11 Days Old

And we're settling into a nice routine. I don't know how I got so lucky, but Aaron is a fairly "easy" baby when it comes to reading his cues. Either I am experienced now, or his temperament is different, or a combination of the two. But he's really adjusting well to the outside world and Emma is adjusting to him.

Here he is at 8 days old... not very happy about his picture being taken. I plan on taking a picture with him and the bear for a while -- I wanted to do something similar with Emma, but just totally forgot with all the sleep deprivation. I have to say, I'm sleeping better now that he's out than when he was in. I had such bad sciatica that I never slept more than an hour and a half, even with the Ambien that the OB prescribed. With him, there are nights I actually get 3 hours of sleep in a row.

We got our tree this past weekend, and Emma was very excited (although it was "too cold" when we were picking it out and she didn't want to stay). She helped decorate the tree. It's an odd mish-mash of decorations but that's ok. It's like the trees of my youth. 

And here's our first family picture. It's the best of the bunch, which isn't saying much. I look a little bloated, LOL!  I have lost 20 pounds from my highest weight pregnant, and have another 30 to go before I'll feel comfortable. I'd actually like to lose 40 more, that would be 20 below my pre-pregnancy weight and more down to where my body feels ok. But we'll see -- breastfeeding will help. 

We're excited to see family soon! Hopefully we'll have lots of pictures to share from Kansas and Illinois.