No sleep 'till Brooklyn

Well, at least no sleep until Nathaniel sleeps. Fortunately he has been a pretty good sleeper for us. There have only been a few nights where he has forgotten that he is supposed to be sleeping when the lights are out.

Week three was as uneventful as it can be with a newborn. Family, friends and neighbors have made sure we are well fed. We took a few strolls around the block in our stroller. And he was up to 6 lbs 14 oz! And I made it over to shop at the ever famous consignment sale at our church and got some great bargains!

Week four was definitely more eventful. We made our first appearance at a church meeting on Tuesday night. On Wednesday we met a friend at a local lake for a hike with the kids. I do use the term "hike" loosely as all the other mom's had toddlers so it wasn't quite hiking as sight seeing. Either way, it got us out of the house and gave me some exercise and interaction with other moms. On Thursday we met two wonderful ladies (Abby & Courtney) for lunch and enjoyed our time together immensely. And we rounded out the week by stopping by work for a visit, a visit to a wonderful older couple at their home and a surprise birthday party for a friend at Sweet Cece's. I think we are going to lay low this weekend.

The first month has flown by! I hope that the weeks will start to go by slower since I will be heading back to work in November.

Nathaniel sure is growing and changing every day. Friday night (9/23-4wks old) he weighed in at 7 lbs 6oz! Not sure of his length, but he definitely fits better in the carseat now (but he still looks so small in it).

More "firsts" to come in the following weeks when we take our first trip to our old stomping grounds to meet our knit group friends, first trip to church, first round of shots and first road trip!

Stop by again soon for more updates on this great adventure!

Khakki

Are you ready for some football??

Our little boy is ready for some football. Maybe he will try out to be a kicker one day, he seems to be off to a good start.
Week two has gone pretty well. In addition to working on his football kick, he has also been working on his coaching abilities and has proven he has the lungs for that job. He has expressed his thorough dislike of baths so far. Hopefully that will change as he gets older (I hear his mom hated baths at one time too).
He is also excelling at sleeping at two weeks. Normally he eats every 2-3 hours during the day and has one 4 hour stretch at night. Matt has been really good at getting up with him after the first feeding of the morning and allowing me to get a few more hours of uninterrupted sleep.
Taylor (our fur baby) has done really well with him. The day we brought him home, she acted as if she could care less about us bringing him in-she was just glad to see us after 5 days of not being home. Now she will go over and sniff of him occasionally and when he cries, she sometimes barks. Not sure yet if she is letting us know that he is crying or is she is trying to tell him to stop.
Nathaniel's two week doctor visit was a success this morning. He now weighs 6 lbs 3 oz and is 19.25 in long. His doctor says he is looking great and is growing as he should. Our next visit will be a little more eventful when he has to get his shots-I am not looking forward to that at all.
Matt set up the studio lights tonight and took some great pictures of a very alert little guy. He isn't this alert for very long during the day, so we are loving every minute that he is so alert.
Isn't he so precious!?! We just can't get enough of him.

Well, I must go to bed now. One piece of advise that has been passed along that I like to follow is sleep when he sleeps. Otherwise, I am on auto-pilot and that doesn't work for very many days.


Thanks for stopping in and seeing what our little one is up to at two weeks.
I will try to keep updating as I can.
Khakki

Let the good times roll

Wow, what a week! Nathaniel has really been a great baby. Unfortunately most of his first week was spent in the hospital due to having jaundice, but we are home now and still can't believe that he is ours! It has been surreal at times thinking that we made him and get to see his sweet face each day. I know there will be times when we are at our wits end and may wish we could send him away, but right now we are loving every minute we get to spend with him.

Daddy Matt is really enjoying being a Dad and photographer (again). We may have to buy stock in a photo printing/storage company as he has taken about 200 pictures since last Thursday.

Here's what it looks like to bring home a little one who is under 6 pounds. He is so tiny in the car seat.