Welcome to the World

My dear friend Cori welcomed a precious baby boy, Brady Matthew, to the world yesterday. He is a big boy weighing 8 lbs 14 oz and 21 inches long. We can already tell that he has Cori's nose :) I feel so lucky to have been a part of his birth. Congratulations Cori and Happy Birthday Brady!!

Love at first sight

Baby Brady

Madeline and I with Cori and Brady

Elf Yourself

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Newest Pilot on the Block

I think Madeline should be the San Diego Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association's official mascot. What do you guys think?


Look HERE.

Santa Claus

I just wanted to share Madeline's first picture with Santa Claus...

2 Months

Today Madeline is 2 months old!! Time flies when you're having fun!

Mads is getting so big!

Aren't I cute!

Madeline was tagged...

8 of My Favorite Things:
1. Nursing
2. Daddy's silly faces and noises
3. Stroller rides
4. Walking with mom in the sling/wrap
5. Looking in the mirror
6. Sleeping on Mommy
7. My cloth diapers
8. My Rock a Bye Baby Coldplay CD

8 Things that Happened Today:
1. Nursing, sleeping, pooping, repeat...
2. Had lunch at Islands with Kate
3. Went to Target
4. Gave Mommy a hard time
5. Fell asleep in my Moby wrap
6. Had tummy time (I hate tummy time)
7. Tried on my first disposable diaper
8. Played with Daddy

8 Things I am Looking Forward to:
1. Having my picture taken with Santa
2. My first plane ride to Dallas for Christmas
3. Watching my Daddy fly in a paragliding competition this weekend
4. Story time
5. Meeting all my Texas and Arkansas family
6. Running with Mommy in my jogging stroller
7. Nap time
8. And of course, nursing

Now we tag everyone!!!

An Update

I can't believe how fast the last 8 weeks have flown by. Things here have been going really well as Erik and I are settling into our new role as parents and we are starting to get into a routine. I am getting used to being a SAHM, which I can now officially say is the hardest and most rewaring job in the world. I have a new respect for my parents, for all parents really. Being at home with Madeline is wonderful and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to be able to be home with her. And it sure has made life more interesting. Just going to the grocery store is an adventure with a little one.

Madeline is now 8 weeks and has grown and changed so much. She is becoming so alert and loves to give her mom and dad these funny gummy smiles. It's amazing to watch her becoming so aware of the world around her. Even after the hardest day, when she gives me one of her smiles it just melts my heart. At her one month check-up she weighed 10lbs 3oz and was 22 inches long. At 6 weeks she was 11lbs 8oz! She is already fitting into 3-6 month clothes. I have a big healthy girl with the chunkiest thighs in the world :)

We have been working for 4 weeks now to get Madeline to consistently take a bottle. She is a finicky little girl and has wanted her meals straight from the tap. Smarty pants! Well thanks to my wonderful, persistent, patient husband Madeline is now taking a bottle every time without fussing. I see a glimmer of freedom, or at least a night off, right around the corner. Yay!

Maeline has also amazingly enough been sleeping 7-8 hours every night for the last two weeks. Can you even imagine how excited Erik and I are!?! She goes to sleep around 10pm and wakes around 6am. She does really great at night although she doesn't really like to be put down for naps during the day. But we're working on it.

In other news, I starting running again last week. Man, has that been hard! I'm not used to being so out of shape. Seriously, my first run was the second hardest run of my life. The first hardest was the marathon I ran. It's a bit depressing but I'll get back to where I was. I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight but it'll take awhile to back to where I was physically.

Erik has been competing in a paragliding competition called the So-Cal XC league. There is one more week of the competition this year and so far Erik is in 2nd place overall, and 1st place in his division! Way to go Erik!!! We are going to drive up to Santa Barbara next week for the last weekend of the comp and Madeline and I are going to cheer for Dad. Hopefully next year Erik and I will both be competing.

Madeline at 7 weeks

Daddy and daughter

Mommy and Madeline

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!. Many thanks to Gordon and Nancy for a great Thanksgiving meal yesterday.

The Kolberg Family

A Week with Mama

My grandma, Mama, came to visit Madeline and I last week. It was so wonderful to have her here, even if we just hung out around the house most of the time. And it was very special for Madeline to meet her great-grandmother. Thanks Mama for coming to visit! You are welcome anytime!

