Noah at One Month

So, I haven't blogged in forever... There is reasons for that. One reason is named Tristan. Another reason is called moving. The last reason is called new baby "Noah". But I hope to start blogging again, especially about Noah's first year. To back up some, he was born 11-10-11, two days late and one day short of the famous 11-11-11. But we are actually thankful he decided to come that day since the hospital was PACKED on 11-11-11 with all the scheduled deliveries. We were actually able to talk our way in to going home the next day, on the 11th. They probably only agreed because they needed the room! I started contractions on the 9th at 9:00 that night, woke up at 1:00 with more contractions, arrived at the hospital at 6:00, got epidural about 7:30 (epidural didn't want to work on my left side, then worked great until right before pushing and it wore off some on that side), then started pushing at 12:10, and Noah was born at 12:28! Much different than my experience with Tristan. Contractions were more intense and consistent this time around, but pushing was SO MUCH easier and quicker. Very thankful for that! Here are some pictures of the day:






Here is the bear picture at 1 week:



More pictures of the first month:







Here is our one month picture with and without Tristan:




Born at 7.8 lbs, 2 weeks at 8.7 lbs, and now...don't know but sure is growing! Much bigger than Tristan, who was 7.6 lbs at 2 weeks. Noah is already wearing some 0-3 month outfits. He eats every 2-4 hours, and sleeps A LOT...which big brother NEVER did. So, this is nice, since I have to entertain big brother as well as take care of Noah. He started sleeping on a schedule at one week with eating at 1:00 and 4:00 during the night, but due to congestion and other things, the schedule hasn't been as consistent lately. We'll get there soon :) Luckily, the nighttime crying hasn't affected Tristan's sleep at all. It seems right now that Noah's awake time is after his 7:30 nighttime feeding until around 9:00. Hopefully that will change soon and we'll get him on an earlier bedtime schedule. About Tristan, he LOVES baby Noah...too much. This is the most exhausting part -- keeping Noah safe from Tristan. He just can't understand why he can't poke on, lay on, sit on, play with Noah...and he's gotten in trouble quite a few times for not listening to Mom/Dad about this. Goodness...so this is where we learn patience... And if you know Tristan, you know that his love language is quality time...100%. All the time, it's "sit, sit", and with his naps being shorter lately, it's been tiring. Fortunatly, he's been going to Mother's Day Out still 2x a week, with a friend picking him up for me, so that gives Noah and me a little break (and a nap for Mom :). I'll start back to teaching there in January,so I'm taking advantage of this while I can!

Anyways, it's true what they say about your kids being night and day. So far, that is what we have here with Tristan and Noah. Can't wait to see how they interact together as they get older! Should be interesting :)