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We had Ryan's newborn pictures taken when he was 2 weeks old. If you would to view his pictures (as well as my belly bump pictures) go to www. baileyandbphotography.com Enter the site and view the galleries. We are on the 1st page.

The beautiful Kentucky Lake

It's a beautiful Kentucky morning!!! Not too hot or humid...yet!!! We are heading to the lake today for the first time in about 5 weeks! Tim and our friends Matt and Sara headed out to the lake to put the boat in the water. Ryan and I will meet them for about an hour or so. I had my 6 week follow up appointment on Friday and last night it finally hit me...I could probably do some wakeboarding if I wanted to!!! I may wait just one more week and go out over Labor Day weekend:) The picture is of the guys on our boat a few summers ago. We are spoiled with calm water almost every weekend!

I love Google.

Today Ryan is 6 weeks old! The last 6 weeks have gone by so fast. Yesterday I took Ryan to the doctor because after 5 days of diarrhea, and a rash covering most of his body, I was pretty sure something I have been eating was upsetting his stomach. I had a feeling weeks ago that dairy was not agreeing with him so I had been careful of most dairy... or so I thought! The pediatrician confirmed more than likely it was dairy in my diet (shocking...an intolerance to dairy! Considering Tim and I both had problems with dairy as babies it wasn't much of a surprise). After some internet research (I LOVE google) I discovered many foods with hidden dairy. Like the NON dairy creamer I've been putting in my coffee EVERY morning and some lunch meats to name a few. I also called the family expert, Nicole (Tim's sister), to get her advice. She has been on a dairy and soy free diet since Addison was born in December. Hopefully we'll be back to normal soon. I'm just glad I loaded up on Dairy Queen blizzards while I was pregnant because I won't get to have one again for a long time:(

On a positive note: Ryan weighed 10 pounds 3 ounces!!!!

Why Nugget?

I guess I should explain why our blog is titled "Nugget". While I was pregnant with "The Nugget" we did not find out if we were having a boy or girl. Instead of referring to the baby as "it" when we would talk about the baby we would say... The Nugget. I started this blog before Ryan was born. I had planned on posting pictures of my belly bump for family. Ryan is 5 weeks old and I'm really just getting started now...I'm on the ball!!! For those of you that did not see me while I was pregnant this picture was taken the morning Ryan was born.

Getting started

Ryan Thomas Gesell arrived at 10:47pm on 7.15.2010. He was 7lb 10oz and 20 1/4 inches long. We decided not to find out if he was a boy or a girl during the pregnancy so it was very exciting to hear "it's a BOY"!!! He looks a lot like Tim as a baby. He is a very good baby. He only gets fussy when hungry. He has been sleeping well at night.