Monday, December 19, 2016

One Month Old

One Month Old


I cant believe this little man has been with us for one whole month! We have been so blessed by his sweet spirit and dont know what we would do without him! It has gone by so fast! It seriously still all feels like it was yesterday! I think about our birth experience almost everyday and is it weird that I miss it? I am sad it is over!
Wrekker is getting a little bit bigger! I am not sure what he weighs exactly yet, but we will be going in to get him weighed to make sure he is getting enough to eat. 
His eyes are starting to have the slightest blue color to them. The dr. told us when he was born his eyes were so dark because babies dont gain color in them for the first 6 months. They are still very dark but I think blue will be the color. 
His hair hasnt fallen out... Whew! It is so beautiful I would just cry if he lost it! I hope it continues to grow and stay, to be honest, he almost should get a haircuts to get rid of the rat tail thing he has going in the back!
He is such a better eater. Breastfeeding has been a struggle, but he is doing so good and we only supplement about an ounce of formula maybe twice a day after feedings so I am hopeful he is starting to get all he needs. 
He is very alert when he is awake. I love the mornings after we wake up because he will just lay with me and look around. He loves to listen to Kason and I read him stories and he is pretty content to just lay on you and cuddle. 
He loves to be held. He wont always cry if youre not holding him, but he just loves to be close to you. I dont think he is spoiled just yet, but it is sweet that he wants to be wrapped up in mine or dads arms so we let him.
He sleeps 4-5 hours between feedings at night. Sometimes I have a hard time getting him back to sleep but lately it has been really, really good! 
He doesnt wear newborn diapers anymore. Not necessarily because he doesnt fit ha ha but because we ran out and have a million size 1s that we need to use. 
He spits up A LOT. I will be sure to bring this up at our next check up but he has lots and lots and LOTS of gas, and we go through lots of spit up rags. 
He loves to take baths. Sometimes he will get in with me and then Kason will help get him out and dressed. Or usually I just bathe him everyday (because of the spit up smell) and he just lays there loving the warm water. 
He giggles in his sleep. I wish he knew he was doing it so I could know why or what makes him. He hasnt smiled or giggled awake, but he does it almost daily in his sleep! I wonder what he dreams about?!
He loves to ride in the car. He HATES to get in his seat, and will usually cry the first few mins of any car ride.. Which has made for some tough commutes to Bunkerville and back, but once he realizes he is in there and we are moving he goes right to sleep! 
He loves to sleep next to me every single morning after Kason leaves for work. Its like he is already smart enough to know. I have tried and tried to get him back to sleep after that last early morning feeding and he refuses, unless I lay him in my arms, then we will both sleep for 3 more hours guaranteed. Crazy boy!
November was full of so many exciting new moments as we were learning our new life with our sweet baby Wrekker. He is so sweet and such a blessing to our home. It is hard to believe that just days ago he was in Heaven. We had lots of visitors and seldom stopped staring at our handsome boy.
We took Grandma Kelli some balloons and to breakfast on her birthday.
Wrekker also celebrated his first Thanksgiving(s). He is healthy and growing each and every day!
















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