It has already been 4 weeks since Adam entered our life. It has been wonderful and challenging! We are busy trying to get Adam on a schedule ( Thanks to the encouragement of my sister Rebekah who lives by the book "Baby Wise"). We have had some good nights with four hours without being woken up, and some bad nights with only an hour or two. I guess that's expected with a newborn!
Adam has been a joy though. He is so cute! I think he just went through a growth spurt because he is already growing out of some of his newborn clothes which is crazy! His double chin is growing quickly. :) He is so sweet.
My sister Rebekah and her newborn Micah spent a week with us. It was wonderful. We tried to get them on the same schedule the whole time. It didn't happen until the last day. That's okay. We got some great pictures of the boys together. We can't wait to see them grow up together.
Amos had his first Father's Day. We went out to a great lunch and spent the day together.
This has been a nice relaxing week which I haven't had since Adam was born. It has helped with establishing a schedule for Adam.
We have a busy summer still. Amos' sister, Lydia, is getting married soon, we are going to Tennessee for a family reunion, we have my Grandma's birthday/ family reunion, a trip to Michigan for the Rinehart wedding, then Amos' other sister, Esther,is getting married in September.
By the way, if anyone reads this and has any ideas on how I can make money and stay home with Adam, please let me know. I am planning on returning to work in the middle of August, but it's going to be hard. I am thankful they are going to work with me, but it's obviously not the ideal way to raise my baby. Just a thought....
Here are some pictures!
5 comments:
I keep using the words cute, precious, blessing---still so true! I esp.like the pic of Dad/Son sleeping on Father's Day!
he is adorable. the little cousins look like they could be twins! so glad to hear youre doing baby wise...we did it as well and cambria was sleeping through the night at 4 weeks! it will happen for you one of these nights. he'll be 6 months before you know it and interacting like crazy.
oh and about staying home...here are ways we're making it work maybe this can help. i babysit a little girl 2 days a week (can't handle much more than that), use coupons like crazy, breastfeed and starting to use cloth diapers (check out my blog in the next couple days for some great ones). other ideas...umm tutoring kids can be very good money, check to see if the cable companies out there have at home customer service jobs. not sure if that helps at all. i'll be praying something works out.
We also use babywise for Orin. He was sleeping through the night at 9 weeks. Hope Adam does soon. It's amazing what sleep can do for you. :) As for staying home...I'm working through the same issue. I'm planning to substitue teach one or two days a week. But I'm interested in seeing what other people recommend. I hope you are able to stay home with him!
SO sweet, Rachel! Congratulations...I especially love the ones with the boys together. So much fun that you guys get to go through this at the same time! They definitely look related. :)
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