Madeline and Mama

At the beach in Cornado

Mama and sleeping Madeline

3 Years and 1 Month

Yesterday was mine and Erik's 3 year wedding anniversary. It has been a wonderful 3 years and I feel so lucky that I am married to the love of my life. You are my best friend, a wonderful partner and husband, and a great daddy.

Our wedding day

And yesterday was also Madeline's 1 month birthday. I can't believe that she is already a month old! It seems like just yesterday she was born. She is already growing up so fast!

Madeline at 1 month

Mommy Cried

Yesterday Madeline got her first bottle of breast milk. We had been advised and had decided to start giving her a couple of bottles a week so that she would take both the bottle and the breast. After I finally figured out how to work that darn breast pump we were ready to try the bottle. Erik tried to give it to her first. But I think she was a bit confused that Daddy was holding her when she was obviously hungry and so she didn't really understand the bottle. So then I tried and after a little fumbling she took right to that bottle. I handed Madeline back to Erik and again she took right to the bottle. Yay! Success!

And then I started crying. Seriously, just bawling. I couldn't help it. I was watching Erik and Madeline and it jut hurt that I wasn't the one feeding her. I know that its great that she will be able to take both. I do know that in my head. I will be able to leave her with Erik or a babysitter, I can get a night out, etc. But it still hurt. She's growing up so fast already...

Madeline's first bottle

Happy Daddy!

Green Poop

I have always heard from new parents that you become so fascinated with your new baby's bodily functions, particularly with their poop. I am here to say that it is so true! Erik and I have gotten so many laughs out of our little Madeline's gassy smiles, loud burps, and powerful poops. I think the triumph (yes triumph) we feel in all these things stems from the fact that all these little things let us know that our baby is functioning the way she should.

So imagine my surprise when I go to change Madeline's diaper and find green poop. Yep, green. Very dark and very green. Of course I freak out a little, call our pediatrician for the second time in two weeks, look all through my new bible (The Baby Book by Dr. Sears), and do a google search for "newborns and green poop". While I worried about allergies, food sensitivities, and a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance Madeline went on a breastfeeding marathon and 48 hours later the green poop problem seems to have corrected itself. I suppose that babies sometimes have green poop :) And yes, I am the proud parent of a baby girl who now has regular yellow mustard seedy poops!

On a different note, when Madeline was 10 days old we had some professional photos of her taken. Here are a few that I just love. Isn't she beautiful!!

Two Weeks

Madeline is two weeks old today! And we've survived! Madeline and I have spent the last two weeks getting to know one another and Erik and I have been learning our new parenting roles. We are learning all her little cries and noises, how she doesn't like diaper changes but she does like baths, she doesn't like her arms to be swaddled, and sometimes she just wants her mommy :) Madeline has changed so much in these two weeks and I can't help but take pictures of her everyday to capture all these changes. It amazes me that she already has a little personality. Erik keeps asking when she will start interacting and smiling, but I am enjoying the newborn stage and I'm happy to have her stay here for now.

On Thursday Madeline had her first photo shoot. You can see a sneak peak on my fabulous photographer's blog.

Mommy's Girl

My Sweet Angel

So we're almost through our first week with Madeline. She is more precious every day and we are so in love with her. Madeline has such a sweet disposition (so far anyway) and she rarely cries. The only exception is diaper changes and when she's hungry. She makes the cutest faces and funny squeaky noises when she's sleeping.

My new family

Sweet in Pink

Already Posing

Sweet Baby

Sleeping on Mom

Welcome to the World

Erik and I are so happy to announce that our little girl has finally arrived. Madeline Kate was born at home on October 5th, 2008 at 8:09pm. She weighs 8 pounds and is 21 inches long. She is absolutely gorgeous with blue eyes, quite a bit of brown hair, beautiful little lips, and the cutest chubby cheeks. Mom and Dad are totally in love with her. There is much more to come but for now, here are a couple of pics...

Madeline Kate

Just born

Mom and Madeline

Proud (and tired) Papa

Hanging out on the couch

A Name for Baby K

We have chosen a name for our little one...


