easter

We had Ryan's picture taken with the Easter Bunny. Luckily he slept through the entire process...I'm not too sure how much he would have liked having that scary big head so close to his face! :-)


I have to go back to work on Thursday. I'm very sad...it's been so great getting to spend so much time with my little man. I hate to think about what all I'm going to miss out on. Luckily my mom and Tony's aunt are going to be doing the baby-sitting for us.

Ryan's 2-month check-up was fantastic...he's up to 10 pounds 2 ounces and is 21 inches long. He's achieved all of the milestones that "normal" 2-month-olds should be achieving, but he's on the low end for height and weight, of course. We go back to the doctor in June and by then Dr. Walters said we should have at least tried to give him some cereal mixed in with his milk...oh my gosh! The kid is growing up WAY too fast!

bliss

a baby snuggling against your chest about to fall asleep and typing one-handed. these are the moments i'm cherishing lately.

6 week milestones

Gosh, it's been awhile since I've posted! I can hardly believe that Ryan is 6 weeks old already (well, 6 weeks and 1 day, actually...)! He's getting so big! Here are some of his milestones:

• still loves his hands and must have them out of the blanket and near his face at all times
• is eating 3 ounces every 3-4 hours
• still hates to burp and rarely does
• still has nasty-smelling gas, but only poos every 2 days
• sleeps like his mama (at least one hand thrown over his head)
• smiles in recognition of mama or daddy's voices
• only cries when he's hungry (so far, knock on wood)
• is pretty good about sleeping, although he's spoiled and will only sleep in the swing wendy bought him...so we carry it back and forth between the family room and our bedroom each morning and evening. he refuses the bassinet now, unless it's just for a nap in daddy's office
• loves bright colors and lights
• loves to be read to (current favorite book is "does a kangaroo have a mother, too?")
• is starting to venture out for brief outings, but still not in overly crowded/public places
• has outgrown his preemie clothes and is wearing newborn sizes now (although we have to roll the sleeves up a little...)
• eyes are still blue, but have lightened a bit
• has more nicknames than I can keep up with (peanut, peenie-weenie, peanut butter, panini, ryno, rye...just to name a few)
• holds his head up for several seconds at a time
• likes to pretend he's holding his own bottle (always puts his hands on both sides of it while he's eating...too cute!)

Yup...he was ready for some lunch and mama insisted on a diaper change first. :-)

so in love

It's so amazing to be a mom. I still can't believe that I am one! And I knew that I would love this little guy a ton, but I didn't realize how much. I also didn't realize how much more it would make me love Tony...knowing that we share something so special. We've had several really great conversations while staring at Ryan since he's been home, and we're both just amazing at how much having the little guy at home makes everything better...our relationship, our general outlook on life...everything.

Favorite recent picture:

I wonder what he was pondering? The kiddo just loves having his hands up by his face. I can't wait until his body temperature REALLY stabilizes...I have a ton of 8x10 frames just waiting for baby body part pictures...but I feel bad stripping the little guy down knowing he'll be getting cold pretty quickly. But soon. Soon the kiddo won't have any problems...he just needs a little more body fat.

we're home

Yup. All three of us.

Happiness at last.