Newborn memories in the first month

I'm catching up things since Jacob's birth, which will hopefully make his baby book easier at the end of the year. Maybe I'll even get to backtrack post one of these days from all of our married life adventures! We'll see how quickly I get the hang of this thing... :)

The first few weeks I was pretty darn sore and couldn't move around a ton, thankfully lots of friends from the ward brought meals every other night for a couple of weeks after my mom left and Aaron pitched in a ton too. I was SO tired all the time, but knew it wasn't going to be long before we would get more sleep and I would feel better (still hard to remember at the moment though). At my two week appt they said my incision looked good and they took off the steri-strips, though they still said to wait till 6 weeks to do anything basically. At least I had an adorable little boy to look at and hold all day! I did get to work for a bit the first week and then started again after 4, it's much easier to get back to work with a home office and a newborn that naps half of the day. :) SO thankful I have the opportunity to work from home and still provide for my little one. Love my job.


Jacob's First Two Weeks

• Ate every two hours around the clock - all I did was basically feed, burp, change diaper, lay down for .2 seconds hoping for some supplemental daytime sleep just to hear him start the hunger whimper again. :)
• Having a C section changed my ability to get out quite a bit.
• SUPER noisy sleeper, always grunting or humming or squeaking.
• Umbilical cord came off and so we could finally stop wearing those awkward button-across white shirts and use real onesies instead!
• Everyone says he looks like his Daddy!
• First bath sponge and regular bath, didn't mind either one. Actually, he slept through the sponge bath because he was on top of the counter while the dishwasher was running underneath! He loved the white noise, rumbling and warmth of it I'm sure.

 Loved our snuggle time! He is already a cougar fan (check out his white beanie). Has pretty skinny legs and isn't very chunky anywhere else either, he's solid! Lots of dirty diapers the first few days.

 So sweet and made it easy on me trying to figure out how to bathe a newborn. :)

 First time visiting friends! Cassie (with Beck and Hank above) is my friend who also has a husband in podiatry school as a first year and get this: she was due 3 days before me and also had a C section (though she was lucky enough to schedule it a week and a half early, while I went 5 days late...boo) and also had a baby over 10 lbs (10 lb 1oz)! So weird, but so helpful to have her experience everything as I did and can help relate with our boys being so close. It's been awesome to have that support!

Sad day when Grandma left! Then Daddy and I snuggled him in his cute little baseball outfit the rest of the day while watching movies. What would we do without Redbox?!

 Aaron gave me a sweet card and DELICIOUS chocolate covered strawberries from Malley's for Valentine's Day! The next day we went out to eat at Outback Steakhouse, only we ordered it to go and sat in the parking lot since Jacob was only a couple weeks old - still was amazing for me to get out of the house. :) He looked so cute in his bassinet (forgive the pink sheet alternate). LOVE seeing his sweet sleepy face on the boppy pillow after feeding. He is great at helping Daddy study on the iPad and loves to watch basketball or baseball on TV. Screen capture of what we spend lots of time doing (please also forgive my sleepy pajama look) - Skyping!

 

I sure can see the resemblance can you?!

Meeting his Grandpa (or Papa as some cousins call him) Israel for the first time! He was a hit. :) Got him his first little football too. Grandpa drove up and stayed the weekend on his birthday just watching BYU's bowl game and UNC's basketball game with sandwiches we made from Giant Eagle's deli supplies and their bakery's cake. :) He also got me a Happy Lamp which was SUPER nice since it was a gray winter and I was indoors so much!

 The many faces of Jacob with a few of me included. One of the only pictures you'll see of him with a pacifier since he never can keep it in his mouth and doesn't care to have it back.

His first church outfit (red plaid) but last time wearing it...too bad newborn clothes don't fit my newborn! Loving his black rocker outfit and getting in some tummy time.



Other Memories at One Month

• Went to church at 3.5 weeks
• Hiccups less now
• Weighs 11 lbs & 10 oz (got back to birth weight at 3 weeks) - 95% percentile
• 23 1/2 inches tall - 98% percentile
• Eats about every two hours so sleep isn't great except for the occasional 3-4 hour shift night that he'll do once in awhile now
• Starting to smile more 
• Nicknames: Poopy Poopster, Jakester
• Just moved from the bassinet in our room to the crib in his own room (thank heavens for the Angelcare monitor so we know he's breathing or we'd be checking on him 100 times more than we already do)
• Pooped in his mesh sling bathtub while I was almost finished bathing him
• Loves tummy time, pretty much puts him to sleep
• He could sleep all day and night if he is on Aaron or my chest (or in the carseat), regardless or hunger or anything...too bad we can't do that at night or we'd sleep wonderfully!
• Still a noisy sleeper, especially if he's reclined or curled up (see video below)
• His doctor always likes to see him and gets a kick out of how he just lays there alert, looking around and just "hanging out" she says - he is just so mellow and we love it!
• When he's awake, he's super alert and people comment on it all the time 
• He's starting to lose his hair, mainly on the top as a receding hairline :)
• Often has trouble with gas, it's hard to see him struggle
• Had thrush for 2 weeks now
• Lifted his head during tummy time at 6 weeks I believe (when he decides he will actually struggle with it instead of feeling comfy and taking a snooze)
• Likes the car and really going anywhere new, he's an angel at church, the doctor's, visiting friends houses, voting in the primary election, you name it. :) He looks out the window or looks around and soaks it all in.
• He loves sleeping on his tummy if we let him (on our chest or tummy time)
  

The Noisy Sleeper