Patrick Kunio

On September 9, 2013 at 6:47 am, Patrick Kunio Tompkins was born. He was 7 lbs 8 oz, 20.5 inches long and as you can see, he had a full head of hair! He is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me and Delmar.

Patrick the morning he was born. Absolutely perfect!

Patrick has been a wonderful baby so far. During the first month he pretty much only cried when he was hungry and he would give us between 2-4 hours of sleep each feeding cycle. He spent most of the day sleeping and being adorable. Here are some more pictures from his first month of life.

Patrick loves to cuddle with Mom and Dad! He definitely prefers being in someone's arms (anyone's...he doesn't care who!) 

 

 The beautiful afghan you see in these pictures was made by Uncle Brent!

Patrick went to his first wedding before he was even 3 weeks old! Congrats Uncle Jon and Aunt Elissa!

Although Patrick is only 5 weeks old, he seems so grown up to us already. He was grown so much, he is very strong and he is very alert now. He makes eye contact, watches us as we move around and loves staring at the lights. Here's 5 week old Patrick:

One of my favorite parts of our new family is the role that Sophie plays. From the moment we brought Patrick home from the hospital, she immediately became his guardian. She watches over him when he's asleep, she stands between him and visitors often growling and showing teeth (a little embarrassing...best of intentions but not necessary with people we know!), she guards his bedroom door when we're in nursing, and lots of kisses!!! Patrick seems to like her quite a bit too :)

Pretty precious! I think these two are going to be best friends
 some day!

Alright, well time to get some chores done because he's actually asleep right now! Thanks to everyone for all of the love, support and gifts we have received the last few months!