2 weeks going on 2 years?

7 days old and sleeping in his crib all by himself. Yup, its true. The last few days between our 8-11pm "shift" Noah has been wide awake and quite the little fuss bucket. He wants to stay awake... but is so tired he just gets very frustrated. So last Tuesday when he was having a little episode and it was my "turn" to calm him down, I put him in his crib and turned the mobile on. He never had been in his crib before so I thought - why not?! Well now, mommy slightly regrets that decision :( He fell right asleep! And every night since then he has been in his crib, happy as can be. I really wasn't ready for that... at all. I was banking on at least another week sleeping with us before we began to slowly transition him there. Hmph :(

2 weeks old!

I feel like Noah is going through what I call second child syndrome. Where the second child as an infant wants to be big like their sibling so badly they are just blossoming so quickly. Maybe its just because I'm one proud momma or maybe he really is? I don't know. He just wants to sit up and roll over so badly. He absolutely loves to sit up - if only his poor little neck would support him. Alex holds him and sits him up and Noah gets so happy! We had his 2 week check-up today... little chunks weighed in at 9lbs 4.5 oz! I was expecting him to be back to his birth weight... and boy is he - and then some! He is healthy as can be and the pediatrician is still amazed of how happy both Noah and I are.  Like I told the doctor... when you have a handsome little boy that is as good as he is, you can't help but smile and be happy! Newborn clothes have become muscle shirts on him now... they still fit, but they are getting a little snug to get over his head now. I'd prefer to put him in 3mths just because the head opening is bigger and he doesn't get upset as easily.

I've noticed that his face is starting to change - I feel like he skipped right over the whole baby phase and truly is just a little man. I'm slowly starting to see a little more me in him... just a little. Enough for me to have some claim on my child ;)

Me as a baby :)

My Mum as a baby!

I still take a million pictures a day. I have yet to capture his huge toothless smile which melts my heart each time - I cry! I had my phone out trying to capture the smile after feeding him one night and Noah got so frustrated because he couldn't see my face and I was taking so many pictures... he knocked my phone right out of my hand! Okay... I know he had no idea what he was doing, but the timing was perfect!

His favorite face to make this week.

This past week Noah and I have been out and about almost every day. He had his newborn pictures taken on Thursday by littledunksphoto who also did our maternity pictures (see header photo above!) Brittany is amazing and truly has such a wonderful personality and soul - she is one of those people with just first meeting her you feel like you've known her forever. I'm SO anxious to see all the pictures - she gave us a sneak peak Thursday night and I'm pretty sure I look at them every 2 hrs - they are THAT good. But then again... there was a pretty cute baby being the model if I must say so myself...

After the pictures, we stopped by my work to say hello to everyone and he was such a hit! It was great to show everyone at work who has been growing in my belly these past 9 months. There is so much support and love at my work - I'm definitely going back before my maternity leave is up... I still have a few more people that have to meet Noah!

Friday Noah & I had our first mommy & baby date with my girlfriend Emily and her son Lauten who will be one tomorrow! Noah slept the whole time, but hey - I'm still going to count it :)

This Sunday we of course went to my nephews Flag Football game - and the weather was so beautiful, when compared to last week where I thought I was going to freeze to death. It was so nice that I even used our moby wrap with Noah! I was so excited, its such a great idea. To have your hands free and still have your baby nuggled up close to you - so many doors have opened up for Noah and I during the day!

Rooting for both Mommy & Daddy's football teams on Sunday!

My boys <3

Argghhh!