One Week Old!

I wish the hands of time would slow down while I enjoy my newborn baby! I hate that Caleb will grow in the wink of an eye! I don't know if Caleb is an extra good baby or if three times the charm and I know what I'm doing a little more than the first two, but it just seems easy caring for Caleb and I have just loved every minute of the past week--everything, even extra diapers,
waking up in the middle of the night, the pain of surgery, it's all worth it--I love it!

Just to give you a little idea of what we've learned about Caleb in just a week:

• Caleb is a super eater--he loves nursing and it's going great.

• He HATES his diaper changed! It's the only time he cries, and not just a little fuss, he full out screams and does a really sad 'ohhh, ohhh' sound! He gets so mad when he gets his diaper changed he hoses everything down!! (even himself sometimes!) Mara gets very concerned about her baby brother crying and runs to him with binki in hand and says, "it's okay buddy, don't cry. it's okay!"
  

• Caleb loves to sleep! Even at night time he sleeps for a good stretch of time, and when he wakes up he doesn't even cry! He just makes these really REALLY loud snorting noises and roots around. Nate said, "I feel like I'm sleeping with a gerbal in my room!" Once he's fed he goes right back to sleep for another extra long stretch of sleep! It's great!
  

• Caleb can pick up his head and has good neck support already. We give him tummy time every night and he can move his little head around and pick it up off the blanket--pretty good for a one week old!

• Caleb is very easy going! We used to call Mara 'Mara-mellow', I think we might call Caleb 'content-Caleb'.