Back to the real world...

Since our little trip to TCH, being who we are we haven't slowed down any. Curtis seems pretty content to tag along, as long as Mommy is close by :)

He's made a trip to Wharton for his first wedding (Congratulations Luke & Jenna!!). Mommy was in the wedding party, and Daddy held him while he slept like a champ through the whole wedding. He's a little charmer, and everyone was melting over him. What can I say he takes after his dad....right....

Jacob started work on Monday, so we're all trying to get back in the swing of things. Of course Jillian is staying home with Curtis, and their havin' a blast together.

Last night Curtis had his very first real bath, since the remnants of the umbilical cord fell off on Sunday afternoon. He wasn't so sure about it at first, but he started to like it after he figured out it wasn't one of those evil sponge baths he used to have to get.

P.S. Check out that belly...he loves his Mommy :)

Our billi baby...

So, we're not too good at posting new and exciting events, but we certainly have had our share since the last post.

Within about a day of bringing Curtis home from the hospital we found out he had jaundice (yeah, we know...typical..), but his billirubin levels were high enough that he needed to be admitted to Texas Children's Hospital overnight. Nothing freaks out first time parents of about 3 days (no matter how minor) like a trip to the hospital. He got to fake 'n bake in a little incubator under a billi light to lower the levels. Fortunately, as you can hopefully tell from his pictures (see "Counts Family Pictures" link on right side of pag) he kicked it pretty quickly, and we were back out of the hospital within about 18 hours.

He sure knows how to show those nurses and doctors. Nurses thought he'd be there for 2-3 days, and the residents said probably at least 24 hours. You showed them, didn't you, son.

P.S. Texas Children's and Ronald McDonald house (resident in the NICU at TCH) are frikkin' awesome.

Curtis Cole Counts is here!!!

As many of you know, Jillian and I have been expecting our first little one, and all this time we've been looking forward to Baby Counts's arrival. The waiting is over, and HE has arrived. Curtis was born on Saturday, December 30, 2006 at 9:51 am. He is 7 lbs. 15 oz. and is 20 1/2 in. long. We've posted some pictures to an online photo album. Check out the link below:

http://picasaweb.google.com/thecountsfamily

--Jacob

Just starting out...

Hello all. We finally got our act together and put together a website to post pictures of our family, our upcoming new addition, and all the other crazy things that go on in our lives. Let's give this a shot with our first photo. How about one of our rottenly spoiled but super cute yellow lab, Gracie...

She'll be 1 year old on January 3, but these pics are from when she was a little pup...