Today was sort of a hard day. You haven't been sleeping well because every time I lay you down on your back in the crib you end up spitting up and choking to the point where you wake up. I feel so bad for you. Needless to say, it has caused nights with very little sleep for me. I had another breakdown today from all of the hormone changes and lack of sleep. I have brief moments of weakness where I don't think that I can do it. Fortunately I talked to my mom, Jessica, and my dad and that helped out. My mom suggested that I prop the crib mattress up with blankets underneath to try and help you sleep.
Dad celebrated your 1 week mark and the birth of you with the cigars that he bought with a bunch of friends. He says he will be keeping the cigar box to give you when you grow up. He has been showing off your beautiful picture to anyone who will look at it. You are one admired little dude!
Wednesday Day 9
You slept much better last night being propped up in the crib. I was happy to see that you didn't spit up too much and you slept for longer intervals. Hopefully this is what we need to keep you a happy sleeper.
My friend Annie from work came to visit us today at the house for lunch. It was nice to catch up with her and get some advice on you.
For dinner Megan and Grandma Harper came over. This was because your dad was supposed to have gone out of town for the night for work. However after the day that I had yesterday, I asked him not to go. So, we had them both over and Grandma brought us dinner and cooked it over here. You got lots of love from both Aunt Megan and Grandma Harper.
Thursday Day 10
You passed your hearing screening test today! After the test we had in the hospital, I was very pleased that you passed and that it was done with relative ease. This was also good practice for us to go out and be somewhere at a certain time. The first appointment time we made with the hearing screening lady we had to cancel because you were wide awake and screaming. Fortunately, we were able to bring you in later in the day and you were fast asleep.
Boy you spit up on me and peed on me a LOT today! This is certainly one example of unconditional love!! No matter how dirty you make me, I still love you more and more each day. I have decided we are going to try a bigger size diaper to see if that helps with the leaking of the diaper. Right now you are in a newborn diaper so we will try the size 1 diapers and see if that helps.
Dad left us at home in the evening for a little while to go to our friend Mike's record release party. It's funny I had a little bit of separation anxiety being at home alone with you even though I have been at home with you alone during the day. Something about it being at night freaked me out a little bit. We did just fine though! Your dad texted us the whole time.
Sunday Day 13
You had more visitors today! First Great Grandma Casey and Grandma Miklos came over to visit you. Then our friends Dasha and Cameron came over to visit you. You were a perfect angel for all of them! In fact I was so amazed because you actually stayed awake for 4 hours in a row today! For an almost 2 week old baby I would say that is pretty impressive! You were such a joy to be around today. I love you so much.
Monday Day 14
Today we went on our first walk. Boy it was a lot of work but I felt fairly accomplished by the time I got back! I tried to put you in the car seat so that we could go for a walk with the stroller, but you wanted nothing to do with that. You screamed and screamed until I let you out of the car seat. So, I figured I would try the Baby Bjorn. I was a little hesitant thinking that you might be too little for it, but you fit in there perfectly. I imagine if someone was watching me they would have found it rather amusing getting ready. After I had gotten you into the baby bjorn I realized I hadn't even put my shoes on yet so I was trying to do that while you were attached to me. It was like being pregnant all over again! Then on top of that, I had to get Bailey ready for the walk too. By the time we were ready to leave, I was already exhausted. We walked for about 15 minutes around the block since that was all I could handle. You like the carrier though, you fell asleep within just a few minutes of me putting you into the carrier.
Your circumcision fell off today today! This means you are officially a 'baby.' Just kidding! But you no longer have the bell on from the circumcision and your umbilical cord fell off a while ago. So, this meant that I was able to give you a real bath today instead of just a sponge bath. I decided to take a bath with you and I absolutely loved it. You and I just sat in the water together and although you had a few moments where you looked a little terrified from the water, I could tell you knew you were safe because you didn't cry once. I breast fed you for a while in the bath and then bathed you. It was very relaxing for both of us. Now, you did not like getting out of the bath and started crying at that point, but who can blame you? No one likes to get out of the bath or shower into the cold air!
I call the face you are making below your "old man" face. I am going to start posting pictures of your different facial expressions because they are one of the best things about you right now. They are so amusing and they entertain everyone. The one above this one we call many different names, your "Oh" face or your "Cheerio" face.
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