Three weeks already?

We can't believe Matthew has been in our lives for three weeks. They have been a blur. David stayed home the first week, but Susan and Matthew have been alone during the day the last two weeks. It's mostly been pooping, peeing, eating and some sleeping (for Matthew) and not much sleeping for Susan and David. Matthew takes after his mother and is very particular. If he has a wet diaper he will stop eating- so we have gone through lots of diapers (I think our current record is 5 diapers in less than an hour). Sometimes we change him and he goes again before we can even get him feeding again.

So there isn't much to tell other than Matthew has been great and we love him soooooo much. We already can't imagine life without him.

Also, since we know you are wondering- Charlie and Oscar have gotten along very well with Matthew.

Here are some pictures of the last few weeks:
Matthew has the most beautiful yawns!

He sleeps like his daddy.

He enjoys being swaddled (most of the time).

This was the first family outing. We went to the pediatrician for Matthew's newborn visit. We then went to Babies-R-Us to buy more sleep sacks (at first we thought they were silly, but they are really useful for changing diapers in the middle of the night).

Matthew's first bath at home.

He is such a peaceful child and never gets upset.

Here he is resting on his blanket.

He wanted to see if Mommy's fingers give him milk, too.

When Matthew is awake he is very alert and seems to really pay attention to his surroundings. Here David is giving him life lessons and he is is hanging on every word.

Matthew and Daddy have lots of talks. Matthew is a very good listener.

Mommy has a Moby wrap she uses sometimes to carry him around the house.

A newborn's nails grow very quickly and here is Matthew getting his first manicure.

He looks really sweet when he sleeps.

He's already decided where he wants to go to college with no pressure from Mommy or Daddy (we swear).

Here he is posing on his glider.


Here he is with Bevo (you can tell he really enjoys pictures).

Wrapped up in a longhorn towel after a bath.

Dinosaur pajamas, but not ready for bed.

Mommy can't believe he fit inside of her belly, so she checked to make sure.

Here he is saluting to his Mommy.

He has beautiful feet.

Matthew is not impressed with our photography.

Here he is at three weeks old.


We will try to post more frequently, but everyone with children will understand that we make no promises.