Bath Time and Naked Time...

OK, so we have gotten to give Micah 2 baths in the past 2 days and they are real baths because he lost his umbilical cord on Sat, and he LOVED it. He practically falls asleep resting there in the warm water while someone gets him all clean and smelling good, it's great!!!
So we probably won't always give him a bath 2 days in a row, but the 2nd one was a necessity! We were just doing a routine change of the diaper before a feeding and Micah was very unusually content with having his diaper changed. It was wet but barely dirty, and Matt was just about the put the clean one on when all of a sudden we heard the sound...the juicy sound that often comes from his rear and is hilarious when he has his diaper on, but this is the first time we were able to see in action how projectile this sound really is. It almost went off the end of the changing table, liquid projectile that covered the table and we could hardly contain our laughter as he just lay there in it not really knowing what was going on...
So, just about the time that is getting all cleaned up, again, noises from down below and more grainy yellow mustard oozing from below, but this time it wasn't as projectile, so it came out and started to role down his back...again with the uncontrollable laughter and yet Micah has hardly even flinched at all that is going on...so as i am at his head lifting up his legs for Matt to clean his back and butt, his little man part is facing me and this is when he decides it is time to pee, all over me and his belly and face...more laughter, and at this point we decide the bath is necessary. So we give him a warm bath that he loves, and just as we take him out and put him in daddy's arms on the towel, he has another urge to relieve himself...luckily in the towel and not on dad...good thing we left the water still in the bath! So we put him back in the water and rinse him off once again. This time we get another towel and get him out again, only to hear the noise and quickly hold him over the tub. When we set him in again to rinse off his behind, he realizes he must relieve himself again, spraying his urine up towards his head before Matt quickly directs it off to the side!! At this point, I am not totally sure how clean he really is, but we hardly dry him off before putting on a diaper and clothes quicker than ever in the hopes of all of us not getting sprayed anymore!! All the way, he is so content, so happy, not a care in the world, and I am sure feeling much better now that all of that junk is out of his belly!! Good times to remember!!

Terrible two's

Ok, so I know I am far away from the actual 2's, but what about 2 weeks?? He is so irritable right now, don't know if it is changing schedules, all the family that was in town, if he is just starting to stay awake more and doesn't know what to do with himself except cry...he just won't be put down. He can be so sound asleep, and then put him down and watch him wake to a screaming cry. It is so sad and so pitiful, and then it is slightly hilarious to put some loud music on (louder than the cry) and watch him instantly calm down and look stinking adorable once again!! This is the cuteness that can occur soon after a good scream...

Innie/Outie...

Micah is 15 days old today! YAY! And his umbilical cord end finally fell off!! Now we don't have to be so gentle when cleaning and we can try more of a real bath (as if he might like that any better than the washcloth baths we have been giving him, I doubt it!) And we don't have to worry about keeping it dry and using the peroxide and keeping the diapers lower...which I do think has made them fit a little awkwardly (that and the fact that he is so teeny that they can't get close enough to his body to hold in what is supposed to stay in the diaper) and we don't have to feel like maybe we are hurting him...
Well, it didn't actually just fall off...kind of like how matt spent about the last month or two of my pregnancy wishing, praying and even attempting to pull out my belly button so that it would become an outie...it was with that determination and excitement that he eventually coaxed the last little bit of cord away from Micah's belly. I have to say the belly button is so much cuter!! Now we have to take more naked pictures without the black cord on the belly...more to come...

Time

I think I could probably get a lot more done during the day while Micah is sleeping, but he is SO stinking cute and so hard to put down sometimes!! I just enjoy holding him and I can't get enough...

Early Potty Training

It is just the end of the first week of our son's life, but he is so entertaining!! I could just sit for hours and hold him and listen to him and watch his many different faces that he makes in his sleep; and I do sometimes, just hold him and watch him and enjoy every part of being a mother.
The humorous parts are great too!! Matt's first fatherhood intro to changing diapers was a great one, while still in the hospital. He was working on changing a dirty diaper, and against all recommendations from others, he turned his head for just a second only to look back and find that Micah still had more to get out of his system! hilarious, but that's not all!!! As Matt is now trying get another wipe and diaper ready, Micah decides that since he is undressed anyways that this would be the best time to also release his juices. Yes, he is pooping and peeing at the same time while daddy is trying to contain the mess and I am traing to contain my laughter (which hurts since I am still healing!)
But this isn't it. We went to the doctor on day 4 and the first thing they had to do was strip him and weigh him. we got him naked and then when the nurse took him out of the blanket and put him on the scale, yep, you guessed it, he decided that was the best time to pee! Right as the nurse had turned her head, and all we could do was laugh as he showered himself and her paperwork that was a little too close!!! Too funny!
Then yesterday, Matt and I give Micah his first shower...this was a tramatic experience, I'm sure, as he was cold and naked and being introduced to water for the first time. So in his best timing, just before we start, we both look down and see water on his belly and in the tub, and on the floor nearby. Yep! Take his clothes off, and not sure if he retaliates, or just enjoys being butt naked when he goes to the bathroom. Early potty training?? maybe.
Here is the picture for a laugh!

New Addition

What a fabulous new addition to our family just in time for Christmas!! Micah David was born at 12:14 am on Dec 12, weighing 6 lbs and measuring 19 inches. He is SO cute. Of course I would have to say that, but he really is!!! We came home from the hospital on Dec 14, and as I am writing we are finishing out our first full day at home. I don't know if it will ever sink in that he is ours, but I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of my time with him.

It's way too early!

Way to early to be awake, that is...I am at 37 weeks and I know my sleep is so precious right now as I anxiously await my little bundle of joy, but I seem to hit a wall around 3 or 4 every morning, and today it wasn't even worth continuing to lie in bed looking at the ceiling...
I know I need to be trying to get as much sleep as I can right now, and I do try, and required bed rest has helped with extra naps during the day, but then at night, when I want to be sleeping...in the wee hours of the morning when my bed is cozy and there is really nothing exciting going on in the rest of the world......that's when I want to be sound asleep!!
So I have a snack, play on the internet, pray for a quick labor and delivery and a healthy baby boy, maybe read a little, and count down the time until my husband wakes up and I can have someone to talk to (and vent to about not sleeping!)
until then...