Life with R-2: Week Two

Well, this week has been a lot better for me physically and emotionally. My swelling has gone down a bit, so I'm not so uncomfortable that way, but I still have quite a ways to go to full recovery. This week with Randy, however, has been wonderful. It's so nice to be able to spend so much time with him. He's been setting his own natural schedule of roughly 2-3 hours sleep and 1-2 hours awake. Right now, we're still having troubles with breastfeeding so I have been pumping primarily and using a bottle to feed. We're still working on trying to eliminate the bottle feeding, but we'll see how that goes.


Randall still helps so much. He works full days laying tile, then comes home and helps me with Randy as much as possible. Today, Sunday, he let me sleep in until 10:00am and said I could sleep longer, but there is too much to catch up on to do that! :)

Randall also adds some fun to it all and helped R-2 sprout some nice-looking locks! We love to shower him with tons of kisses, even when he's upset or crying. He's just too cute!

I have also noticed something interesting that I didn't know was possible to pass down through genetics, but it seems like Randall and R-2 like to sleep the same way with a hand over their faces... like so...























This week we received two packages with stuff for little Randy!! One was from his sweet aunts who sent: an awesomely knitted?/crocheted? mini-blanket from Aunt Summer (I LOVE IT, perfect size, perfect color, perfect feel!) with the biggest onesie I have ever seen (will he really get that big!?) and some incredibly cute 6-12 month clothes (which he does NOT have that much of, if at all) from Aunt Valerie and Jessica! Valerie had also made him two custom onesies; there is one with hand-sewn tie (so cute!) and one with his nickname R-2 (shown here!)
My "mommy sense" is starting to kick in... I KNEW that he would ruin this onesie if I put it on him... and low and behold, no more than 45 minutes into wearing it, he EXPLODED in his diaper, for the first time, and got it all dirty. I was planning on doing a cute little photo shoot where I would set him up next to the other clothes that they sent to show the difference, but all I could manage to do, because of the 'explosion', was just this picture, but you get the idea!And, as you can see, I had just given him a bath, too, so I had to reclean him. *sigh* What a fun day! :) The other package was sent by Randall's Uncle Ray and Aunt Sherrie who sent some adorable socks, slippers, a hat, and an outfit! I haven't got a chance to take any pictures, but I will here soon! All in all, week two has been as wonderful as the first. We're still so ecstatic to be parents, especially to our little guy!