first week

well, I am wanting to be sure everyone see's how opur little boy has grown. during hs first week he didn't change much. he slept as long as I would let him and then the pediatrician told me to just let him sleep and not wake him up. by his 1 week apt. he had gained 5 oz. i guess I'm feeding him pure cream or something. Anyways, so I stopped. Tht night he slept 4 hours and the next night 5 hours. I couldn't believe it. he continued to sleep 5 hours everynight before waking up from then on. so I was probably the luckiest mom in the world. I actually got sleep right from the beginning of being a mom.

We started giving him nightly baths as well. He hated the first bath we gave him but gradually got better and better at handling the cold of the air on his little body. He started to just grab one of our fingers and hold on for the ride as we cleaned him as fast as we could and got him dry. He now loves to take a bath in the bath tub, just didn't like the sponge baths.

Matthew Loves being a Daddy. He is a really good one at that. He is patient with him and always is willing to help whenever I need him to. And Braxton Always seems to love it when Dad is around too. He is always calm and smiley and happier. It is nice when he gets to be home and spending time with us. It doesn't happen as often as we would like.

Braxton Also said his first prayer as you can see by the picture at the left. He did it all on his own. we didn't hear any of the words but we assumed he was praying because he folded his arms to do it=o) What a wonderful little spiritual boy we have.

He is such a wonderful, patient, loving little boy. what a joy he is to have!!!! We love him!