Xander: Week 2

Week 2 brought with it plenty more firsts for lil' Xander. He's a busy boy. :) And he's keeping momma (and daddy) on her (his) toes. Seriously.

This week he met Tia Carmen for the 1st time, and he just loved her. You can tell when he's comfy, and she definitley made him comfy. Guess it's all the practice she has from work. :)


We were also lucky enough to have meals from church start this week, which was awesome since Mike went back to work mid-week and time is precious. We have 10 days worth of yummy meals being prepared daily by different couples in our FUN Young Couples class. What a blessing! Then again, it's also requiring me to start thinking about losing the baby weight a little later than I would have normally thought. But who can resist mexican casserole, chicken spaghetti and tons of homemade desserts. Yum! People have also been great about not needing to come in or hold Xander, etc. I'm guessing it's the current flu season, but people have been very respectful of our/his space.

Wednesday we had Xander's urologist appt. Basically, we didn't get him circumcised in the hospital because his pediatrician thought we should have a pro (in that area) look at his penis because the scrotum is attached just a smidge too high. Looks like lil' Xander will be fully intact until 6 months old when we'll have to put him under with general anesthesia so they can circumcise him properly. I'm a bit nervous about it, but the urologist assures me that babes do quite well being put under at that age. Lots of prayers please -- both now and in April. Here we are on the way to the urologist with monkey:


Friday's appt, which I discussed in another post, was a total success, and his weight gain is superb (8lb, 4oz). Here we are at the appt:


It was also recommended that we start doing tummy time with him to build up some strength. Now the doc assured me that he wouldn't like this at all and that we should just keep him at it until he begins to cry. Well, our little guy is apparently out of the norm because he fell right to sleep and didn't think twice about it. Whoops! Too cute:


This week also brought with it his first full bath since he lost his umbilical cord on Sunday and didn't yet get circumcised (we'd thought perhaps they'd do it in the office on Wed). He seemed to really enjoy it, and it became a family event with Oscar taking part, as well. How many people/canines does it take to wash one small infant!?! ;)






Lastly, we had his newborn photos taken today with Andrea Gayle. I'll post the link as soon as I have them available. The idea was to capture those wonderful lil' sleeping, naked baby photos where they scrunch up into a nice lil' ball. Well, Xander took it upon himself to stay wide (and I mean WIDE) awake for the entire 3+ hour photo shoot. But he was still totally cute, and hopefully she got some good photos. Andrea is awesome! She'll be doing his every 3 month photos for the 1st year of life. Can't wait.

Just a few additional photos of Xander for fun:


Playing with daddy on Nov 1st


Do you like my hair?

Hope everyone is well! Oh, and check out prior posts from this week -- I've added some pics. :) And obviously even more pics can be found on ofoto in the Week 2 photo album. :)

xoxo -
Vicky