Chunky Monkey

Dec 5th Jan 13th

Weight: 9lbs 15oz 13lbs 4oz

Height: 21 1/2" 24"

Well it is official, our son is the size of a 3 month old and he is 5 weeks old! :-) Atleast we know he is growing strong and healthy. He is doing very well and feeling so much better. He is becoming so alert and pays attention to everything around him. It is so cute to see his facial expressions, he is VERY animated. And I am very happy to say that he is a FABULOUS sleeper! He will usually go to sleep at about 11:00pm and usually doesn't wake up until about 4:30 or 5:00! Once or twice he will wake up at about 2am but even if it is just that once, that is fine with me!

So things are going well :-) We are glad to be home from the hospital.

So he hated the bath and basically screamed the whole time. But........the robe on the other hand....he laid there perfectly happy and fell fast asleep seconds later.
My little love

So yes we tried the bassinet. And he does good in it...every once in awhile. But he sleeps so much better between us in bed! :-) So we will keep it like that for awhile. But the way he is growing, we are going to have to move him to his crib or get a bigger bed! :-)

A New Year.....

Well we are beginning the new year with our baby STILL in the hospital! BUT there is light at the end of the tunnel! He is doing great! Gaining weight like crazy. His expected discharge date is Wednesday, Jan 7th! So we are on the downward slope now! YEAH! I cannot wait for us to go home and get on with life! We just have to get through the next week so he can have all of his antibiotics to make sure he is completely healthy again. He is completely spoiled at the hospital! All of the nurses adore him. He definately has a set of lungs on him, probably gets that from me ;-) He can be dead asleep and I think, "okay I can sneak away to cafeteria and eat something real quick before he even wakes up!". OH NO! Not going to happen......literally as soon as I walk around the corner he is screaming. Me, I would let him cry...I mean it's good for him, right? :-) Oh no, not the nurses. Usually when I come back from being gone, any length of time, his bed is empty. He is either in one of the nurse's arms fast asleep or bundled up in his swing at the nurses station! lol. I tell them they are definately making my life harder for when we get home. oh well, we will have fun getting him on a schedule when we get home! Here are a few pics of him in the hospital. Oh and yes, he is a chunker. As of yesterday when they weighed him he weighed 11bs 10 oz!!!!! Atleast we know he is eating well and definately feeling better :-)

As soon as he starts falling asleep, he always smiles big! Atleast we know he is having good dreams :-)

Wow, I just noticed the BLACK circles under my eyes! Well that's what happens from sleeping in the hospital, in a chair, and getting about 2 hours of sleep at night!

WE CAN'T WAIT TO GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!