Professional Pictures

So sweet! Here's one of the pictures from his first photo shoot.

He's a week old in this picture.

Today he's 11 days old. My mom left this morning. Now it's up to me and Jon to take care of everything. We'll see how it goes. It was really nice having her here to help.

Sleepy time

First bath

He didn't exactly enjoy the first bath - but he needed it. The crying only lasted a minute or so then he was back to being peaceful.

First Doctor Visit

Jonathan is about 5 days old - and we had to go see the doctor today since he had low blood sugar in the hospital. Now he is healthy and gaining weight fast. He left the hospital Sunday weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. Three days later he's at 7 pounds 15 ounces. That's more than his birthweight already. Everything else looked good.

We also hit another milestone - he peed on me. I was warned, but it was still a shock. I was giving him a sponge bath this afternoon when he shot straight at me and soaked my shirt. It took me a second to comprehend what was happening. I had the faucet running, my hand was in a bucket of warm water, his head was wet and then my stomach felt really wet and warm. He shot straight at me. My mom and I couldn't stop laughing.

He is such an alert baby - taking everything in and it's such a joy to watch.

Life at home

We got to go home on Father's Day. Such a great gift for Jon.

As new parents, it's exciting but scary to take a little tiny baby home. He looked so little in his car seat. My mom is staying with us to help get us settled. It's such a blessing to have her here to cook and clean and just offer support. So far, so good.

Like father like son

We couldn't figure out why Jonathan needed to free his left arm from the swaddle - until I saw this. They were sleeping side by side, both of them with their left arms up. As you can see we are so enjoying learning about our little wonder. It's amazing to see parts of yourself in another human being. We could sit and watch him forever.