Bath time!

Noah's first official bath!

I've never seen Connor so excited to take a bath :)

"Cover your 'wee' & smile!"

I adore a clean, bright-eyed baby!

 

For a fun comparison, here is Connor around the same age for his first bath!  He had a lot more hair than Noah.  Both boys appear to be water babies.

Its strange to see Connor's newborn pictures, knowing he has changed so much & its hard to tell it was him! So curious to see how Noah is going to grow & change. No rush though!! :)

Brace yourself...

I am about to display an unbearable amount of cuteness.

Get excited...

 What an angel child...

This one will be framed...

And this one makes me laugh out loud!  Just moments after this photo was taken, Noah pottied and poo'ed all over his brother's hand.  We all got a good laugh!

It's so unbelievable how my 1st baby looks so incredibly big with my 2nd baby...

Just an FYI-- The bigger feet are Connor's, despite the fact they look like the same size as mine!

We got a little preview of Noah's eyes during the photo session.

Sleepy smiles :)

I could eat.him.up.

I owe a big thank you to photo editing for this picture.  I had ZERO intention of being in any photos, since I was newly post delivery & feeling my fattest.  I didn't want any memories of a double chin or belly pooch!  I am actually wearing my nursing night gown & bath robe, with no make up, and my hair was still wet from the shower that morning.  I'm surprised I like it :).

These pictures are for Matt, of course!

 This one might be my favorite of the boys together.  Oh.my.heart.

Huge huge huge thanks to Brittney for doing our pictures!  I can't believe I didn't do newborn pics with Connor, but am so so so so grateful I had these done!  

I just blogged yesterday...

Two blog posts in 2 days....WOW!! :)

We snapped some cute pictures yesterday, so figured I'd share while the 'Big Fry' is at school & the 'Little Nugget' is snoozing.

1. I adore any matching brother clothes.

2. I adore C's face when he gets to hold Noah.

C has been amazing with his new brother. I couldn't ask for anything better.

I busted out the Baby Bjorn yesterday when C wanted to play Super Heroes outside.  It is not an easy task to situate a baby with one arm in carrier, all while trying to not upset the babe...because once you have a fussy baby in a carrier, its hard to make them happy again.

He was in & happy (as long as we were outside).

The carrier was handy, but I feared his little wee was getting crushed in it. 

Our attempt at a group photo while we played outside.

This photo was from our 'adventure' this morning. I got my boys up at 5:50 am, because C's 'Dad' insisted he take C to their Father Breakfast at C's school early this morning.  C wanted me to drive him to school, so  we agreed to meet him there at 7:00 am. I had done a good job of pumping C up to be excited about his breakfast since he didn't want to go.  He thought it was funny we were driving to school while it was dark out and "still night time."  We pulled into school to a dark parking lot with only a few cars. No sign of his Dad's car.  I called him to see where he was (in case he was parked in back of school).  He answered his phone groggy & rather rude.  I asked if he was there and he said, "Where?!" 

He forgot about the Father's Breakfast.

My heart ached for my disappointed little boy.  I told him I'd call Papa to have him come (since he was the closest male figure available at the time). C didn't want anyone. He was disappointed after all my efforts to pump him up about the whole idea.  It had to be a Father's breakfast.  I can be Mom or Dad a lot of the time, but not this time. 

 I couldn't strut into a room full of Fathers with a baby latched to my breast. 

I did my best to cuddle, wipe away tears, promise him I will always be there for him, and distracted him with an app on my phone that allows you to add make up to a photo. We 'glamoured' up one of Matt's pictures & got some good laughs in!  We weren't going to let anything ruin our day!

I nursed my Nugget, the sun was now up, sent C into school & headed on home.  C has a fun afternoon with Nana to look forward to, so I know he'll have a great rest of the day!

Another week older...

Why does time crawl by when you're pregnant, but then fly by once your baby is here?!?

My sweet little Nugget is 3 weeks old today.  

He's a boob man 100%.  Would nurse all day if I let him.  He sleeps so happily just nestled up next to my bosom.  I have not introduced the bottle and gave up trying with a pacifier since he has trouble at times latching on.  He resembles a blind baby bird just bobbling his head all around looking for 'the boob.'  Its comical, but rather frustrating in the dark in the middle of the night.  Its the only time you'll see him squawk loudly...his 'I'm hungry, where is my food' cry.

Our nights are still broken, as expected.  If he sleeps for 2-3 hours at a time, I get excited.  I spend the majority of our nights in the glider next to my bed, where Connor & Matt are happily snoring away.

We ventured out to Lakes Park for their Halloween festivities on Friday.  Noah snoozed the whole time in the stroller while Peewee enjoyed the bounce houses and train ride.  I have to admit.  One of my biggest struggles with having two boys is not being able to be in two places at once.  I hated not being able to go on the Halloween train with Connor (like I have every year).  I sent Matt with Peewee while I stayed back with my tiny snoozer in the event he woke hungry.  I tried to coach Matt to be 'overly excited' about the not-so-thrilling Halloween train ride.  The boys came back all smiles, so looked like they had a good time!

