3 Weeks Old!

Well, we survived one more week with the little guy! Below are some pictures taken today :)

And here are some pics of him sporting his new beanies from Grandma Deb!

So as an update on us:
Some days are better then others. The days that are most trying are the ones where he decides he doesn't want to nap for 3-6hours and will cry the whole time instead. I guess it's a good thing that that happens during the day and not in the middle of the night.. .otherwise mommy will be going (even more) insane! It's just hard to know what exactly is wrong. Is it gas? Is he overly tired? Is he (STILL?) hungry? Is it something we cant detect? My biggest question is: is this the beginning colic?? Everyone says it will get better and he won't always have these crying spells... I cant wait for those days! haha.. One trick I did find was to just step outside with him.. he stops crying almost instantly. But the moment we walk back into the house, its crying time. Same thing if we go for walks. He starts off crying, but eventually gets lulled to sleep. When we enter the house, even if the stroller is still moving, he starts to whimper then cry. That's what happened yesterday. Thankfully, when we got home, it was time for another feeding and he finally went to sleep after that.

Sleep schedule is still doing alright. Most of the time he goes 2 hours between feedings (the start of one feeding to the start of the next, so that means if he starts at 10pm and feeds until 10:30, and finally falls asleep by 11, he'll probably be up again at 12 or 12:30 for the next feeding). There are rare occasions where he will go 3 or even 3.5hours, but that is really rare.

It's not all bad though! He does stay awake for an hour or so in the mornings and in the evenings where he is very content and just looking around and giving us the rare smile, which is very hard to capture on camera but below is one that I happened to get at the end of one:

I cant wait until he gets even more interactive! (and sleeps longer..haha).

Oh, one more thing...we gave him his very first bath on Friday night! No pictures though, sorry! :( He was crying the whole time and was wiggling around so one of us had to always hold him while the other washed him. Hopefully next time, or the time after that we can get some pics!

I cannot wait for the other grandma's to come out and visit!! Just two weeks until Grandma T and Papa Mikee will be here, and then a week later, Grandma Deb will be here!