Eyes wide open

Where have I been you wonder? Well, our newborn has finally woken up and he's rather demanding when those eyes are open wide. Those eyes have been open wide a lot latley, and when his eyes are finally closed, I am attempting to close my eyes.

I finally got his attention a few weeks ago, there is someone in there! I think....I got a real smile the other day too. I had curlers in my hair and he looked up at me, studied the curlers then found my face and that's when I think I got his first real smile...apparently I looked funny. I've since then had smirks, I'm hoping it will continue. :-)

We're slowly learning the things he likes and dislikes. We found out he loves music, which is wonderful because we do too. He seems very entertained when I dance right next to our soundock. Like most babies, he also loves the car, but it has to be moving, otherwise he'll let you know. He loves to nurse, this is usually the one and only thing that stops his crying when it's gotten out of control. I need to break this soothing habit, or his daycare provider won't be happy with me! He's in love with the fan in our living room, he stares and stares at it. Wait till it gets hot out and it turns on, it's going to blow his mind.

With the 60 degree weather we had on Friday we decided to take full advantage of this and we went on his first walk, something I've been SO anxious to do. Once we got moving he passed right out!

Let's do this Mom!

Lena enjoyed it too.

All the fresh air knocked him out. Is this what I need to do at 4am?

So Reed weighed 5lbs and 2.4 ounces when he was born on Dec 30th, he dropped down to 4lbs and 11 ounces on Jan 6th, and to our delight, on Feb 15th he weighed 7lbs and 2 ounces!! Yay for Reed! I'm hoping he'll be a whole 8lbs for his two month appointment on March 3rd. Getting to be a big boy. ;)

Don't be fooled by his "calm" pictures, this is a face we see often as well. Poor guy!

My parents brought lunch over one afternoon from Shoreline Seafood, I got a fish sandwich. I couldn't stop laughing when I opened this. The funny part was, there was sauce under the bun too.

Playing on his lamb, love this!

Kisses for my Reedie

I need to be better about this, trying to take a picture at least once a month to compare size, this was a few weeks ago already.

Will post pics of all of Reed's visitors soon!

Rewind

So I realized I didn't have a post with all the "real" hospital pictures. Here is Reed's birthday story in pictures....

We took this picture right before we left for our appointment with the specialist. My intuition was telling me it could be the last, and I was right!

Dec 29th, 37 weeks

I was only allowed ice chips while I was in labor. Thankfully my last meal and Reed's last meal while still inside me was Chick Fila breakfast. It's a good thing I had a "hearty" meal because I didn't eat again until 2:15am. All I could remember Jamie saying was to be sure to eat a big meal, because if you get induced it could last hours and hours and you won't be able to eat! Luckily it only lasted 8 1/2. I think I was too nervous to eat anyhow.

Excited/Nervous!

Hello world! He of course came out screaming!

Phew, that was rough Mom.

Getting to know him for the first time.

Bryan checking out his little man.

I can finally stand! I had also showered and changed into my own clothes at this point. Two things that make you feel like a new woman.

How we celebrated New Year's Eve. :-) We'll never forget this one.

My (our) New Year's Eve meal. :-) The food was actually decent. You're so incredibly thirsty after giving birth and while breastfeeding that I couldn't drink enough. I've never downed so much juice in my life. They'd bring me a pitcher of water and 5 juices all at once.

I'm coming home!

I bought this little t-shirt in Maine this past August. It was the first thing I bought for him and I knew this is what I wanted him to wear coming home. When I bought it I thought it was teeny tiny and even thought it might be too big. Hah, it was huge, but I still wanted him to wear it. :-)

Yay, home with my brand new baby boy.

Bath time at the Dorsey's!

This weekend was a big weekend for Reed. He had his very first "real" bath and celebrated turning a whole month old! Reed's umbilical cord didn't want to fall off for a while, and you're not supposed to bathe them until it's gone. You can however give them sponge baths, which I did. It finally fell off around 3 weeks old, I think he was waiting till we were past his real due date to finally let it go.

I have to say, I was a bit nervous giving him a bath and maybe thats why I waited so long! We pulled the space heater in the bathroom and gathered all of our supplies. He didn't exactly enjoy it, but we got him nice & clean. He did however manage to throw up about 4 times later that day, so we're back to needing a bath again.

This one breaks my heart-"OMG Mommy, what are you doing to me?!"

Of course Lena had to get a bath too!

She's pretty good about getting a bath, she tolerates it. Although, we all know she can't swim, so the water has to be very shallow, haha. Poor little dog.

"We used to wait"

One of my favorite albums right now is by "Arcade Fire". Check out what they did with one of their songs, "We used to wait". cGo to the link and enter in the address of the house you grew up in (or anywhere really) and enjoy!

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

Talking Animals

I'm an absolute sucker for animals talking like humans...I don't know why, but I find it very funny. Call me simple. Bryan shared this video with me the night before Reed was born. I remember trying to control my laughing. I was laughing so hard I was afraid it would hurt the baby! I still can't get over it, part of me just doesn't believe it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-yUKS3O66A

Another great one-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-lkl9TzsU

"Home"

"Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's has been my favorite song for 4 months running and this just made me love it even more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnzyzsOqMOY

What about Lena?

I know you're wondering how Lena has reacted to our newest addition. Well, she's doing great! To our surprise she just sniffs Reed and walks away, when he cries in the middle of the night, she hardly moves. She woke up the other night and I think to make sure it wasn't all some crazy dream, Lena walked over me and peeked into the bassinet to see if that noisy little thing was still in fact here. Yep, he was.

What a typical night in the Dorsey household looks like. Lena will always be our first "baby". Of course baby Reed gets precedence. ;-)