Three Weeks Old

Three weeks! The days and now WEEKS are flying by. Already Ace can hold his head up more than he doesn’t. He is trying to crawl already, in fact if you put him on a blanket and allow him to push his feet off your arm he will scoot as long as you let him go. He gets tired/frustrated after a while because he can’t just go – he knows the process should be easier. :) And he likes to stand and work his leg muscles. His hair continues to grow and grow – Loving Husband really wants to cut it and I continue to refuse. He’s growing up too fast, a haircut already?! No!

The third week of life also introduced a new event for Ace. Showering! Yup we’ve found that when both parental units are home and able to coordinate shower time together it is the easiest way to get the little man clean (along with ourselves) Often we end up running out of hot water toward the end (poor Loving Husband) but both mother and son are able to get fully clean and rinsed in the warm water. Ace actually loves the shower. He’s done so well, and doesn’t fuss at all when his face gets wet.

Most of Ace’s third week of life was spent with his grandma and great grum from California. They were here from Tuesday through Friday and spend the days and evenings at our house cuddling with Ace. We went out one afternoon and enjoy some sun and spent some time at the local tourist shopping center. It was a great visit and we all agree that we wish they were closer to us so that they could see Ace more often.

Also this past week Ace enjoyed a “play date” with Sabria. AKA Vanessa and I went to lunch. In fact it was a riveting outing for Ace who slept through the entire thing; which was nice for mommy for sure. :) Ace also attended his first community group and did very well for the most part. He even spoke his mind during prayer for a short moment.
Saturday was spent sleeping in and for Ace sleeping most of the day away. Catching up after all the visitors we suppose. He still prefers to sleep on someone or near someone so it doesn’t leave much freedom for one of us (typically me) to be free to move around and do other things, but that’s ok – I love to be near this little guy. He makes the most adorable noises when he sleeps, stretches, well pretty much all the time. His eyelashes have also started to come in – and they are long and luxurious like his dad’s :)

Today is another nice and sunny weekend day. Loving Husband and I were able to sleep in until 11:30 (of course we were awaken at 4am, 7am and 9:30am for diaper changes and feedings) but the in between times were plenty to store up some good rest. We then went for an outing to return a few things and get us some food and then back to the house to watch some more recorded Olympics (we’re down to the final day, which is good considering we had 30+ hours recorded) We are currently getting ready to go to Ace’s second church service. He did very well at his first for the most part, he needed a feeding and a change in the middle, but that is to be expected.

Ace is growing happy and healthy and seems to be doing a-ok. It’s hard to believe in another week our little guy will be one month old! I’ll be taking him back to get more pictures done (as I hope to do every month as he grows this first year.) He has his one month check up on the 24th with whom we hope will be his primary pediatrician (the woman we saw the last two visits was nice… but doesn’t have any children of her own and we’d like someone that has kids.) We shall see. Loving Husband’s last week of paternity leave is upon us and so this week to come we’re going to try and get on a “work schedule” for sleep. We shall see!