Back to Reality

Today was my first day back to work after having 8 weeks off. And today was Connor's first day at daycare. It was pretty rough having to leave him at daycare, but I somehow did not cry... came close, though. Probably the medication helped. And I only called once during the day to check on him. I just felt so bad leaving him... he not knowing who he was with and wondering where his Mommy and Daddy were. But I knew he'd be okay, and he probably didn't even know what was going on. I just missed him so much! Time passed by so slowly today at work... the day just drug on and on. I was SO happy to finally get to pick him up and take him home! I guess I'll have to get used to doing this day after day.

6-week checkup

We (well, Connor) went to the doctor today for our 6-week checkup and first round of immunizations. Everything looked good for his checkup. Of course he screamed when he got his shots, but when it was over he handled it all pretty well. He went straight to sleep and slept all afternoon, and besides being a little whiney this evening, he's been just fine.

He weighed in at 11 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured a whopping 24 1/2 inches long. He's gained about 3 1/2 pounds and grown 3 1/2 inches in the last 4 weeks. His weight is right at the 50th percentile, but his height landed in the 95th percentile! Go Connor! We're raising a future NBA player or maybe a linebacker for the NFL. We're counting on you, Connor, so you can support us in our old age and we can retire in style!

Random Thoughts

What I hated most about being pregnant:

• Swollen feet, ankles, and legs. I'm so glad to have pretty feet and ankles again! No more cankleet!
• Not being able to go to the tanning bed. As unhealthy as it is, indoor UV-ray exposure feels so good!
• Not being able to drink a beer/margarita/glass of wine if I want to. I still haven't been able to satisfy this desire yet, but the day is coming very soon!

Other than these things, I really actually enjoyed the whole pregnancy experience. Hopefully the next time is just as enjoyable!

Super Sweet

I think he enjoys bathtime, even though he can't really show it yet.

You can't get any sweeter than that!

First Sunday at Church

(Don't ask me what was going on with my hair!)

One Month

Happy One-Month birthday to Connor!

I can't believe how the time has flown by! And now I only have about 2 1/2 weeks left until I have to go back to work. :( So how is Connor? He's growing like a weed! When we left the hospital (day 3), he weighed 7 lbs., 0 oz. (he weighed 7 lbs., 12 ozs. at birth). At his 2-week doctor visit, he weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz. I'm interested to know what he weighs now... if I had to guess, I'd say probably somewhere around 9 pounds. We'll go to the doctor again at 6 weeks (and get his first immunizations then, too). We're at the point where the newborn-size diapers are almost too small, but the size 1 diapers are still a little big. But when we use up this box of diapers we're on now, we're going to the 1's anyway. He's trying very hard to lift his head up, and he's doing really well at it. He'll be holding it up all on his own very soon. And I'm sure it won't be much longer before we get a real smile from him... He smiles unintentionally sometimes, but I know we're very close to getting a genuine smile (I thought I had one the other day, but I haven't gotten him to repeat it since then so it must have been coincidental). He sleeps really well, and eats on an average of about every 3 hours. If he doesn't go to sleep after eating, he's hungry again after about 2-3 hours, but if he's napping well, he may go 4-5 hours between meals. Granted our schedule is a little whacky at the moment, we really only get up once during our sleep (Jody's and mine) to feed him. For the most part he's a pleasant baby, and even though we have some fussy spells here and there, fussiness really isn't a problem. His little umbilical cord stump finally fell off this past weekend (they said it would take about 2 weeks... HA!). And we took our first trip with him this past weekend to visit my parents (Mimi and Granddaddy) in New Albany. It just so happened to be Grandparents' Day (who knew?), and we took him to church for the first time. So that's where we are at our one-month birthday. Check out the pictures below!

This is me, Connor, and Jody one month ago yesterday. This picture was taken right before we left to go to the hospital on Sunday, August 10.

These last two pictures were taken about a week ago (he looks basically the same today), so you can see what he looks like at one month old!