One month old

Today, Grant turned one month old. It is hard to believe that it has already been a month since he was born! But, it also seems like a lot longer since he was born... At his doctor's appointment on Tuesday, he weighed 10 pounds 15 ounces and measured 23 inches long. (Compare to Leah at two months: 11 pounds 4 ounces and 24 inches... her length then being in the 90-something percentile.) He still doesn't like to sleep at night, but he sure is growing!

It has already been almost five weeks since I stopped working. That is how long I had off after having Leah before I went back to work. I am relieved to not have to go back this time! I still feel way busier now than I did when I was working.

Matthew has successfully completed his last "full-time" quarter of classes, and has been doing research, which he will continue throughout the summer. Plus, we are moving to student housing in a couple of weeks!

Here are some pictures from Grant's "birthday" today:

Leah is an excellent big sister!


This is one of Grant's most common expressions so far. And notice we downgraded Leah's bandage... just to clarify, she's fine; she just hit her head on the edge of our fireplace the other day and, well, head injuries can get rather gruesome, which is why she had the mega bandage on the last post.


Leah got everyone involved in tummy time (yes, even me, not pictured):


Funny face:


Good-looking boy:

Bonk!

Yesterday, Leah got the worst bonk of her life... literally! Here she is showing off her mega bandage:



Thank you to Matthew for rushing home to rescue us right when this all happened! He sure has a special connection with his little girl :)

Awake

Not only is that how we spent most of the night last night, it is how Grant was when I took these pictures yesterday...







I still haven't caught his little smiles on camera... but let me assure you, they are so sweet :)

Also, I was looking at some of Leah's newborn pictures recently. I used to think she had a lot of hair when she was born, but now I'm convinced she was a bald baby, haha!

Two weeks

Our little guy is two weeks and one day old! He already seems so much older and stronger from when he was born.

We were very excited when Grant slept for a four-hour stretch last night!


Sometimes he finds his little thumb to suck on :)


And this was fom his first bath:


I have realized that I don't have very many eyes-open pictures of Grant... so that is something that will be worked on!