Three Weeks!

Yep it's been three weeks already. Though I can't believe it, the bags under my eyes surely give me away. No matter what anyone says, no one can really REALLY prepare you for how much work a newborn is. And what a joy he is too! The sleepless nights are worth it, Max is a great kiddo (so far :). We are (hopefully) at the end of a growth spurt, quite literally. I didn't realize babies had these intense spurts but they do, around 3 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months I'm told. Basically it just means he wants to eat pretty much all the time. So it made for a few rough nights but he's starting to go more than an hour before he gets hungry again! And I'm healing well too. If you didn't know I ended up having a c-section unexpectedly, though it wasn't an emergency. After about 7 hours of labor, my contractions were getting pretty hairy and causing Max's heartrate distress, it crashed hard and scared us for a minute there. So my doc decided it was best for both of us to go get him.

But now he's a big healthy boy, I think around 9 lbs now. At his 2 week check last week, he was back up to 8 lbs. 3 oz. and up to 22 inches - an inch an a half longer! That put him in the 91st percentile for height, clearly something he gets from his Mom.

Grandma and Grandpa Glen got to come spend a week getting to know their newest (fourth!) grandson last week. It was great to have them here, I didn't realize how much help I could really use. James had gone back to work just one day after we got home from the hospital so it was tough going for a while. Grandpa even found time to paint all our house trim and front door! He sure does hate to sit around :) And of course having Grandma and Grandpa Parker just around the corner is just invaluable to us. They always make sure we have everything we need around here! And Grandma came and sat with Max for me while I went and had a fun-filled root canal yesterday. At least with the nitrous and movie (installed in the ceiling, very cool) it wasn't as bad as childbirth!

I'll try to keep up with current pictures but believe it or not it's hard to find the time. Love to you all!


Napping in his favorite position. Of course in this BYOB outfit (thanks Aunt Kristi!) he looks like he's taking up mom and dad's habits :)

Our little family!

This one's actually from his first week home, but he's too cute in his Longhorn jammies.