ONE MONTH!

How can Haven already be a month old? Well today he's actually 5 weeks old; life is crazy with 2 and finishing up this post has taken forever!  Man this month has flown by.  Well, sort of.  Looking back I can't believe a month ago Haven entered the world.   However, many days this past month have seemed loooooong.  I read a quote on a friend's facebook page about time when you're a parent: "The days are long and the years are short" Isn't that a PERFECT depiction for parenthood?  I can't believe Haven is already 1 month!!  We survived a month with a newborn and a toddler.  Whew!  At the beginning I wasn't sure it was possible.

Back to Haven.  He is quite simply - PERFECT!  He's a great eater; he eats 8 times per day roughly every 3 hours.  At night he'll maybe go 4-5 hours between feedings,but usually he sticks closer to 3.  The past few nights he's had a longer stretch (a little over 5 hours) and then the rest of the night I was up and down with him.....sigh!  One step forward, 2 steps back.   I was reading one of my books and it says at 6 weeks newborns nervous systems settle in enough that they can go longer stretches.... yay! Oh my goodness how'd I could use some prolonged sleep :)  

Haven is a BIG BOY!  I took him to the Dr at 3.5 weeks because he might have a touch of reflux (which he has meds for and I think it's helping).  When they weighed him he was 10 lb 14oz!  In a week and a half he put on a pound an a half. Wow!  You'd think with that crazy amount of weight gain he's a crazy eater - but he isn't.  He is also very spitty and sometimes I wonder if he kept much down.  He obviously is!  He's topping the charts in the 85-90th percentiles.   He outgrew newborn clothes and diapers weeks ago. I was sad after only wearing his newborn stuff for a couple weeks I had to put it away.

Who does Haven look like???  

Here's Haven on his 1 Month Birthday:

Here's Jillian as a newborn.  I think they look more alike than not....

In other news, I've busted out the double stroller!  It seems HUGE compared to a single, but I did tons of research and I'm so glad I picked this one.  I can use it around town and as a jogging stroller.  

Here are my work out buddies.  I started "jogging" (really it's mostly walking with jogging mixed in) to get back in shape.  Jillian is a great little coach.  Every time I walked she'd yell "Run Mommy, faster!"  

Jillian loves this stroller.  She was totally relaxed eating her cheerios and milk and Haven was zonked.  

I love starting the day this way!