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Here are the pictures I promised of our little man on his 1 month birthday. Enjoy!

One month old!

 We've made it. River is 1 month old today. I figure he weighs almost 9 lbs ( I won't know for sure until we go to the doc next month.) He's doing really well. He likes to fuss A LOT more now. He tends to get really fussy when he gets tired and he falls asleep and then wakes himself up at least 3 times before he is truly asleep. He's gassy too, probably my fault but I'm really trying hard to watch my diet so I don't make him TOO gassy. Poor guy. :) 

I made a miraculous discovery last night during one of his fits. The kid LOVES music, especially the Beatles. I put Hey Jude on and he just got quiet and fell asleep. I made sure I tried it again today to see if last night was a fluke, NOPE, he loved it again today. Right now Dan is holding him and he's been playing Jeff Buckley, Foo Fighters, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin, River was throwing a MAJOR fit and now he's just so content to sit with his daddy and listen. I guess playing all of that music to him in the womb was a smart thing. Yeah, he's going to be a musician. Well, that's about all. I do have some updated photos but will have to wait until tomorrow to upload them. 

Big Day tomorrow

So, tomorrow is going to be my very first day at home ALL ALONE with my son. Crazy huh? My mom has been coming over every day since he's been born to help me out while Daniel is at work. It's been great being able to take a mid morning nap once she got here BUT tomorrow I won't be so lucky. I'll probably try to lay down once River goes to sleep around 9 or 930. I've been lucky on the weekends too since Dan is home and he helps me out. I got to go to Walmart today and get some groceries all alone, it was a nice break from the house for an hour. I love being a mom and love my son and it does feel weird leaving him. He's breastfeeding and I really feel like his personal milk machine. His feeding schedule tends to dictate what i do and at what time i do it. It's always like "ok, can i go here, when did the baby eat last, when will he need to eat again." I know it's totally normal and soon he'll be on a better schedule. I'm also planning on starting to pump tomorrow so that we can introduce River to the bottle in the next couple of weeks. I'm ready for Dan to start helping with the feeding process. :) Wow, I can't believe our little guy is over 3 weeks old already. He's getting so big and looking more and more like a "person" every day. :) Everyone keeps talking about who he looks like, I've finally started to see that he looks like himself, he's River and that's who he looks like. :) He's gaining weight, i'm planning on trying to weigh him tomorrow and he's really trying to start to smile. I bet we'll see that first REAL smile in the next few weeks, I can't wait. Here are some new pics of him.

2 weeks

 River turned 2 weeks two days ago. He had his checkup that day as well and he now weighs 8lbs  oz which is AWESOME. :) He is basically gaining 2 oz a day and the average is for babies to gain 1 oz a day, he loves breastfeeding. I'm so relieved that he's taken to it so well. The idea of formula just worries me, I was so afraid after his first few days that I might eventually have to do formula but thank goodness I was just being paranoid.  I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful baby. Sure, he HATES to have his diaper changed and he isn't too fond of baths yet, but I just hope that he'll get used to it. He's still brand new to this big bad world and he'll figure stuff out eventually. :) Here are some recent pics of him at 2 weeks and a picture of what his typical bath routine looks like. Enjoy!