November 6th, 2009 by Overallgirl

I had the opportunity to get out by myself for a few hours to be with other grown ups. It’s funny how as happy as one can be to get a little baby break, that very break makes one so pleased to come home and see one’s little son again. Some days I’ll be honest and say I do feel a little frazzled- I’m not used to feeling like I get so little done each day and crying isn’t my music of choice- but then I have experiences like last night. I came home from my outing and settled on the couch to feed my son. When he finished he was all but asleep and I gently moved him a little more upright to burp him a bit before laying back on a pillow with Nolan snuggled against my chest. He was warm and cuddly and ALIVE. He smelled like baby. It felt very right.

November 5th, 2009 by Overallgirl

Well, this morning Nolan had a verrrry poopy diaper…so Ben, resourceful Daddy that he is, whipped out our soup pot for a quick bath. Nolan seemed perfectly content floating in it while daddy carefully kept his head above water. Then a quick move to his baby bath towel which makes him look like a little Moses- all he needs is a beard and sheperd’s staff!

November 5th, 2009 by Overallgirl

Nolan is barely 2 weeks old and he is already graduating from needing to be swaddled! He has become accustomed to his arms and hands enough that he now prefers them to be free- even though he doesn’t have complete control over where they go yet, he is beginning to enjoy the effort involved in working towards such control- and making great strides if I don’t say so myself! He can now match his hand to his mouth a lot more often than before.

Here he is where his daddy placed in him in a basket of clean laundry- did you ever see anything so cute in a basket of laundry?