Good-bye Newborn!

Tomorrow Joey will be six weeks old. Today, he's officially NOT a newborn anymore...

It has taken six weeks, but he has finally outgrown his newborn clothes. We've used all the newborn diapers and today I will be packing away his newborn clothes...(just in case we need them again...)

The size of the newborn clothes still fit him well, its just the length that's not working anymore. Unfortunately, he has the opposite problem with the 0-3M clothes. He's finally the right length to wear them, but they are HUGE on him still. Maybe in a week or two they will fit better. Right now, they look too big.

Same goes for the diapers, the newborns are clearly too small, but the size ones seem to swallow him.

All of this clearly points out to me that he's small (or atleast average) for his age, which I'm fine with. The irony is this: At the mall the other day, two people stopped to ooh and ahh over him and after asking his age, both replied with, "He's a BIG baby." No he's not.... :)

Five Years!

Today, Matt and I celebrate five wonderful years of marriage. Lots of things have changed since we got married. We live in a different house, we drive different cars, we have two dogs instead of one, and most of all, we now have a son. We've come a long way in the past five years and we're looking forward to many more years together.

Happy Anniversary, Matt. I love you!!!

ONE MONTH!

Can you believe it? Joey was one month old yesterday. They say time flies....they're right.

Joey had his one month doctor appointment yesterday. He now weighs 9lbs 10oz, up a full two pounds from when he was born. He is 21 inches long. He's in the 50th percentile for weight and height.

The doctor says he looks great!

When I was prenant and stocking up on diapers and clothes for Joey, I was avoiding anything in the newborn size because I wasn't sure if I'd need it. The doctor told me the whole pregnancy that Joey was small, but that didn't really convince me. I figured if I stocked up on all that little stuff, I'd have a giant baby and wouldn't get to use any of it. So, wouldn't you know, we've needed it!

At one month old, Joey is STILL wearing newborn clothes and diapers. I keep trying to put bigger clothes on him, but they're just too big still. I tried to put him in a pair of denim shorts to wear to the doctor yesterday. They were 0-3M so I was hopeful. Nope. He looked like a rapper wannabe with giant shorts on down to his ankles! So, back to the newborn onesies we went....

To celebrate the birthday, we had a little mommy-son photo shoot while daddy was at work. I took lots of great shots and Matt editted them when he got home. Here are a few favorites:

Rub-a-dub-dub

When we brought Joey home from the hospital, he absolutely HATED to take a bath. He'd scream and cry until he was beet red. It was torture, not only for him, but for us too!

As bath-time became more regular, he eventually started to tolerate it better. Matt and I would annouce to the other that bath time had been nearly tear free whenever we felt we had completed a successful bath.

These days, he seems to have grown from tolerant to almost enjoying the bath. There are no more tears, just a happy, clean baby.

Here's your proof:

Pictures from the Hospital

Dad and Me posing between contractions!

Everyone was taking pictures of Joey as soon as he made it to the nursery!

The day after Joey was born was Father's Day. I brought his "I Love Dad" shirt to wear even though it was too big.

Proud Ganny!

Proud Papa!

Proud dad on Father's Day!

Little Joey getting to know his Daddy.