First family photo

If you are wondering what inspired John's photo shoot below (or where he got those posing skills), it was a shoot our friend Erin did when Sloane was 6 days old. It was such a fun evening and Erin took some gorgeous photos of our lovely little girl. Thanks Coffey!















Our first official family photo...we had to get Cooper in there

Dad's photo shoot

Sloane in deep thought about what to do with these gigantic mitts...


Daddy trying to duplicate the profesional photographer




"This is boring Daddy"


Friendly Toes!
The one trait mommy hoped she would not pass down is super cute ...(for now)


Back Hair!
One of many traits Daddy hoped he would not pass down, but still cute ...(for now)


Cooper doesn't see what the fuss is all about...


Proud Papa

Sloane, Sloane, and more Sloane

Like most first time parents we have a pretty ridiculous number of photos of Sloane on the camera from the past few days. We can't help it...each sweet face, sleepy yawn, or funny pose are all deemed photo worthy. Here are a few favorites:







I swear this one is all John. He put on the tutu, posed her, and took the picture while I was in the shower.

Time flies...

...when you have a newborn. It's been just over a week since we came home from the hospital and things couldn't be going better. Sloane is, so far, a pretty easy baby. My fingers trembled slightly while typing the last sentence...hoping it doesn't jinx us. We are getting some sleep but having too much fun to really care that we are fairly tired. A quick recap and some photos from the last few days...

On Thursday Matt stopped by to meet Sloane

And that night, Nicole and Becky brought us a delicious dinner and spent some time snuggling with the girl.


On Friday Sloane had her first doctor's appointment. All was well except her weight was down a bit so the doc had us add some supplemental feedings. We went back on Tuesday (when she was 1 week old) and she'd gained some weight back. We go back for her 2 week appointment on Tuesday and if she's back up to her birth weight we should be good to go. Luckily the pediatrician encouraged us to get Sloane out of the house so we were excited to start venturing out.


On Saturday we had our first big outing and went to Owen's 1st birthday party at Grasslawn park. It was wonderful to get out into the world and spend some time with family and friends. Later that day Matt, Nikka, Mayson, and Max came over for a visit.




On Sunday we celebrated Father's day at the Poort's and Sloane's cousins were very excited to have her there.
The 7 Poort grandkids


Grandpa with all the kiddos


Bailey was so excited to hold her new cousin


You can always count on kids to put you in your place. After thinking (and mentioning to John that morning) that I felt like I was bouncing back from pregnancy fairly quickly, Lola came up to me at breakfast and asked very sweetly, "what's in your big belly now?" Her mom just about died, I almost died laughing. Love you Lola.


Tuesday we went back to the doc and celebrated Sloane's weight gain with a visit from Jenny and Nick. They have baby #2 coming in just a couple of weeks!


Wednesday and Thursday we had pool parties with grandma, grandpa, Lucy, Jonah, and Gus. John is glad the sunshine is out and the pool is in use!


On Thursday, Mimi was finally over her awful bug and got to see Sloane for the first time since the hospital. Both were very happy to be reunited. That evening, night Andrea and Nicole came by to enjoy some dinner from Pesos and a very sleepy baby.

Happy Father's Day

John, Johnny P, Poort, JP, Juan, Juan Puerto...now dad. Happy Father's day. Just when I thought I couldn't love you more, we went and had a baby. You are a natural and seeing you with her makes my heart skip a beat. Sloane is one lucky girl to have you as a dad. We love you so very much.

Happy Birthday Mimi!

Today is my mom's 60th birthday! She is an incredible woman who doesn't look a day over 45. Unfortunately, she's been under the weather for the last few days so that means her birthday dinner has been postponed until next weekend. It also means that she has had to stay away from her newest granddaughter, which is killing her. Don't worry, Mimi, you have all summer to kick it with Sloane and me. Happy Birthday, Mom/Mimi! We love you!



Deb and I, back in the day...

Welcome Sloane - hospital recap part deux

At around 8 am, after a few amazing hours snuggling with our little girl, we headed to our post partum room for the rest of our hospital stay. We were exhausted, but still totally high from all the excitement and the steady stream of visitors began....

Auntie Joia came armed with a box full of donuts...she knows what she's doing!


Leo and Sandy, aka Papa and Grandma came to meet their 7th grandchild



Uncle Ben and Aunt Amy came by (but we failed to get a photo of Amy and Sloane)


Brian and Greg came armed with some Husky gear for Sloane



Getting her hearing tested and, of course, passing with flying colors


Dad, the self proclaimed baby whisperer, testing some of the 5 S's after Sloane's first bath.


My best girls (Nicki, Andrea, Jenny, and Nicole) with John and Miss S.


Nikka and Mayson stopped by. Mayson was thrilled to finally meet her new cousin and couldn't stop yelling "Baby Sloane!" She even brought Sloane a stuffed dog "Cooper" just like her own. Mimi also came by, but again, no photo :(



Aunt Amy, Uncle Jason and cousins Jonah and Gus came by. The boys were so cute with her.


And our final visitors of the day, Uncle Adam, Auntie Melissa, Lucy, and Owen.


Finally, momma gets her girl back!


We managed to get at least a little bit of sleep that night in the middle of all the check ins from the nurses, trying to breastfeed, and general chaos of a newborn. The second day was much quieter than the first. After getting cleared by all of the necessary docs, we finally were able to head home about 6 pm.

A few photos from day 2:






Leaving the hospital




What the hell is going on?






It is wonderful to be home! Many more pictures to come.