How time flies

I cannot believe our little Cole is about to be one month old. How time flies when you are sleep deprived! And how things have changed so quickly in a month. It was wonderful to come home from the hospital with the support of Jason's parents and my mom. His parents (Granny and Grumps - their names for now) stayed for 5 days, while my mom (Gram) stayed 2 weeks. And since then my sister has visited, as well as our good friends Kate and Jeffrey. I would love to say that we have a routine, but really, we never know how the day (or night) is going to go.

After a struggle, I am still breastfeeding and very happy with the decision to stick with it. I am getting the hang of it and now am able to breastfeed in public (fully covered of course) if need be. Some days Cole will eat every hour on the hour, then go 3-5 hours with out eating. I am pumping at least a bottle per day so Jason can feed him at the 3 am feeding. He is a growing boy, by our best guess, weighing about 10 lbs already! He has also out grown his 0-3 month stuff and is quickly becoming too long for 3-6 month onesies! So, at least I know that my hours of breastfeeding are doing what they are supposed to.

After spending the first few weeks either in our bed or in his bassinet in our room, Cole is now loving his crib. I think we are all sleeping deeper now. Cole is finally getting the hang of using his nuk (pacifier) to get to sleep instead of always latching on to me (however I can only rarely stand to use it!). He is definitely seeing more of his surroundings these days, finally liking his little jungle gym. His woofers (what we call the dogs) have adjusted well to him. He doesn't hear them when they bark and they don't hear him when he cries (except Faith, who will check on him if he is in his crib).

In between naps, diapers, bottles, baths, and laundry, I will try to post some more pictures, as well as our online photo website. All in all, parenthood has exceeded our expectations. We are totally in love with our "monkey man" and can't wait for him to meet everyone!