The Star of Mommy's Blog

Once again I have NO idea where to start. My life is a complete blur. How can it be that it's been nearly a month already since Daniel was born?

I took him for his 4 week check up yesterday and he did such a great job. The first time we took him at 5 days old, he was not a happy camper! I couldn't believe it yesterday when they weighed him and announced that he was exactly 10 pounds! Wow! He's also 22 1/4 inches long now too. He's already growing too quickly.

I have days that are easy and other days that are challenging. He still prefers to be held a lot...and most of the time I don't mind. There are other times he just cries and cries and nothing I can do will make him happy. But those moments where he's content to just sit there and stare contently is just about the sweetest thing in the world.

I think he's getting closer to smiling. I did capture this one last week.



And he always smiles in his sleep.



Sleep is also one of those things that differs from day to day still. One night this week we were up for half the night. Then last night he slept great! In fact, he was out for the night at 9:30 instead of 11:00 last night (WOO HOO!) and slept until almost 1:00. I was hoping he'd drift peacefully back to sleep, but instead he projectile puked everywhere. Dang. Fortunately he was back to sleep by 2:00.

He's been a big napper today (hopefully he'll still sleep tonight!), so I've gotten a lot done. 3 loads of laundry, vacuumed (that I did while he was awake and he rather enjoyed it), cleaned the bathroom and even snuck in a cat nap with him.

I cannot believe that Christmas is only 5 days away. I finally did my Christmas shopping on Sunday and I didn't even leave the house. Thank you Amazon and WalMart. Now hopefully everything actually shows up. Fingers crossed! Now all I need to do is get to WalMart to pick up a few stocking stuffers for Jacob.

I'm pretty excited because this is the first year that we will actually be celebrating Christmas in our own home! It'll just be the 3 of us Christmas morning and then Jacob's family will be coming after church. Daniel will get to meet his Aunt Rachel and Uncle Micah and his Great Grandma Beverly too! They were all going to come after lunch, but I volunteered to host Christmas dinner. Going to have a roast, potatoes, rolls and whatever else I can think of. Brenda is going to bring a green bean casserole and the pies! Mmm. This is the first time that I'll have ever hosted anything. :)

Then next Tuesday my parent's and Kendra are coming. I'm excited for them to see Daniel again...he's grown a lot since they saw him last. He was only 4 days old the last time they left to go home.

Anyway...I need to go feed the little guy so I can make supper and hopefully eat supper without him wanting to eat.

I leave you with a few pictures...although most of you have Facebook and have seen them all already!