!!!!!! Caribbean, here we come! We'll be sure to post our tan pictures. They will be much better than our pasty white pictures!
Speaking of pictures, here are a few pictures that have accumulated over the last few months for you to enjoy!

Bringing Home Tux!

So we brought our new dog, Tux home yesterday! He's been a handful but lots of fun. He does a lot of eating, sleeping, pooping, and peeing. Imagine that! He's starting to figure out the whole house training thing, but it'll probably take a little longer before we can put the stain remover away. There's also some pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch and of the Jack-o-lanterns that we carved on the slide show.

Baker Update

Sorry everyone! I guess it's been over a month since we've posted anything. We have been busy getting settled into Rochester. As you have seen, we have had a chance to go on one vacation which was awesome. Out big news of the month is that we are getting a new addition to our family!!!!!!!!! No we are not pregnant. But we are getting a puppy!!!! We are naming him Tux since he is black with a white neck and chest. He is a lab mix and was left abandoned in a farmer's field on Halloween. We won't pick him up for another 10 days, but we are both very excited. We are now busy cleaning and puppy proofing the house. I am a little nervous never having had a dog, but I figure a puppy will be good practice for when we have a baby!!! I will be sure to post a picture when we bring him home. Maybe having him will make us blog more often since I'm sure we will have some stories to tell living with a 3 month old puppy. Wish us luck!

What we've been up to

Well, as you can probably guess from our pictures, we were on vacation last week. I had 2 weeks of ER at the beginning of the month then we had vacation. We decided to drive out west. First we spent a couple days at Jason's (Mike's cousin) house and visited with Mike's Aunt and Grandparents. It was the first time that Cori actually met them because they don't travel anymore. We had a very nice time. We then went to the black hills and spent the rest of the week camping, hiking, and sightseeing in Southwest South Dakota. It may not sound like the most spectacular vacation spot, but if you've never been, it's a truly beautiful part of our country. It is amazing to think of the diversity of God's creation after visiting the Masai Mara in Africa this spring and contrast it with the rolling Black Hills.

We spent 4 nights camping in a tent and only got rained on the last night! Otherwise we had absolutely perfect camping weather, cool nights, and warm days. It was interesting because both of us had been to the Black Hills as kids with our families. We went back and saw Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse carving, Devil's Tower, and the Badlands together. We put over 2000 miles on our rental car!

We got back home and Mike has had another week off since he hasn't been called in to work this week! It's been very nice getting to spend more time at home together and get some things marked off the to-do list! We are really enjoying Rochester and if anyone feels up to traveling to Minnesota we would love to see you.

Pictures from our vaction!

Back to Blogin'

So obviously it's been a while since we've updated our blog. Apologies all around. Lots has happened since our last update. First, we are all moved in and settled in our new house here in Minnesota. It's been great and the best part is, my drive to work is less than 3 miles! A huge improvement to the 30 miles I was driving in Atlanta. I also started working at the hospital. July was spent on the general medicine service. This month I have been working in the ICU, which as you can imagine has been busy. I really enjoy the ICU though, much better than general medicine. It has been challenging though, because people do tend to die in the ICU which I have experienced first hand already this month. Cori was searching for a job last month and actually ended up with 2 jobs! She is working at the Rochester Athletic Club on their fitness floor, and also at Ann Taylor Loft in the mall. It's been good so far because they're both flexible part-time jobs. And of course, Cori loves the discount at Ann Taylor Loft! We have really enjoyed Rochester so far, and the weather has been tremendous (we'll see if we're still saying that in February!) We'll try to do better at keeping this updated.

We're Yankees Again!

Sorry we haven't written anything for awhile. Since we got back from Africa we have been a little busy. Mike graduated from medical school and is now a doctor! Then we packed up and moved back up north to Rochester Minnesota. And yes, it is cold up here. I miss the warmth of the South already. Can't wait until winter. Mike and I drove up to MN, unpacked the moving truck, put our stuff in storage, and then went searching for a house. Our realtor Esther was great and showed us 17 houses in one day. We found a house we both liked and put in and offer which was accepted the same day. We are closing on June 9th which worked out really well because Mike has to take a class on the 10th and 11th. It is funny how things work out sometimes. Everything just fell into place with the move, the house, our closing date, etc. You can really see God taking care of our every need. We are both excited to move into our new home. And, it looks like we have renters for our townhouse! Thank you Lord! Thanks to everyone else who was praying for us during our move and in this transition time. They have really been answered.

HOME!!

We made it!! We got into Atlanta this afternoon and are safely back home in Kennesaw this evening. We are looking forward to a good night sleep in our own bed tonight! Thank you for all the prayers.