How the original "babies" have reacted

Whit was three weeks old Monday and so far so good. I am amazed at how well the animals have taken to

Nursery Rhymes

Had to google a few nursery rhymes today and found quite a few versions of "this little piggy" that says one of them gets a pizza. What?! That little piggy had roast beef, not a meat lover's!

Two weeks old and trying to crawl, or get away...

Lifting his head! Though he was much more interested in trying to poke his eye out.

Now that most of Whit's umbilical cord has fallen off I finally felt comfortable letting him have some real tummy time. Up until now I've tried to give him lots of time laying on my chest or stomach to get him used to the idea of tummy time without disturbing his cord too much. We knew he was a strong little guy, but I had no idea what he would do on our first attempt at real tummy time. Since about two days old he's been lifting his head and trying to look around, even the pediatrician was shocked! These days when I burp him on my shoulder he still lifts his head and will turn to look when his papa or I am talking to him.

So! Tummy time went well, I was really worried he would hate it and start screaming immediately like I've read what happens the first couple of times. But we lasted a solid five minutes or so. I laid him down and laid down beside him and talked with him and he seemed pretty content...and squirmy! He didn't try to raise his head too much, but he did start kicking his legs and trying to throw one leg over the other like he was trying to roll over! I'll have to see when babies are really supposed to do that, but I'm quite sure two weeks is a teeny bit premature. Anyhoo, it's been going pretty well. Even the dogs like to participate...

Whit and Zoey both having their tummy time. You can see he's kicking like crazy!

Mommy's Little Monster / Nerd Nursery

 

So happy I finally got all these pictures taken and posted and can now share them. In all honesty, I did take the pictures before Whit arrived. And the day I went into labor I kept meaning to post these, but felt so poorly I never got around to it. But now, without further ado, I present to you the nursery that started out monster-themed, but ended up a bit of a mix of me and Ben's combined nerdiness...

Our birth story

Finally! I have a chance to tell you what all happened about two weeks ago now. Sunday, August 5th, I had been feeling kind of blah all day, really tired, nauseated, and had zip energy...

sunday morning snuggle

Introducing...

Whitman Graham Lacey

Born August 6, 2012 (right on his due date!) at 4:11am

7lbs. 3oz. and 20.5 in. long

He's got a head full of brown hair and bright blue eyes!

Ben and I couldn't be more proud and more in love with our little man. I can't wait to tell you the whole birth story, but I just had to post quickly that we finally have him in our arms. Now off to bed, my feeding shift is over!