Maybe now she'll decide to join us!

39 weeks

Ok, I'm 39 weeks pregnant. Only one more week to my due date but of course baby will come when she comes so it could still be 3 weeks. Here's the thing... I'm starting to realize that I have a whole other human being living inside body. Yeah I know, but its just now starting to be real. But here's the real kicker... she's going to come out! Soon!! OMG!

39 weeks

My little basketball

I'm seriously still getting bigger

Expecting Photos

I had some photos taken last week with a fantastic photographer here in SoCal. They turned out beautifully and it's been hard trying to pick the ones we want. When I showed them to my grandma, she said it must be a California thing :) I don't know, maybe it is.

Here are a couple of examples that the photographer put on her blog. I hope you enjoy them.

Hint: Click on examples above.

36 weeks!

Today I am 36 weeks which means that Baby is full term! So only 4(ish) weeks to go! Over the last week I've been washing all my baby clothes, sheets, blankets, burp cloths, changing pad covers, etc. Babies sure do need a lot of stuff. Even now it's hard to believe that a new little person is going to be wearing all those cute little girl clothes I have been collecting. Wow! I'm having a baby!

36 weeks

Big ole belly

Sweet Little Baby Kicks

Baby kicks are so sweet! Well, most of the time :) I don't like those kicks to the ribs that she is making more and more often. But I love feeling her little hands and feet moving around, kicking and punching me. It's so reassuring because it means that she is still doing okay in that crowded home of hers. This is my attempt at making a little movie of those crazy baby movements.

It looks pretty cool on the big screen but I don't know how well it will transfer to the blog video. I hope you enjoy!

My Favorite Things

We having amazing friends and family and we were given so many great gifts for our baby girl. But I have to say that I have a couple of favorites. The first gift is a onesie with a purple and pink paraglider embroidered on it. My friend Brett drew it out and embroidered it himself. And look how cute it is! Baby K has her first paragliding outfit :)


The second gift is quilt that is handmade for Baby K by Erik's Grandma. This is just the sweetest quilt I have ever seen and I and Baby will cherish it. What a wonderful one of a kind gift! And I love that it has butterflies on it since we seem to have a little butterfly theme going in her room.

Ozzy's Room

My sweet Ozzy thinks that we have made him his own room. He hasn't tried to jump in the crib yet but he does like to hide under it. Hopefully he'll stay off of my beautiful glider. He has yet to discover the changing pad but I think he'll like that too. He absolutely loves this rug and spends lots of time curled up on it. How cute is that! I just had to share...

Testing the water.

Flop.

King of the Castle

A Baby Weekend

It has been a really busy past couple of weeks! We are turning what was the office into our baby room... finally! Two weekends ago Erik and I bought about 8 different paint samples and tried to pick a color. Do you know how hard it is to pick a color from a small patch on the wall?!? Ater lots of back and forth we finally chose this lovely green and Erik got down to work. My sweet hubby painted the whole thing all by himself! I only helped with the taping :)

During the week, our crib and dresser were delivered and then Erik and I put together a giant store cube thing that we bought at Ikea.

My parents came in town last weekend to help with baby room stuff and to come to the Baby BBQ that my in-laws threw for us. I dragged my parents around to just about every baby store in the city! We bought a rug, curtains, canvas storage boxes for our storage cube, and all kinds of other random baby stuff that we apparently need. Geez, babies need lots of stuff! But I finally feel like we are making some progress towards getting ready for baby. Only 8 weeks to go!

Dad and Erik smiling after successfully putting up the curtains!

We still need stuff for the walls but its coming along.

The giant storage cube! It still needs a bit of organizing!

On Saturday night, we had a Baby BBQ at Erik's parents house. Nancy did a fantastic job putting it all together. The carne asada was fantastic, excellently bbq'ed by Gordon. There were lots of family and friends there and I think everyone had a great time. Thanks to everyone who was able to be there and a BIG thanks to Nancy and Gordon for the party!

Sunday morning Erik and my parents and I had breakfast in PB at World Famous and then spend a little time walking on the beach. I still sometimes find it hard to believe that I live in such a gorgeous place. Anybody want to go to the beach?

Hanging out with my parents at the beach.

32 weeks!