One Day at a Time...

Hard to believe that Graham will be 6 weeks old tomorrow! The time is FLYING by. Every night I'm sad to think he is another day older....but I will say that I am appreciating every single day of this newborn stage. My attitude is generally pretty good, even at 3am, because I know how short this phase is. I know that someday very soon, he'll be sleeping through the night in his own room and I'll long for the days when wanted me to snuggle with him until he fell asleep. Pretty soon, we'll be eating cake at his first birthday party wondering where the last year went.

He had his one month check up two weeks ago, and got a glowing report. He had gained well over the weight that he needed and the pediatrician was thrilled (Mommy was too!!) I haven't had to supplement at all this time around which is wonderful. I even have a freezer stash of milk already! Woo hoo! Already, Graham is changing and growing. He started really smiling over the weekend, which we're loving, and he's also started cooing a little bit. We're getting into a tiny bit of a routine and I even had two hours yesterday afternoon that both of the boys were asleep and I could sew. It was a heaven! I'm loving my Moby wrap and "wear" Graham often (like now for example. Sometimes it's the only way he'll sleep and I can get a few things done.) I'm relaxing a bit on taking him out and about now that he's a few weeks older. It's been nice to get out of the house a little bit more. And, honestly, so far it hasn't been as hard with two as I thought it would be. I think Logan's at a good age and is generally well behaved enough to stay with me in a store or hold onto the cart or stroller. That definitely makes a huge difference. The biggest thing I'm struggling with is finding baby free time to give Logan one-on-one attention. It seems like I'm always either holding or nursing the baby, and that makes it difficult to play the way we used to. But, we're getting creative and making it work and Daddy has been awesome at taking over with Logan in the evenings--you should see the crazy train track wrapped around my playroom right now ;)

Okay, I think that catches you up on us! I'll try not to let two weeks go by before I update again...