One Week Old

It's truly hard to believe that Ace has been here a week+ He already is learning so many things and (as most parents say) he is ahead of the curve. He is already grabbing and pulling at things, mimicking his daddy who sticks his tongue out at him, and very alert. Two nights in a row we've managed to get decent sleep with him waking up twice to feed. He sleeps in the bed with us, so it's really easy to lean over give him what he wants and fall back asleep for a while as he enjoys his 3am and 6am snacks. He wakes up around 9am and stays mostly awake with some short snoozes until late afternoon and then sleeps soundly for about 3 hours. Then repeat short snoozes and awakeness until bedtime.

He had his first outing on Wednesday which was a trip back to the hospital for a mommy and baby check up. He passed with flying colors and mommy was deemed to be on the road to recovery. After the trip to the doctor he was tuckered out and so while sleeping he ventured to BabiesRUs with Loving Husband and I, who picked up a few more items to add to our supplies for baby Ace. Then it was back to the house. J

Friday was Ace's first doctor's appointment. He was one ounce away from being back at birth weight and had grown another quarter of an inch. He's in the 88th percentile for height! Perhaps he'll be like Uncle Derek, because he certainly isn't getting the height from myself or Loving Husband. He also received his first Hep B shot and took it like a trooper. I think taking the bandaid off was more traumatic than the shot itself, poor little skin. After the trip to the doctor we headed home after getting mommy and daddy some Jamba Juice, yum! Later that day we headed to Target for more diapers and a few other essentials that we needed around the house. Another trip to BRU to get more diapers was also necessary since Target didn't have any. Friday night this week was a far more pleasant evening at home, as I was not in labor and could just enjoy the company of Loving Husband and my little boy. We watched a little Olympics and started to watch a movie in bed until Ace fell asleep and we followed in suit.

Saturday was a nice day we slept until about 9am and then spent the day entertaining and snuggling with Ace. Then we took him for a walk around the neighborhood. It was a nice day with sun breaks off and on, so it wasn't too hot or too cold. Ace was bounced around in his stroller some, but he didn't seem to mind. He got to meet the neighbors who have all been on baby watch for a while now. We drafted a thank you for the nice neighbors that brought over bread on the day we brought Ace home (yummy bread too!) and delivered that to them and then we were back inside for the rest of the day. Well at least I was.

Ace decided to cause quite the havoc though after his walk. Which really was mommy's own fault, but still I was trying to help the little guy out. After our walk we stopped at our neighbor T's house (two doors down from us) introduced him to Ace and then Ace and I went home, leaving Loving Husband to talk to T about our garage door predicament (springs are broken). I took Ace upstairs to change him and to nurse and when I changed him his little bum was a tad red, so I figured I'd let him air dry for a bit, we've done it plenty of times with no issue. I cupped a washcloth around him to be safe (ha!) and started to feed him. I was feeding him on my right side, when all of the sudden my left leg felt wet, my left breast was safely tucked away and so it couldn't have been milk... nope I look down and my little man had pooed quite liquidly into the washcloth, onto my pants, the pillow he was on, down onto the wood of the chair and onto the floor… and Loving Husband was outside with T. Crap! (literally) Luckily Loving Husband came up to grab something for T and I said take him, he attempted to argue that T was waiting, and I explained that a biohazard took precedent. So he took Ace and I stripped out of the soiled attire and washed my leg and then went to mop up the chair. The pillow itself had been spared it was only the pillow case that had gotten it, so that was good. Loving Husband merely put a new diaper on him and put him in his crib and ran back to work with T, but I had to get the stuff cleaned up… so an unhappy Ace was crying away in his crib. All in all not so terrible – got it cleaned up and went back to nursing. The rest of Saturday was relatively uneventful, some more Olympics watching and bath time for Ace, then off to bed between 11-12am.

Sunday, August 31, 2008 – Ace has been in this world for a week now. It just doesn't seem possible that this much time has gone by. Today we will be introducing him to Grandma Carol and Aunt A, along with Troy and Jackie and Brad and Angie. Celeste and Dan from community group will be bringing us dinner tonight, which we are very thankful for and looking forward to introducing them to Ace as well. It's a busy day with many visitors. Happy One Week, Ace!