Ok so I’m a few days late – we’ve been busy!  Ethan has been such a great baby the past week.  Every day gets a little better.  He is doing all the right things – eating, sleeping, and making lots of dirty diapers.  He is even letting daddy sleep through the night – he only fusses a bit when he is ready to eat and usually goes right back to sleep without fussing.

We went home from the hospital on Wednesday and he weighed 6lbs 7oz.  Friday we went to his first doctor appointment and his weight was already up to 6lbs 13oz!  They like for babies to be back at their birth weight by 10-14 days, and he is already over his birth weight.  I am going to weigh him again tomorrow – I can’t wait to see how much more he is gained!  I feel like his little cheeks are already chunkier.  The past few days he has had more and more alert time during the day.  He usually has a fussy time once a day in the evening, but we are learning how to keep him happy.

Jason went back to work yesterday and Ethan and I survived our first tornado warning at home together!  Poor grammy was on her way up but had to stop when the storm got bad.  Ethan didn’t seem bothered by the storms!  After my mom got here I was able to leave the house for the first time by myself.  I missed him, but it was nice to get out!

Ethan had his newborn pictures taken on Friday – they are so great!  I will be posting some soon.

Here are some pictures of our precious 1 week old.

I haven’t been very good about taking pictures of the three of us – I need to be more intentional!

He loves playing with his tongue and “smacking his chops” as I like to say.

He’s working on tummy time – he seems to at least understand the idea of head control even if he can’t do it yet.

Big fan of the paci.

He loves his daddy (and daddy likes him just a little bit too!)