Connor's 1st week

Although taking these pregnancy pictures always seemed like a pain, I am so glad that I did! I love how Ava is only wearing normal clothes in the first two pictures. That just shows you when her love of dressing up took off and I couldn't get her to wear anything else when we were home. Notice too the huge growth spurt between weeks 36 and 39! I knew Connor had grown a ton in that last month and now I have the pictures and lovely stretch marks (ugh!!) to prove it! I still never would have guessed that he would have been over 9 lbs. (and a week early at that!).



A little update on Connor since we have been home...

He is such a sweet and cuddly baby. He seems to be doing well and cries very little unless we are changing his diaper. He caught on to nursing very quickly and wants to eat all the time! Most of the time during the day he can make it every 3 hours but at night he wants to nurse every 2 to 2 1/2 hours. It makes for a long and exhausting night but I know it is temporary. He also seems more restless at night which makes me think he still hasn't gotten his days and nights straight yet. There are several times throughout the day where he will be awake most of the time between feedings. He just looks around and stares at things. I love to hold him and talk to him during these times. It melts my heart how he just gazes into my eyes when I am talking to him and anytime he is being held by someone else or laying by himself and he hears my voice he turns his head to look at me. He already has me wrapped around his little finger! He pretty much skipped newborn size diapers and newborn clothes and is wearing a size 0-3 months. He lost some of his birth weight, along with those chubby cheeks and thighs, so I am hoping that at his 2 week check up on Monday that he has regained most if not all of it back. He is eating so much and having lots of wet and poopie diapers so I know he is getting fed. By the way, no one told me how difficult it would be to change a boy's diaper!! He poops all the time and I feel like it takes me forever to get him all cleaned up. I am always frantic trying to go as fast as I can to make sure he doesn't pee on me or himself. Having him cry the whole time doesn't help the process either!

Ava is a sweet big sister and is learning how to adjust having someone else in the house that mommy and daddy have to take care of. It hasn't been an easy week and a half for her (or us!!) since he has been home with us but I am hoping with time that she will learn to adjust. We spend as much time with her as we can and I have already taken her on a special Mommy and Ava trip to Tappy's! Daddy has something fun planned for her this weekend too which I know she will enjoy.

Although I don't have a ton of free time, it was important to me that I make a slideshow of Connor's 1st week, like I did with Ava (http://mikeyandkristen.blogspot.com/2009/04/photo-montage.html). These slideshows are something that I will always treasure so it was worth the time and effort. I get teary eyed everytime I watch them!!!

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