2 Weeks Old & First Visit from Grandparents!

Talk about an exciting week- he met Grandma and Grandpa Gonzalez for the first time! And I dare say that he even got a little spoiled by them... :) They made the drive from Virginia and stayed for about five days, I was sad to see them go this morning. It went so fast! And Asher doesn't know it yet, but he (and I) will be sad when he realizes that Grandma is no longer here to walk the floors with him at night when he's wide awake and wanting to explore the house.

We're all doing great. His two week appointment went very well, and he's up to 8 pounds 4 ounces now. So he passed his "weight gain test" with flying colors. He's getting more and more alert as the days go, and seems to enjoy having his eyes open and looking around quite a bit more than last week. The only catch is he likes to be up from about 10:30pm to 1:30am (the time between two of his feedings), and then this morning he decided to stay up again from 5 to 8am. Uh-oh, let's hope this doesn't become the new pattern! That's normally the time when I take him into bed with us and let him sleep on my chest for a couple of hours, (which is usually his favorite place to sleep). And now he's back to his daily routine of napping the day away, ha! Hopefully it won't be long before he gets his days and nights reversed to a "normal" schedule. But until then, we'll be patient! We just hope that he gets on a more normal schedule before our move to Fort Knox in about a month. It'll be rough on Thane if Asher keeps him awake at night while the three of us are living in a really small space together.

Oh, and I'm proud to say that we managed to make it to Sunday school and the regular church service this past week! We got out of the house in an hour, which I didn't think was possible based on the previous weeks experience. But I guess we're adjusting well to life with an infant. I've definitely learned a few important lessons, like never stop taking your Motrin three days after delivering, and always have an extra outfit in your diaper bag in case of extreme pee-pee leak emergencies while out in public, ha!