Two Weeks Old

This is what Aiden has been dressed in for the last couple days because its been so hot. When Aiden or Daddy have their shirt off, Amanda calls them "nakey boy".


I think we've all been adjusting well, though Amanda has taken the brunt of it, I would say. She's had a setback with the potty, though she hasn't been in diapers during the day for the past six months. Its frustrating, but we're trying to be a little understanding. She also wants me to hold her at ridiculously impossible times, like when I'm holding the baby with one hand and carrying something in the other. But, she shows only love and concern for Aiden. Sometimes she asks to hold him, but only enjoys it until he makes his first peep, then I have to take him right back.

Avery is in love and wants to hold him all the time. She narrates what he is "saying" constantly. She'll say, "He's like, I want Momma." Always "he's like...". Like? Already?? I've caught her a few times trying to get fancy and lifting him up to hand to me, so we still need to be careful, but mostly she's just really sweet and attentive with him.

He was 9 lbs, 12 ozs and 22 1/4 in long at his two-week check-up. Clearly he's eating enough! He does four and five hours stretches, the fives especially when he has awake time with his daddy late at night. This has allowed me to feel fairly well rested, for which I am thankful. My hands are full very often, since he likes to be held (something I haven't exactly been discouraging), but I've enjoyed taking the pace of life down just a notch to oblige. I know quite well how fleeting this is, particularly these first couple weeks and months.