Random pics

My favorite part of the day!

Bath time is not yet relaxing for us...

After bath time we feel MUCH better.

Evan - 3 weeks

Evan went back to the pediatrician today and he has hit the 10 lb mark! I am not surprised at this since I am the once who feeds him every 3 hours and whose nipples he is slowly removing from my body. I am assured that this will only be the case for the next couple weeks until I get used to feeding a piranha, then I guess it hurts less ;)

The nurse said that once he hits the 12 lb. mark, he will probably start sleeping 5 - 6 hours stretches, which is music to my ears! Last night was a great night for us with Evan sleeping from 10 - 12, feeding 12 - 1, sleeping 1 - 4, feeding 4 - 5 and sleeping 5 - 7:30. I actually got 7 full hours of sleep! It remains to be seen as to whether he will keep up this schedule tonight or any other night since the night before we were awake from 10:30 - 2 and screaming most of the time...yikes!

Overall Evan is a great baby and fusses very little. It is easy to tell when he is hungry, tired or gassy and therefore pretty easy to calm him down from a fuss. He already has very strong neck muscles and can push himself off your chest and look up at you. His legs are also very strong which makes diaper changes interesting since he can pull them up to his chest or straighten them out, making it tough to get the diaper on properly. He is also a champion stealth pee-er and if you don't make sure he is pointed down (if you get my drift) and covered with a washcloth, you can get him totally changed and then pick him up only to find his back and outfit are completely soaked. Yesterday we managed to make it the whole day in one outfit whereas today we are currently on outfit 6. So far, parenting has taught me MUCH about patience! And laundry.

Condensed Update

It is crazy to me that Evan is only 9 days old and already there is so much to update on - this will be the concise version.

Evan had his first pediatrician appointment last Wednesday and his weight had dropped down from 8 lbs 2 oz to 7 lbs 4 oz. I think he was retaining water like his mother ;) He also had some jaundice so we had to keep him on this fiber optic light paddle which was a total pain. And take him to get blood drawn which is super traumatic for an already emotional new mother!!

So, the update after his pediatrician appointment yesterday is that he is already up to 8 lbs 6 oz - a HUGE weight gain , which is awesome! The NP said that they expect babies to take 2 weeks to gain back up to their birth weight and Evan has surpassed his after 8 days. Yee haw, this boy can eat! The jaundice is also gone so he is officially a healthy, normal baby.

He is still a bit confused about his days and nights so he sleeps most of the day and is up about half the night. Last night was a doozy with him going down at 11, back up at 1:20, down again at 5, back up at 6 and down again from 7 - 9. I find myself wanting to do things around the house when he sleeps during the day but after last night's marathon from 1:20 - 5 am...I am planning to nap more when he does during the day!

Grandma & Grandpa Peterson were here from last Wednesday until yesterday and Grannie Annie arrives tonight so there has been and will be no shortage of hands willing to hold him. He has demonstrated a knack for holding his pee until Brian or I am changing him. It seems like I am washing on the sanitation cycle at least once a day with him peeing on outfits pretty regularly! I am getting better about being able to change him with one hand and hold a wash cloth over his wiener with the other hand!

Here are some new pics....

Pictures

Apologies for not being in better touch with everyone and not getting more pictures up of Evan. This week has been a whirlwind of pediatrician appointments, diaper changes, nursings and trying to get settled back into being at home (which unfortunately includes cleaning - aren't there supposed to be New Baby Elves that come and clean your house for you while you sleep??)

Here are some more pics of our perfect little man. We will get around to an actual update soon...I hope!

Evan Andrew...FINALLY!

Please look at this perfect little man!

Evan Andrew Peterson

Born March 3, 2008 @ 12:10 am

8 lbs. 2 oz. - 21 1/2" long

We will be posting tons more photos of our hospital stay and homecoming but we just got home and we are whooped! I am looking forward to a hot shower and bed...not that I will be seeing much of our bed in the near future! It is so worth it, this kid is perfection!!

PS: I know everyone was thrown off by him having hair and everyone was dying to see who the "real" father was, George Clooney or Brad Pitt. Well as you can see, Evan is CLEARLY Brian's! Much to George & Brad's dismay I might add ;)