Six Weeks

I can't believe that Josiah will be six weeks tomorrow! The time is flying by! This past week was busy. Tuesday Josiah went to the doctor. He weighed 11 lbs!! He is huge! I can only imagine how much more he weighs almost a week later. He is solid. He has really been talking and smiling this week. He talked/smiled at the doctor and the doctor was suprised. He said that normally babies don't start cooing and smiling until 6-8 weeks. I am biased but I think my little man is pretty smart!

A quick update on little man's routine. He is staying up much more during the day. He is up at least 1.5 hrs between each feeding (every 3 hrs). He also goes 6 hrs between feedings at night every 3 or 4 nights. Unfortunately it has been from 7 to 1 am. Last night it was from 10 to 4 am. We are slowly moving to sleeping through the night even if it is every 3 or 4 nights. The longest he has slept in those 6 hrs is 4.5 hrs but we are getting there, slowly but surely.  He is also taking 3.5 to 4 oz every 3 hrs. No wonder he is so big. Hopefully soon we can put some rice cereal in his bottle to help him go longer at night. Josiah has also decided that he loves baths now. He likes the warm water running over him. Josiah has started to drool a little this week. My aunt was in town and she told me that all 5 of her babies started teething at 6 weeks. I am not ready for him to start teething. I am not sure if he is but he is doing everything else early so it would not suprise me. We will see.

 

We also had 2 baby showers this past week. The first was last Sunday. My best friend Kelly and my wonderful mother in law threw us a shower at our church. It was so great! It was an ABC theme. They did a great job! Thank you ladies! It was Josiah's first trip to church so everyone was happy to meet him.

 Kelly made a Mickey Sport diaper cake for Josiah. It turned out great!

The second shower was yesterday with friends and family. My sisters and my mom threw it for us! It was a monkey theme and we got alot of monkey outfits. We are so blessed! Josiah is so blessed. Here are some pics.

My sisters made this diaper cake! So Cute!

My sister Liz made this cake! Isn't it great!



Josiah started out sleeping...

He woke up and met everyone...

But by the end, he had enough!

One Month

This week my baby turned a month old! I can't believe that time is flying by so fast. He is getting so big so fast. Tuesday, we had our first post placement visit from our adoption agency. Josiah cried for most of the visit. He woke up from his nap early when the lady got here because my dogs have big mouths. I felt awful. Other than that, everything went well. One down and 2 to go. Wednesday, was Josiah's one month old birthday. It was a quiet day. Thursday, my cousin gave birth to her little boy. Josiah and her little guy are a month apart. We are so excited that he is here now! He is absolutely precious. Josiah also started really smiling this week in response to voices! It warmed my heart. We were having a conversation, since he is the only one around, and he smiled at me. Later on Thursday my mom stopped by to say hey and I was talking to him trying to get him to smile again for her. He did twice. My little boy is growing up. I know that this is a small milestone but it made me happy.

My First Mother's Day

It was great! I am so blessed to be able to celebrate Mother's Day as a mother this year. Chris brought me breakfast in bed (fruit). Then he grilled BBQ Chicken for lunch. We went to see both of our mom's to wish them a Happy Mother's Day too! I hope all you moms out there had a great Mother's day!

Here are a few pics from this past week. Time is flying by. I can't believe I am already halfway through my time off with my little man.

Josiah loves starring at his elephant

He is holding onto his elephant



Professional Pictures

We got Josiah's professional pictures in the mail this past week! They are so good. I am such a pushover when it comes to pictures. We thought the hospital had lost our pictures so when the Babies R Us lady said that they needed to practice on infants and I could get $25 worth of free pictures, I said sure! Well we got a lot of great pictures and it was way more than $25. And then the hospital found our pics. So we have both. Here are a few of my favorites!

Hospital Pictures - 6 days old

2 weeks old

Chris' Favorite

My Favorite