A Big Deal

19.5 lbs 26.5 in and holding his bottle!!

I only let him do this once a day for practice and sometimes he needs help because his hands slowly slip away but I definitely am able to do other things! 

yes, that's all

6 Months Right Before My Eyes

When I first held Graham in my arms, today seemed very far off, in fact I didn't even think about it. It was us and our newborn--for a short while. Why do babies have to grow SO fast. Us adults pretty much look and act the same when we did three years ago. Big whoop. I really want to push pause, actually I wish I could have pushed pause three months ago. So far I've loved newborn-three months. Yes every age is fun and exciting, but there's nothing like those first few months. Now it seems Graham is becoming a kid! Sitting up, laughing, talking, playing with toys, he's interactive!

Just yesterday I got Graham to sit up for about ten seconds, and it was really exciting! And today, he sat up for 3 minutes. How do babies learn this over night? He didn't have that much practice, his body just decided to be strong enough. Well, ok! He's been A LOT of fun this boy. Sleeping through the night is a hit and miss, but I'm testing the waters with feeding him before bed. Thrice in a row he's slept through the night when I feed him at 8pm (He goes down 10ish) rather then RIGHT before bed. I don't know why, but it's been working, so I'll take it. Well I can't figure out how to post videos on here, but I put one on FB. So here are some pics of my growing boy.

We've been comfortable in the basement here at my folks. It's a total transformation, and if you've seen this basement before it was renovated, you'd know what I was talking about. Here's some pics of our new home.

Nicks loving his job at the stain glass studio, though now a days he's unable to pull 8 hour shifts because of his arm, it begins to hurt and he hardly uses it at all so he's close to border line useless at work, but I'm glad he can find something to do. I'm just home, raising a child and I love it. We're happy and loving life.

Two Months Old

WOWZA, two months already? Man, being a mom is the funnest. Even though it's practically the same thing every day, I love it because something new always happens in Graham. He smiles all the time now when he sees us and coo at him. It's amazing how he's become more aware and alert. He's very vocal and has almost laughed a few times. Until about a week ago, he woke up at 3 or 4 every night, now it's 1 and 4 am...not sure if this is new or if it's because he's had the sniffles; we'll see. His favorite things are bath time, being on his tummy on my tummy while we hold his head up for him (my sister did this yesterday and he was perfectly still and calm, loved it so much) eating, napping for 3 hours (new routine since about two weeks ago, I love it too) conversing in baby talk, car rides, and his binkie. My Graham is a binkie boy for sure. Well here's some pictures to show how my boy is growing. We love him immensely.

1 Month Approaching

Two more days and our little man will be one month old-truly crazy. Today I officially finished the nursery. Tidied up and made some finishing touches. He probably won't sleep in his crib for about a month or so, maybe less, but we'll be in there more now that I've put the rocking chair in :) So fun.

Had to put Graham in the crib in order to get the full affect.

Week 2

Time really does fly when you're having fun! Graham is such a good boy...really. When he's eaten and slept he just lays there and stares into the abyss, perfectly content, when this happens i usually like to hold him and take advantage of his well behaved manners and cuteness. This weeks appt he lost even more weight, he should be a his birth weight but he isn't. So we're going to eat every three hours instead of two, and push for 3 oz instead of 2. Appt on Monday we'll check is weight again, hopefully our new system will have worked!

Newborn Portraits March 1

 Here are just a few of the many darling portraits my sister shot of Graham, he did so well!

One Week Old

I can't believe it's already been a week! Graham is still so new but I find myself already missing his newborn days. When we left the hospital Tuesday night, I felt a little sad. Sure I was so glad to be going home and have all my belongings again, but the room I was in the past two days I had become attached to. It was in that very room I held my brand new son for the first time, it was in that room he lived with us so fresh and new, so quiet and perfect. Leaving that room, I said goodbye to those oh so precious moments we experienced with him in his first two days of  life. My hospital stay was pleasant. I was constantly amazed at the help of the nurses. They were incredible from the morning I checked in to the night we left with the nurse that walked us to our car. The time had arrived too quickly to take him home and start the parenting life.

Wednesday morning was beautiful. I had moved to the couch late tues night because of fussing and I wanted to deal with it in the other room so Nick could sleep. I had Graham nestled against me last few hours before dawn. I woke up to the early sun faintly lighting the room. I don't know why but knowing we had slept till morning was such a relaxing happy feeling. My baby had slept soundly. I treasured his soft sweet breathing against my chest. This sounds very much like poetry, but that's how it  really was. It was such  a sweet morning for us all having him in our home for the first time. 

Graham isn't a champion nurser, but he's not a hopeless one either. We practice several times a day. I think because of his pallet, he has a hard time latching and pulling. Be patient young prince, we'll get it down. (I hope) 

This week has seriously been so much fun- F.U.N. I love every minute of being a mom, whether he's awake, asleep, eating, fussing ( which hardly happens) its all so wonderful and I've seriously been waiting for this all my life. 

Can't wait for a new week with new things that'll be  happening every day! I love my family!