5 Weeks

My titles have really been boring lately. Sorry about that... I will try to be more creative in the future.

I am writing this via email on my Blackberry with you sleeping peacefully on my chest, so I am going to try to keep it fairly short. And I will post pics in another post.

Does the "back to sleep" rule apply when on mommy or daddy's chest?

I tried to measure you today and you seem to be about 22 inches. You are still about 10 pounds, so you have hit a plateau. Of course, you still seem to be eating a decent amount of the time.

I still have about 15 pounds to lose though, so I think you should maybe eat more. Maybe.

On a brighter note, my face has finally cleared up from the horrible post baby breakout that appeared on my chin right after I had you. It only took 5 weeks, R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S!!

You, my little man, have your own acne problems. But yours comes and goes in a matter of days and sometimes hours. Not weeks! I think it has to do with your eating and my arms and oil and dirt and all that good stuff.

You are holding your head up on your own more and more and your smiles seem pretty darn intentional!

I thought I had more to report, but as usual it is slipping my mind. Will post later as things come back to me.

P.S. Your eyes are still blue so far!

- Tiffany

4 Weeks / 1 Month

Pictures of my sweet little angel at 4 weeks (April 15)...
You looked everywhere EXCEPT at the camera!!

I took some pictures of you at one month too (April 18)...
Again, no looking at the camera. And you weren't too keen on the pacifier either! That is the onesie that your Auntie B made you! Cute!

I have been meaning to post for a few days now because I think of all sorts of things I meant to say after I am done with my weekly post. Like the fact that I have nicknamed you Thumper because you have a twitchy leg. I am pretty sure this comes from your Papa! He has a twitchy leg too!

Or the fact that you are already over ten pounds! You are gaining like a pound a week! That weight was last week, I will have to weigh you again and see if you are continuing that trend for your 5 week post.

Then there is the fact that you are smiling quite frequently for me. I am not really sure if it is intentional or not, but I love it! You mostly do it for me, but Daddy says he has seen one or two.

And have I mentioned that you do not really like sleeping in your bassinet? You prefer to be snuggled up right beside me. I must say that I love cuddling with you too, and it makes it easy to feed you in the middle of the night... but we are going to have to get you used to sleeping on your own soon. I don't want you to get used to sleeping with me and start refusing your own bed and end up with you sleeping in our bed for the next five years!

Everyone always comments on your one dimple and I just realized I don't think I have ever pointed it out on here. It was pointed out to me in the hospital, and is especially precious because I have one dimple (and a cute story to go along with it) and Austin has one dimple too! My boys take after Mommy!

Speaking of taking after me, so far it still appears that you might have lucked out. It really looks like you will have blue eyes... or at least something that isn't brown. That could always change, but I am just in shock that it is even a possibility you might end up with non-poopy eyes!!

You are starting to move your arms around a lot. I have used that to start hitting at your brother and poke his eyes (at least he is convinced that is what you are doing)!! And I have started putting you on your playmat, where you are now interested in the toys hanging and the sounds and lights.

I am sure I will think of more that I have left off, and hopefully if I do I will make time to get on and post. I will leave you with a few more pictures.

XOXO and all my love,

Mommy

Two Weeks

How do I slow down the clock. I cannot handle how fast this time is flying by. Or how fast you are growing. We had your two week check-up yesterday. You are now 8 pounds and 20.5 inches and your head is 14.25 inches. You just keep growing on me. I know that technically is a good thing... but I really wish it would slow down some.

Obviously you are eating plenty, and don't I know it!! You have mostly gone back to normal eating patterns, but you have your moments when you decide to eat every hour or so.

I felt horrible when they did the second round of the newborn screening and had to prick your heel and squeeze the daylights out of your foot. You were doing the newborn cry that I haven't heard since two weeks ago!! No amount of kissing or loving was calming you down. But you immediately stopped crying when she stopped messing with you.

Here are a couple pictures of you at two weeks! Mimi took some tonight too that should be pretty cute.

Showing off your eyes

Hanging out with your eyes open

Sleeping with your daddy.

You are trying to hold your little head up on your own occasionally. It is very cute! Oh, one thing that I never reported was your tendency to pee. First it was as soon as I took your diaper off. I don't remember ever having that issue with Austin though I was always warned that little boys do that. Now you just wait until I put a fresh diaper on. I am not sure which is worse!!

And just for kicks... my 40 week belly pic!!

That's it for now... until I think of more!