Xander: Week 4

Week 4 (Nov 21st)-- almost one month old -- wow!

Last Sunday (15th), Xander went to his first bonfire with mommy and daddy at their friend's (John and Jill) house. We roasted marshmallows and made smores. I know that Xander is going to just love camping out and making smores when he gets older. We kept him warm for now in his teddy bear jumper. With mommy and daddy:



On Monday (16th), grandma Terri dressed Xander all by herself and made him look quite spiffy in his Uggs (courtesy of cousin Isabel). A bit Erkel-ish, but very cute. Do you like them? :)



On Thursday (19th), grandma Terri bought Xander a new hat. Isn't it cute? Perfect for momma's "baby bear".



He also spent lots of time with big brother, Oscar. Oscar just adores X. They're going to be the best of friends when X is older.



On Friday (20th), Xander got to meet Grandpa Tony. My dad arrived on Friday for Thanksgiving week. Grandma Letty was supposed to come as well, but she had to stay home to take care of Zeke, the doggie. Zeke, unfortunately, passed away on Sunday (Nov 22nd) and Letty will be arriving on Tuesday to celebrate Thanksgiving with us and meet Xander. Rest in peace, Zeke.

Grandpa and X got to spend lots of time together playing and napping...


Other thoughts:

Our lil' guy is becoming so much more alert this week. It's amazing to watch his eyes focus and wonder what he's thinking about or, in some cases, staring at...lights, reflections, contrasts.

I think Kate jinxed us. On Tuesday, Xander and I went to lunch with her and Matthew and she mentioned that he didn't have any baby acne. Basically, red bumps caused by my hormones working themselves through his little body. At the time, he didn't! Well, wouldn't you know that when we woke up on Wed. morning he had it! Seriously. Grr...It comes and goes, but seems not to hurt or bother him despite how it looks. Oh well! Should be gone soon.

Xander is in size 1 diapers this week. You may ask, "weren't you using cloth diapers?" and the answer is "yes"...BUT the disposible are sooo easy that they slowly became our "go to" at night and now even during the day. His newborn cloth diapers leave a heavy imprint on his little booty, so it makes us not want to use them. When we go up in size, I am going to try and move back into cloth. We hadn't bought the next sizes yet in cloth, so we have some time to figure out what we want to do.

xoxo -

Vicky