One Week Old Rowland

Well, aside from the slap in the face it is to not get consistent sleep, we have an adorable week old Rowland with us, and a few observations to report about this cute guy:

• He's finally sorted out his nights for the most part, and I consistently have to wake him up to eat (which is depressing on my part) - though last night I somehow didn't hear my alarm, and we all got away with 5 hours of sleep...a beautiful accident.
• He detests any sort of chill and throws a fit until he's been snuggled and warmed up.  We finally had some sun and I laid him in it unwrapped and he took a decent nap like a cat all happy sunning himself.
• He is mostly a fan of his binky - we will definitely get him to love it.
• Being held and snuggled by his dad may just be his favorite.
• Sometimes he wakes up grumpy until he's finally completely awake and then he lays there in awe of his surroundings just looking around.
• He's found his hand a few times in his mouth and happily sucks on it.
• He furrows his forehead which turns into a raisin.
• He also has a V shaped birthmark showing up on his forehead which I'm told is an angel kiss.  Stephen thinks it means he's Vulcan. ;)

 

See that V showing up?

•  Just like Ruby, he has a birthmark on the back of his head near his neck - which is a stork bite. :)  
• His cries range from a bit of a whimper to squealing like a little piggie.  
• I can't get over how tiny he is - I have a total of 4 newborn outfits that work for him - the 0-3 always seemed to work for my other two kiddos.  So funny.  He weighed in for his one week appt at 6lbs 6.5oz which is 6 oz heavier than when we left the hospital.  We're working hard on fattening him up. :)  He's a VERY sleepy eater.

We are beginning to get situated here.  My wonderful mother is a superstar entertaining my kids and making delicious meals.  It's so nice being able to just worry about the baby when I need to and am slowly easing in to the idea of taking care of three kids by myself during the day (still terrifying actually).

I took a shot at doing Rowland's newborn pictures.  He tried really hard to not be compliant unfortunately, but we managed a few good pictures.  All my kids prefer to be awake for pictures I guess.  We sure love this boy though.  Nothing like a new baby. :)

I love feet pictures!

Sun Bathing :)

Happy Love Month from this little guy :)