Heavyweight

It's official... Noah is a heavyweight. We stopped by the pediatrician's office today to check Noah's weight -- he was a whopping 8 pounds! That is a whole pound heavier than he was at this point last week and one pound and 8 ounces heavier than he was at birth! Whoo-hoo!!

Hanging with family and friends...

Couple of fun pictures to share!

The first is Noah with his Pappy meeting the dogs for the first time...Tavish and Brody were very curious about what was making such strange noises! I am sure they will be fast friends!



The second picture is Noah with his buddy AJ (Nicole and Cory's son) - AJ just turned 1 last weekend and will hopefully show Noah the ropes on how to be a great kid!

How tall will Noah be?

Noah was 21 inches long when he was born... somewhat average as far as lengths go. However, our little guy has such long legs as well as huge hands and feet, we can't help but wonder how tall he will be! We talk about his "chicken legs" but only a picture really does them justice...

Noah's first bath!

With a fully healed belly button, Noah was cleared by the pediatrician to have his first bath! We waited until Josh was home from his tournament in Kansas City so that he could participate in the festivities! Here are some pics of the big event... special thanks to Aunt Beth and Uncle Nick for the cozy towel we wrapped Noah in after he was squeaky clean!

Observations of a new mom...2

Car seats are magical. They can make even the most inconsolable baby drop off into dreamland.

Milestones...

It was back to the pediatrician today for a weight check...we made it back up to birth weight and then some! Hooray! Noah weighed in at 7 lbs on the nose! This is a major accomplishment for a little guy who was only 5 lbs 14 oz around a week ago! We are continuing with a combination of breast feeding and formula feeding...a long and emotional saga that I won't got into huge detail here on the blog. Here is a picture from this morning... Noah is pretty content here lying on mom's legs with a full tummy:



Tomorrow, I head to my OB to get my blood pressure checked. Hopefully, the high blood pressure that accompanied the pre-eclampsia and Noah's early entrance into the world has passed and I will get a clean bill of health. There is a chance that the pre-eclampsia will turn into long-term hypertension, but we are praying against that. I am anxious to take some pictures of Noah in to show Teri, the nurse who walked me through my many pre-natal visits to the office.

Sleep is coming in slightly larger chunks of late (knock on wood)... Noah's feeding schedule has been such that we feed him around 11pm, again at 2:30 am, and then make it to morning. I am certainly not going to complain about 2-3 hours periods of sleep, considering we had many nights that first week that I slept no more than 20 minutes at a time!

We have also decided that Noah is a "cluster pooper". Never heard of that term before? We coined it ourselves. Apparently, some babies like to "cluster feed," that is, eat every hour or so for several hours and then go for long stretches without eating. Noah does this, except with pooping! He will go for more than 24 for hours with only wet diapers, then, all of a sudden, a series of explosions happen... sometimes as many as four in a row over a couple of hours! Amazing, really. Things you never knew about parenthood.