So I'm an experienced Mom.  The second time around, I possess confidence.  I don't stress out as much over my baby's cry.  I know what tricks to try to calm and soothe my little one.  I know to prepare the diaper bag with extra clothes in the event of a poop blowout while in public.  I know to start getting ready to leave the house a half hour before the intended time, so I can get out the door on time.  I know to expect poop in the tub.  I feel like a pro.  It's all easier this time around with a baby.  The best part of all and part that I am not used to, is having a great, helpful Father around.  Matt has been a great help, taking Noah off my hands when needed or playing with Connor when my hands are full with Noah.  It's new for me and highly refreshing!

While I feel like my crazy hormones are settling down, there's one thing that will bring me to tears in seconds.  This big brother loves his new baby brother so incredibly much.  Connor got home after a day away yesterday & the first thing is wanted to do was hold his brother.  I'll find him checking in on Noah if he's fussing, telling him sweetly that, "Its ok, Noah.  Mommy's coming." 

Over the past week, Connor will come up and tell his brother,

"I love you so much," followed by a cheek hug and forehead kiss.

My heart can't handle it.

Sneak Preview...

My sweet friend, Brittney, was over on Monday to do our newborn/brother photo shoot.  She has the patience of a Saint and you have no idea how much work actually goes into all those perfectly posed newborn photos.  I was nearby to hold up Noah's head, nurse him to calm him, or pat his hiney to keep him from fussing while we posed him.  Big Brother did great smiling with no efforts, so I was only sweating with Noah.  We may have had a poop/potty episode when we tried to get a quick few pictures without a diaper!  I will be getting the photos in the next few weeks, but here are a few sneak peeks to keep you anxiously waiting.  I can not wait to hang these pictures throughout the house!

The cuteness is hard to handle :)

I'm one proud Mama to call these boys mine!

I should be sleeeeeeeeping....

I've been doing really well getting by on about 3 hours of sleep each night for the past 11 days!  Matt, however, falls asleep like a narcoleptic 80 year old man at any given second during the day due to his lack of sleep (from hearing me up with the baby each night).  There is a reason us women are Moms.  It's like we possess super powers that allow us to just keep going when we feel like we should crumble & collapse from exhaustion.  High five, me!  So on that note, I should be sleeping right now since my precious babe is snoozing... but I have some cute photos to share :)

Happy ooooooing and awwwwwing

(p.s. Babe is now awake, so typing with one hand...please excuse any typos)

Big outing #1 alone with Mom...to Target

He was awake & content the whole time! I found myself wanting to browse, but didn't want to push my luck. We had a successful day out with no fuss :)

Connor's loving his big brother duty! I asked him to keep his brother company while I was in the laundry room, so I peeked around the corner to find them 'talking'.  Too cute!!

Sidenote: Ever since we welcomed a baby, my Connor suddenly looks so big.

Only wash cloth bathing so far as we wait on his umbilical stump to fall off.  This precious boy likes to be swaddled in his towel after bath.  He always looks so fresh & cozy.

We had a 10 day checkup at the Dr, where Noah showed to be

8 lbs, 15 oz (75th percentile)

and 21.5 inches long (95th percentile).

Dr was impressed to see him put on a 1/2 lb and grow 1 inch in one week!

What can I say?! My child loves the boob!

The Brew-Whits are in town for the weekend, so we got some good family time in over the past few days.

Auntie Katie was a great helper offering to hold my sleeping babe at anytime.  I was currently giving haircuts to Connor & Papa at this time.

Once Connor finished with his hair appointment, he joined the gang in the backyard to attack them with water balloons!  First up--Eric!

Then it was Uncle Craig's turn...

  

After haircuts & water balloon fights were complete, our family circus took over the streets of Nana & Papa's neighborhood!

I'm documenting our first stroller walk (and not so much of my body that still appears to be 3 months pregnant!)

Connor led the circus, giving each family member a super hero character name.  My child never gets tired of talking or playing pretend!

Seriously look at this squishy face! He's too cute :)

We ventured to Grace Church after C got out of school Friday to snap our annual Pumpkin Patch photos.  Having an extra babe in tow was weird...good, but weird!

 Where has the time gone?! My 11 month old C (Oct 2009) has grown into an almost 5 year old big brother holding his 11 day old baby brother!

Forgot to post this photo above with the rest of the family circus pics...

Here are 'Super Papa' & 'Super Connor' modeling their new capes (Papa's birthday gift)!  They're the funniest running laps around the living room & kitchen in super hero style! :)

If having a newborn isn't gift enough, Matt & I got to celebrate our 1 year anniversary yesterday! What an exciting year it has been!  We celebrated by having a nice lunch date with one well behaved little munchkin.  He didn't make a peep the whole trip :)

I have some baby snuggling to do!  Happy Sunday!