1st week in pictures

{Sunday}

getting ready to leave the hospital! 

home! 

 Chillin' at home. 

He preferred our bed to the hospital bed as well ;-) 

{Monday}

we hoped he would use this as a bed, 

but he seems to only prefer it for spurts throughout the day. 

Seems our European 'Moses bed' {that we used w/Kara}

is his favorite place to sleep. 

I took this picture to send to Jason's Aunt Christine

 She loves frogs and so when I saw this at our 2nd hand 

store, I had to buy it. And it looks pretty swell on him. 

kisses from the new big sister. 

{Tuesday}

yes, yes. we went to Target for our first outing. 

The kids love holding him. 

Rachel asks me if she can 'babysit' for me :)  

 Tuesday evening Miles was fussy and I had to go to the bathroom. 

I asked Ethan if he'd mind holding him and while he said yes, 

 he looked a bit nervous since he was fussing. 

I came out of the bathroom and Ethan was sitting there 

with this huge grin on his face, whispering 

"Mommy, come check out what I did." 

I came over and found Miles sound asleep as Ethan 

quietly sang a song the kids used to sing to my stomach pretty 

much every night before bed... 

"You knit me together in my Mother's womb." 

{from Steve Green's Hide 'em In Your Heart CD}

It was such a proud big brother moment <3

{Wednsday}

Getting weighed at his first Dr's appointment. 

Kara was making sure through the whole appointment that 

he was not scared about anything. 

She kept telling me, 

"I remember being very afraid of the hospital when I was a baby." 

I woke up from my afternoon nap to this face... 

Thursday night he appeared deep in thought.

{Thursday}

We get greeted by 3 excited faces every morning... 

"Is Miles awake? Can we kiss him and say good morning?" 

I asked Jason to capture a picture of it on Thursday morning. 

Fulfilling one of Kara's dreams - 

we took the kids to Costco to get our cook book signed 

by Giada De Laurentiis!! 

Kara got major stage fright once we got there... 

which was such a bummer because she was all excited to 

meet her. She had picked out her outfit {even the undies} 

a week beforehand and had 2 specific questions she was 

eager to ask her... 

"when should you use salted butter and why?" 

and 

"Do you like to slice a lime and eat it, like me?" 

It was still quite a fun/great experience!

 again, this is my cute napping buddy. 

{Friday}

 Good morning, world! 

The most popular question I get asked is, 

"how is he sleeping?" 

Answer: not as often as one would hope, but I think that's 

normal for baby's first week. 

He's been eating pretty much every 2-3 hours, 

even through the night and then up for about an hour 

feeding and getting changed. 

So while its not terribly ideal, its time he and I 

get to bond and I love that. 

Someone was so excited to hold her brother. 

She ran to her bedroom to grab her 'Easter' headband 

and came out all ready to take care of him. 

 

He gives this look after he's got a full tummy. 

He sticks his tummy way out and stretches with his 

chin(s) all squished together. 

I adore the look. 

look what Daddy caught on camera!! 

 First at-home bath with the special 

towel 'Grandma' Bonnie made for him. 


{Saturday}

 This is the look he gets when he spots a mirror... 

 and what happens when he sees someone IN the mirror :) 

in one of his cute little outfits from Nana.