Every good and perfect gift is from above...
~James 1:17

Sunday, March 21, 2010

1 Month Old

Peter and I are starting to get the hang of things.   Here are the milestones for the boys at 4 weeks: both eat (3 1/2-4 oz. every 3 hours), sleep, poop, cry (occasionally)...copy/paste. We took our first trip out during week 2 when we went to Diane's Restaurant with Aunt Kristen, Uncle Dan, Grammy, and Grandpa.  It's a great restaurant if you want quiet and low key.
Both boys are sleeping in our room at night and for the most part, have already become good sleepers with a good routine (if an infant can have a routine).  We are lucky not to have any day/night confusion.  

Grant is our eater.  He is ALWAYS hungry and he guzzles it down, which sometimes results in spit up. During the first month he really enjoyed watching the mobile on the little lamb swing.  Both boys love the swing and we often put both of them in to snuggle together.  At three weeks we had to take Grant to Children's Hospital to have his hip click evaluated.  The nurse who came to our house the day after we went home checked both boys and found that Grant's right hip had a "click." She said it was slight but we should still discuss it with our pediatrician.  Dr. Zwergel did not hear or feel the "click" but referred us to Children's for an ultrasound just in case.  The ultrasound revealed that everything was normal (thank God) and Grant enjoyed the extra attention from the nurses.  He even helped Children's test a new form of technology, which had never been used on infants before!

JT is the wiggle worm.  He is more "active" and "alert" than Grant, who just prefers to eat and sleep.  He makes all the funny faces and already has a little personality! JT loves to watch our ceiling fans, even if they aren't on. 


Aunt Kristen with JT and Uncle Dan with Grant (JT's Godparents)

Marty and Angela Spieler (Grant's Godparents)