these are a few of my fav-or-ite things...

wakey wakey

first day alone

Today was my first full day without a visitor ... and it has been pretty nice. It is very strange though how quickly the time flies by and you just think "I haven't done anything yet today!" But I have to keep reminding myself I have done a lot... I am raising a boy. (raising a boy seems like quite the exaggeration when all he does is eat, sleep and poop... but Ill take the personal affirmation) It's hard to believe he has almost been in this world 3 weeks now. What a grown up! Zach took these pics on Sunday morning while we were sleeping. I got up for the the early morning feeding and for some reason didn't feel like taking him back to the bassinet... so we cuddled for a while until the next feeding. Zach calls these 'momma bear'.

two weeks and two days... and my birthday!

zach has every other friday off and it just so happened that he had today off... my birthday! all i wanted for my special day was to leave the house and feel somewhat normal... so this is us packing up the boy and heading out to run some errands. we felt quite empowered to brave the world. don't worry, i kept him secure in my sling so no one could cough on him... and he did great! we ran some errands and went for a nice walk... it has been a wonderful and relaxing 27th.








this last pic if from my first mother's day. so wonderful... and almost an out of body experience because it just almost didn't feel real. everyone came to our house and zach and our mom's cooked a delicious lunch for us all.

i just can't believe i am a mom. true love.

first walk

here are 2 cute pics of him sucking his little fingers... everyday i think he looks more and more like zach. so sweet.




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yesterday we went on our first little walk... not far... just up and down the street a few times. it was great to get out of the house and get some fresh air.

1 week old!

after 6 long days in the hospital, it was wonderful to get home on sunday and start to settle into a routine here. we are having to supplement each feeding with some formula because of a medicine they gave me in the hospital to keep me from bleeding during the c section... so that has had some frustrating moments... but i have become a nursing and pumping machine and we are going to do all we can to get the supply up. for now, porter is happy and not hungry... which is what matters most.

we are so in love.



this was when we were all still in the hospital




being perfect




look how long!