Merry Christmas!

Momma has got to get better at the sign...but you get the picture!

Merry Christmas to all of our readers (all five of you!)! We had a lovely Christmas with many celebrations (about 5 at last count...). This Christmas was extra special because someone turned 1 month old!!! Can you guess who?! That's right, Nolan! He is growing up sooo fast! Check out his newest trick:

Yes, that's him holding his head up, way too well for a 1 month old! and I swear he tries to kick his feet and push himself over the boppy!!! I hope he slows down, at this rate we will have a 4 month old crawler! I will update with our various Christmas activities later, we still have a busy holiday week! Nolan's Great-Grandma Ward is in town with his Great-Aunt Karen, I am hoping Nolan will learn how to bake cookies from Great Grandma while she's here! Happy Holidays everyone!  

Three Weeks!

Nolan is already 3 weeks old!!! Where has the time gone?! He's already changed and grown sooo much! I can already tell my time at home with him is going to fly by! So what's he up to these days?

Eating- He nurses every 2-4 hours and is a growing boy! At last check he was 8 pounds 10 ounces!!! Yes, almost up 2 pounds since birth, three weeks ago (his MD is impressed with this weight gain, I am shocked, if he keeps this pace he will be 30+ pounds at 1 year, can we say football player??)!!! Told ya, he likes to eat, just like is Momma and Daddy!

Sleeping- At most he sleeps 3-4.5 hours at night...not too bad for his Mom and Dad (mostly Mom) but we are hoping to stretch to 5 hours soon....

Pooping/peeing-Besides eating and sleeping, pooping and peeing takes up alot of time...he fills 8-12 diapers a day! Yikes! And he's already learned some pee tricks...he's pee-ed on everything from the wall, to his clothes, to his parents, to his very own face...very impressive if I do say so myself!

Other milestones-  He knows who is Mom and Dad are and he looks right at us when we talk to him! He holds his head up pretty well, not for any length of time but can move from side to side when we do our tummy time (he's really been doing this since birth, genius I tell you!). He loves to listen to books and music! His favorites are twinkle, twinkle, Mary had a lamb, the itsey-bitsey spider, and 5 little monkeys (he loves these because these are the only songs his sleep-deprived momma can think of, please give us some suggestions!). His Daddy also swears he loves Taylor Swift...not so sure about that just yet....

This is his most favorite position:

Time...

I thought for sure while I am on maternity leave, this blog would write itself! I imagined I would have all this time on my hands to do all these things I have been wanting to do...blog, scrapbook, keep up with family and friends/coorespond better, shop, ect. Well friends, NONE of that is happening! I have no idea where my day goes...scratch that, I have no idea what I used to do with all my time, before Nolan arrived! I would like to think I am a productive person, I would get tons of things done on my days off! Now? I think it's a sucessful day if I got a shower before noon! And a shower means just that, a shower, no make-up, no spending 15 minutes to choose the perfect outfit, not even drying my hair! I am happy to simply be clean! It's amazing the difference in how I spend my time! I wouldn't have it any other way! Look at that sweet face!  

He loves his hands by his face!

He's filling out!