Finishing Out Your First Week

Well, I am falling behind a little in the posts. Apparently being a new mom and loving on you is a full time job! And who can blame me? I would much rather share cuddles with you than be distracted by a computer. However, I do want you to have a great 1st year baby book so we will keep plugging away on the entries.

Day 5
We had more visitors today. Great Grandma Casey, your Uncle Kevin, Aunt April, and Grandma Miklos came to visit you. This was the first time you got to meet your Uncle Kevin. He held you and loved up on you but then was also great and took Bailey out to the park for some loving. She is doing really well adapting to having you in the house, but she still is very attention starved.

While my family came to visit us, Dad had made plans to meet up with a few friends to get out and get some fresh air. He has done such a great job of taking care of both of us, that I know it is important for him to get a break in order to keep his sanity and to continue to help us out. Later in the evening Jake and Jessica came over to visit.

Today I got very emotional. Your dad had to calm me for quite a while. Everything possible was running through my head about how fast you will grow up and how I feel I might miss too much, to the fact that I am never going to sleep again, to I don't want my happiness that I am experiencing right now to ever go away. Coming off hormones is crazy, but your dad does a great job of helping me talk through them.

I also took a video of you sleeping today. It is the most precious thing ever. You make the most amusing and sweet faces when you are sleeping. I was able to capture you smiling and frowning while asleep. I can sit for hours and stare at you while you sleep because I am so in love with you and all that you do, even when you are not awake! Unfortunately the video is too long for this post so I won't be able to post it.

Click for Link to Video of Marcus Sleeping

Day 6
Today was Super Bowl Sunday. Your first super bowl had the Giants and the Patriots in it and the Giants won. It was actually a very boring game and I fell asleep before it was even over. I had high hopes before you were born of taking you out, but then became realistic in the fact that you aren't even a week old yet and probably don't need to be out and about. Plus, we are still getting used the whole parenting thing and it is very tiring! So, instead of going anywhere or throwing a party (particularly since we don't care about who played) we invited the Gunns over. Curt and Colleen brought Conrad and Everett to hang out and meet you.  Conrad is 6 and Everett is almost 1. Conrad had so much fun holding you and talking to you. He was very emotional when you screamed as I changed your diaper. He felt very strongly that I was hurting you and that I needed to stop. I couldn't explain to him that you were upset and unfortunately that is just what you do right now. Colleen brought us a huge box of clothes for you to have. I am so very grateful that now you have a wardrobe to wear!

Day 7
This morning was a big day! You let me change you diaper this morning for the first time without screaming. It was much more relaxing and easy without you kicking your legs everywhere.

Also this morning while Dad was at work you sat in your swing long enough for me to take a bath to soak. I was very happy about this. We have been working up to you sitting in there for any significant period of time, but you usually cry. So, I was very grateful that you gave me about 15 minutes to soak in order to take some of the pain away.

Later in the day after Dad came home we took you out for our first big shopping excursion. We were out on the prowl getting baby stuff for you and things for me to help with my recovery. You did really well and slept the whole time. What a perfect boy you are!