Here’s some pictures of Hunter, just because he’s going to be 3 weeks old tomorrow and I wanted to post some pictures

I know this one came out blurry, but I had to post it anyways.  I know that “they” say babies don’t smile for real this early, but Hunter looks right at us and smiles, so we’re pretty sure the smiles are real.  He started doing it at 2 1/2 weeks but this is the first time I’ve been able to get a picture of it.  He turned his head just as I took this picture, so it came out blurry, but I had to post it anyways!

Hunter is 2 weeks old and has just experienced some firsts.

While we have kept Hunter clean by sponge bath, his cord finally came off and he had his first real bath.  Hailey was a big helper and loved helping me with the bath!  Hunter was quiet for about a minute and then decided he had had enough!

He still wasn’t very happy after his bath

Finally in his pajamas he was a happy baby.

Rich also put Hailey’s old swing together and Hunter really enjoyed it.

Hunter had his 2 week doctors appointment too.  He is up to 9lbs 4oz (55th percentile) and is 21.5 inches long (75th percentile).  The doctor commented on how strong his neck is.  She said he must have been born looking around the room- which he was!  At one day old he was holding his head up trying to get a look to see what was going on.  She also commented that he seemed very content to just look around the room and to just observe.  So far Hunter does seem to be a very content baby.  He loves to quietly look around and just study things.  As far as sleep our first few nights at home were rough and we had a couple of rough nights this week.  But for the most part at night, Hunter sleeps about 2 1/2 hours, wakes up to eat and goes back to sleep for another 2 1/2 hour stretch.  During the day he takes a few long naps, wakes up in between to eat and do a little interacting with us.  He stays awake for about 1-2 hours at a time, although sometimes he stretches it out a bit longer.  He rarely cries unless he is hungry or tired.  We are so thankful for our little man cub!!

We had a New Years Eve party at our house this year.  Thankfully I didn’t have to actually do any of the work (not only was I still recovering from my c-section, but I was also sick due to a staph infection, but that is coming in another post).  I did clean our house some, but for the most part Rich did most of the cleaning.  My mom and Ellie did the snack preparation and Matt made some delicious chicken wings for the party.  I didn’t even take very many pictures as I just didn’t feel good.

Hunter enjoyed his first New Years Eve  He was sound asleep when the ball dropped though.

Hailey had so much fun!  She had really been looking forward to seeing Aunt Ellie and Uncle Matt.

Hailey playing “Don’t Wake Daddy” with Aunt Ellie and Uncle Matt.

My dad… I can’t remember the name of the game and we didn’t actually play it, but we had fun calling out answers rather than playing by the real rules.

We all made it until midnight (except Hunter).  Hailey fell asleep about 2 minutes after the ball dropped.  It was a fun party… I just wished I had felt better.

Hunter and Hailey wearing their “Little Brother” “Big Sister’ shirts.

My happy little miss

Hailey’s favorite Christmas present- her Barbie town house.

Hailey with the gingerbread house she worked hard on!  She was very proud of how it turned out.