One Month!

Maybe a smile? This is just the end or the beginning... wait til you see the whole thing. You will die.

I can't believe this little babe has been around for a whole month! A lot of people say that they don't remember life without them. I certainly do remember life without him, but it is amazing to me how he has eased into our family so naturally!  I'm not saying that it has all been butterflies and rainbows over here... just the ease of our relationship has felt natural.


I love being a mom. It is what I have always wanted to be. Although I graduated from college, I knew that it would be awhile until I really used my degree because I "just" wanted to be a mom. Although I am only a month in, it is everything and more that I have wanted it to be. I love this little boy more than I ever thought possible! I found this quote on this blog and thought it summed up my feelings so perfectly... even though I am only a month in :)

"And who knew? Who knew that you laugh more, cry more, that everything is more when you’re a mother? It’s not that you’re giving up your dreams, it’s that you understand that the dreams you had before were incomplete, a facsimile of a real life. It’s not about you, it’s about what you do, how you serve, how you grow citizens, workers, warriors, and responsible people. That you’re trying, desperately, not to mess up these people, to give them everything they need and not everything they want."

Now a little about our boy:

• He is keeping us (or me) on our toes! I will think that I finally have his schedule and personality pegged, but then he throws me a curveball and everything is completely different! He changes SO much each day.  I am reading Baby Whisperer right now, so I hope that we can get into somewhat of a routine so the changes are few and far between!
• I think he was going through a growth spurt which has maybe ended. He eats about half of what he was eating even just 3 days ago! It is totally throwing me off that he doesn't want to eat as much during each feeding. I keep thinking that the next time will go back to normal, but I think *this* must be our new normal... for now anyway.
• Coming back around to the binki. I am grateful.
• Suddenly loves swaddling. Or was it that I am just realizing that he didn't hate it as much as I thought? Seriously, it is our go-to calm down right now. He has always slept in a swaddle velcro blanket, but he would wake up each morning SO mad that he couldn't get his arms out. Because of that, I would always put him in it when he was dead asleep. A friend recommended that I try it when he is fussy and it (along with the bink) is the golden ticket! I have been a fool for all of this time.  He will even soothe himself to sleep which I NEVER thought would happen!
• Still so strong. He can even stand up and pull himself up (or keep his arms stiff to be pulled up).  He can even jump (or acts like he is when he is bounced). His head isn't quite as strong as he wants it to be. There have been a few times when he is on my shoulder lifting his head up and then he loses control and SLAMS it down into my collar bone. Not such a happy boy after that.
• As cute as can be. I know I am biased as his mother, but I just love staring at him because I think he is so cute.
• He is still losing his hair. Since he lost all that's on the top, I think I am okay with the rest falling out. The other day, I was getting some dry skin off his scalp and tons of little hairs were just falling out with it. Whoops.
• FINALLY lost his little scab on his head from the vacuum. Seriously, that thing was there for a month!
• When he wakes up, he makes this grunt noise that I like to refer to as the "goose". It sounds like a goose honking. I would be lying if I said it is probably my least favorite sound ever at 2 am (and 4 am, 5 am, 6 am, for that matter...)

Not so sure about this whole sitting up thing

You can really see the baldness in this pic. My little old man.

GQ baby

Hey guys, I'm Owen.

So pensive.

In his big boy bed.

Notice the blurry leg. Always kicking.

His favorite spot is oddly enough... his changing table.

How he spends a lot of his morning... on my lap while I work.

Sleepy baby. Sleepy mama.

Angry baby.

And here's a few videos from the past month that I haven't put up.

I told you this boy was ative. And this was when he wasn't even two weeks old



Just a few days old. He looks SO tiny. He has definitely grown a lot. Love his little squeaker hiccups.



I don't know why he isn't wearing clothes... but I thought this was the cutest thing. He used to hold his binki, but doesn't do it anymore :(



2nd day of life



I swear he is going to roll over soon.