Month Two - All Smiles

Logan is starting to become more awake and observe the world around him.  He loves being talked to and often smiles back now.

We've gotten the nighttime routine down now that he's co-sleeping in the big bed.  He's so warm and cuddly!  When he wakes up needing a feed I usually just feed him with him next to me and he falls straight back to sleep.  Because of that I've been getting more sleep too!

He's starting to enjoy diaper changes more and hardly cries during them now (unless he's hungry) so I always feed then change.  Wai-gong and Wai-po takes him for a walk to Washington park almost everyday which he really enjoys. Biggest challenge is still car rides and because Logan almost always cries the longest we've driven to with him in the car is 20 minutes or so.  I hear him waking up now... better go!

One Month - Little Grunter

Logan's first month went by so quickly.  Doctor's check up went well (height 22 inches; weight 10 pounds 6 ounces).  He eats very regularly (every 3 hours) and usually has a nap after each feeding.  He's starting to open his eyes more though doesn't quite track objects yet.

Logan doesn't cry much, but he likes to grunt, a lot.  It's his preferred way of communication and he makes this really deep grunt from the back of his throat.

The thing I'll probably miss the most is how right after a meal, he'll curl his back backwards for a good stretch (almost bending back 90 degrees and sticking his bum out).  The cutest thing in the world that only newborns do.

Bath time

Logan's belly button took longer than expected to heal, so we didn't start giving him full baths till week three. He's the most alert while in the water and is really starting to enjoy it (sometimes protests if we take him out too early).  Nathan and Evan loves to help out too by pouring water over Logan.  He's also peed a couple of times while in the bath, which caused a great deal of excitement for the older boys.

Week Three: Little hands little feet

We didn't get to take Logan's hand and foot prints until week 3.  Hopefully they haven't grown that much since birth!  I had forgotten how skinny newborns' hands and feet can be.  Nanny Sarah and I have noticed that Logan's feet are shaped differently than his brothers'.  Logan's toes are much longer and skinnier, and he can separate all of them while stretching.  Maybe we'll finally have one boy that's into sports!

Week Two: Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Logan's gained back all the weight he lost since birth and then some.  He sleeps most of the day (and night) and often falls asleep during nursing.  His favorite place to sleep is on the changing pad (which we've placed on the couch due to lack of space).

He's starting to open his eyes more now and looks quite different with eyes open.

Both Nathan and I are constantly showering him with kisses.  He's slowly getting used to them and might be associating getting kissed to getting fed.

We've noticed that he can get quite gassy. Most times when he wakes up upset it's due to needing to burp.  He's also caught us out of guard several times by peeing during a diaper changing.  Little guy likes to keep us on our toes.

Week One

Baby Sesame surprised us by arriving a few days before schedule.  My water broke morning of Friday 8/24 and doctor advised to go straight to hospital.  We were scheduled for a c-section (required since I've had 2 previous c-sections) at 1pm that same day, and found out it's a boy. Welcome baby Logan!

Birth stats:

Weight - 8 lbs 1 oz

Length - 20 inches

At the time of this writing Logan is officially 1 week old.  A few things we've learned about him so far:

- He doesn't cry much but when he does he can be quite loud.

- He loves to sleep and prefers loud surroundings.  I guess he's used to listening to his older brothers' screams.

- Hard to tell who he's going to look like yet.  When he first came out we thought he looked a lot like Nathan, but after comparing some photos not quite so sure.

- He can recognize people's voices already (hearing James' voice calms him down and my voice makes him hungry, not surprisingly).

Big brothers Nathan and Evan have been super protective of baby Logan so far.  When Nathan comes back from school, the first thing he'd ask is "Where's baby Logan?"  It took Evan a few days to realize what was going on, and since we got home from hospital he loves just watching baby Logan when he's sleeping/nursing.

2 More Weeks To Go

We are starting to count down the days till "Baby Sesame"'s arrival!

Nathan has been super excited about the new baby ever since we made the announcement back in February.  He has been talking to his new baby brother/sister regularly, usually first thing in the morning or "good night, baby sesame" before going to bed.  We brought Nathan with us to the 20 week ultrasound and he managed to stay interested for the first 40 minutes. Sesame was very active during the ultrasound and was caught trying to suck his/her thumb:

Evan on the other hand doesn't quite understand the concept of baby yet.  When I first told him I have a baby in my tummy now, his reply was "I have a baby in my tummy too!"  As I get bigger it's close to impossible for me to carry him, and that's probably been the biggest impact on Evan.  He often says to me, "After baby sesame comes out, you can carry me again mommy... yay!"

James and I decided not to find out the gender of the baby this time since this is our last chance for a surprise.  It's been especially hard in the last couple weeks after starting maternity leave and every person I talk too would ask if it's a boy/girl.  Sometimes people would guess based on shape of my belly and so far there's been a lot more boy guesses and girl's.  I guess we will find out soon!

One of the few things I got for myself during this pregnancy was a Google+ pregnancy shirt that says "+1" on the belly.  It received many compliments, often from total strangers, and by far my favorite maternity shirt since it's super comfortable too.  Nathan even drew a cute picture of me, James, and himself with +1 too:

And a picture of the actual shirt: