EcoSash FTW!

This morning started off pretty well, which was very nice. But, just before lunch time, we had an attack of the fussies. I dealt with it for a while, tried to keep him entertained, but eventually, I got very very tired of it. I tried pulling out the Moby wrap, which can sometimes make him very happy and sleepy, provided that he'll let me get him into it. That was a no go today. So, I decided to try my Infantino EcoSash carrier. I hadn't tried it because it looks awfully complicated. But today I was determined. So, I tied it on, got him in, got it all secured...and the most wonderful look of contented stupor came over Xander's face. Oh happy day! I proceeded to vacuum the living room, which I've been wanting to do for a while, and Xander slept through the whole thing, and beyond! I think this may be my new favorite baby thing. I'll try to get a picture later.

1 month and rolling!

Xander turned one month old recently. It really does go by so fast, doesn't it? We had some fun with outdoor pictures in our front yard.

And yesterday, Xander rolled over during tummy time! I'm sad that I didn't manage to catch a picture or two. I called Jared in just in case he tried it again, but it was just a one time thing so far. Still, we were very impressed. We've got the coolest baby!

Every day something new...

As first time parents, Jared and I get very excited about every little new thing that Xander does (or gets to do). Here are a few of the exciting things that he's done so far in his first four weeks:

Last Monday he finally lost his little stump, which meant that he got to have his first real bath.

This was not his idea of fun, but he got all nice and clean. And afterwards, he was rather worn out.

Fortunately, the next bath was very calm, and he actually seemed to like it. That was a lot more fun. A lot of people say that a nightly bath is part of their bed time routine, and if he continues to like it, I think that would be a good idea. Jared keeps saying, "Another bath? Didn't we just do that?" I'll keep working on him. 

One thing that I have managed to start working in every evening is a nice walk around the neighborhood in the stroller (I'll get a picture of that sometime). Xander really seems to like being outside (yay hurray!!). Sometimes he stays awake all the way around the circle, just looking around. Sometimes he gets lulled to sleep. Either way, it's very enjoyable. Of course, last night, he changed his mind, and decided that he would not like to ride in the stroller. But everything was okay again once he was in my arms. He's quite a sweet little guy.

Xander has also gotten to start using his cloth diapers! I'm very excited about this. Jared still finds the whole idea totally horrifying, but he's letting me do it. I've been doing 1 load of diaper laundry a day, and I'm keeping up with it pretty well. I've had to work out some of the kinks, but we've got a good system going now. I'm so happy that it's going well, and I'm looking forward to fine-tuning my stash so that it's all ready and perfect whenever we're ready for another baby. Also, I'm going to make sure that we have the best things for Xander as he grows up. I have to say, I really love pocket diapers. I didn't think that they would be my favorites, but they are. I love how quickly they dry, and I like stuffing them. And I love putting the super-soft fleecy diaper on my super-sweet baby. 

Overall, I think we've had a great first four weeks! I'm loving this boy so much!

3 weeks

Little Xander is 3 weeks old.

He got to practice lifting his head!

Getting to know you

Alexander has arrived!! And he is such a wonderful baby. Of course, we're not biased or anything. It's kind of unbelievable how much I just want to stare at him. At the same time, all I want is a few consecutive hours of sleep. But somehow, even in the middle of the night, a good long cuddle and stare is almost as restful.

A little something

Oddly enough, I don't have a great many pictures of me right now. But I thought it would be fun to share a few that I do have. One of my favorites is from Christmas. I believe that was somewhere between 13 and 14 weeks.

It's our first family picture.

Next, at almost 20 weeks, on the day of the ultrasound when we found out that he's a boy!

And, just this week, at 24 weeks.

Title of the first post...

Hi! My sweet husband keeps mentioning that he's going to set up a blog space for me to help me share things with my friends. Well, it hasn't happened yet, so I'm doing it myself.

We've never really been the blogging sort of folks, but we decided to get one started when we found out we were going to have a new little person joining us this summer. We found out in February (on Valentine's Day) that he's a little boy, and we've been gradually accumulating all sorts of little boy things. And now I have a place to share pictures of all of our cute little baby things!

Look how cute! It says "I'm a great catch!"

I will undoubtedly also be posting plenty of pictures of our "first child," our puppy, Jake. And probably a few of the other three home destroyers, the cats.