Late nights and no sleep...................

...........make for one drowsy Mama. :o) But I sure am one HAPPY MAMA!! I love this little, ahem, er...maybe not so little, bundle. I understand now fully why we call them "bundles of joy"! My bundle of joy wakes up fussing........just a few minutes ago....It has been a whole hour and 43 minutes since his last feeding. He is starving. he says with his complaining grunts, whines and fusses. Suddenly, there is a loud blast as he fills his diaper. I laugh a little as I drag myself out of bed...thinking that needs to be changed before I feed him. As I lay him down on the bed to change him, he has his eyes closed, still fussing, (he looks so cute with his double chin and pudgy cheeks, nice and well fed) and he's thinking he's close to eating again. But no, mama is changing his diaper, yikes and..........waaaaahhhh. Once he's clean, we sit down in the chair so he can nurse. Which he does for about 10 minutes and then he's off to sleep again....should I wake him up and try to feed him some more or let him sleep? If I let him sleep, then he'll be awake for sure in the next hour to hour and a half........if I wake him up and feed him more now, maybe he'll sleep for the next three hours....what a quandary!! He does need to burp so maybe that will wake him up enough that he'll want to eat a little more. But either tway, the love that fills my heart at this moment is like none other that I have experienced. It really makes it all worthwhile and makes my heart glow!!

My baby is one month old!!!

April 23rd......he was one month old. We took some pics to commemorate the occasion!!

No sleep.......

Okay...just a quick post to let you all know that I am still alive. But, I am seriously sleep deprived!! Just how long can a person survive on little or no sleep? LoL....it's not quite that bad, but I am very tired. My little munchkin, however, is thriving and getting heavier....from all the eating he is doing....every day. He is getting little dimples on his hands because they are getting chubby. I weighed him with me on the scale and then weighed myself and he is getting very near to weighing 10 pounds already. Scary. I love him so much, though. The blessing of having him is enough to keep me going, even with almost no sleep. That's all for now, folks....I'll try to have pictures to go with my next post. :o)

My son is getting bigger...........

He likes to scowl and look worried.....he already has creases on his forehead from it!!


I think he looks so much like his oldest cousin Bruce when he was a baby!!



I know it's fuzzy but look at that expression!!

I can't believe how fast my little Brighton is growing. He will be three weeks old on Monday and it still feels like it was just yesterday when he was born. I didn't know I could love anyone the way I love him. I love my husband so much and I love my family and friends but the love I have for my son, my child, the fruit of my womb is truly a new kind of love for me!! God has blessed my life in ways I never imagined.....well, maybe I did imagine it, but could never have fathomed it, till now. :o) I love to sit and watch him......holding him propped up on my legs in front of me. The expressions on his face are priceless.....his eyes trying to focus on me, on the things around the house, listening to my voice as I talk to him, listening to Kohl barking (bad girl) and him smiling just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. I know his smiles are involuntary right now but it makes me look forward to when he can smile at me and laugh and coo when I talk to him. He actually "talked" once already. It was just one coo but it was so sweet.

My Hungry Little Tiger......

All Dressed Up - Showing off his beautiful eyes!

Family Hands - Family Feet

With Daddy at the Hospital - With Mommy at the Hospital

Little Brighton seems to be eating all the time. He has gained a pound over his coming home from the hospital weight of 6 lb 11.4 oz. He now weighs 7 lb 11.5 oz. He had grown a 1/4 of an inch in length at his last Dr. appt also. And his arms are getting too long for his gown sleeves. He is so sweet, though. I just love being his mother. His daddy is so proud of his little man!