Baby Papparazzi

Auntie Renee has done it again!  I can't thank her enough for sharing her wonderful talents to capture the beautiful moments in our lives.  Renee spent five hours here today doing a newborn photo shoot for baby Robert.  She came armed with several different setups, props, backgrounds, and the most amazing set of patience I've ever seen. She meticulously posed (and reposed when he immediately sprung back to his favored position) each shot. 

Here are just a few pictures from today's session.  To see the full photo shoot, click Robert's Photo Shoot and enter "R.E.Pouliot" in the password field.

(*Please note that these images do have Renee's watermark on them so you cannot have them printed without written permission.  When Renee is done editing the images without watermarks, I will forward in a personal email for print.)

 



Our Fourth "P"

 

A new "P" in the pod means a new title...We Four "P's" and Our Pod!

 

High Fives!

Adam took AJ out and about for a bit this morning.  When they returned home from the Lake Street fire station, I knew that all the guys were asking him for high fives. He ran right to Robert as soon as he walked through the door. This is the 5th time I asked him to repeat what he did. The first time was hysterical as he reached for his little hand.



Sweet Baby Boy

“A Baby is a Little Bit of Heaven on Earth”– Unknown

 

On Saturday, November 3, 2012, we welcomed our new son, Robert Everett Pouliot into our family.  He challenged his Momma throughout the whole pregnancy by threatening to collapse her very bone structure (kidding of course) and to arrive early on several occasions.  We knew all along he wouldn’t wait until his due date.  And we were quite convinced that AJ was “the good child” (oh help us, Lord!).  After several weeks of “false labor” (I hate that term…labor is labor…the contractions were very real, very close together, and very regular…trust me…it was real labor ), we arrived at the hospital after another sleepless night of contractions, prepared to be sent home again.  But this time, it would turn out that it really was TRUE labor and we would have our baby boy.

Welcome Robert Everett Pouliot! 

Born: Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 12:27 PM

Weight: 8 lbs, 13 oz

Length: 20.5 inches

 

(Note that Robert weighed the exact same as AJ at birth…except he arrived two weeks earlier than expected.  Imagine the size of this kid had he decided to sit tight for another two weeks!!  Robbie is also 3 inches shorter than his big brother was.)

Named after his maternal grandfathers: Robert Dion and Everett Laramee.

           

                                               Robert P. Dion                                                          Everett Laramee

   

Robbie is a dream baby…such a love! So far, he is a much calmer baby than his big brother (although he had me convinced of the exact opposite for the last nine months). He’s a good eater and an excellent sleeper (except…he sleeps at the WRONG times…we’ll work on fixing that ). And he always seems to be smiling!

My "Glamorous" Pre-Delivery Photo

 

     

 

     

 

Who could resist this face?!?!

 

Ready for some company!!!

 



 

   

AJ wasn't sure what to make of his new baby brother.

  

My three favorite guys.  (AJ's & Adam's face say it all...the reception is less than warm...for now)

Getting ready to go home...

 

 

     

 



AJ gives his brother a kiss! <3

 

     

Auntie Renee will be stopping by this week to take some newborn photos of our sweet little guy.  Stay tuned for pictures from our photo shoot!  I’m sure she won’t disappoint!!

Halloween Party Time!!!

It's late October and the Halloween parties are in full swing!!  AJ's school hosted a shin dig last night for all the littles that attend.  We were a little unsure of how AJ would respond since morning drop-offs are still touch and go.  But this week, he had a great week...little to no tears with each drop off!!!  He seems to be adjusting to his new routine and actually LIKES going to school now.

When we got to the party last night, he met up with the DuVarneys in the parking lot.  He was quite excited to hang out with his cousin, Ryan!  In fact...AJ just RAN right into the building (normally, when he SEES the school from the car, he starts to pout and cry).  The school put out quite a nice spread of food, had a DJ complete with colored strobe lights, arts and crafts, games and goodies, and of course, a little haunted house!

AJ couldn't stop moving to the beat of the music...he shook his tail all night long!!!  When it was time to leave, he protested quite a bit (normally, he RUNS out of school) and cried for RYAN!!!!! the whole way home.

Please excuse the lack of pictures as it was difficult to get him to stay still long enough to even snap a shot! 

Let me get this straight...you want me to go back to school TONIGHT??!

Our Little Dragon!

Shakin' it with Ryan!!

Having a great time checking out all the party sights!

Shake your booty!!!

Ryan's costume was AMAZING!!  Hand-made by his mom and dad...what's cooler than a Lego man?!  NOTHING!  This of course made it quite difficult for AJ to find Ryan at the party....he ran around asking "Ryan!! Where AAAAAARRRREEEE you?!"