More pics...

In his burnt orange Univ. of Texas gear

Visiting aunts and uncles is always a fun thing to do :)

Some more tummy time shots.  He is getting much better at holding his head up and looking from side to side.

SMILE! :)

curious/surprised

Fists are the favorite thing to chew

It's summer!!!

Ok, so it's been summer-like here in San Antonio for a couple months already with temps in the 90's consistently for a while already. BUT, fun summer activities have just begun so it makes the heat seem more worth it. haha. This past week I had the opportunity to help with Bible School at our church.  I enjoy doing this every year but didn't think it would work with having Asher this year.  However, it worked out for Nam to stay at home with Asher while I went to Bible School each day but one.  One day I strapped Asher on in the baby carrier and he attended his first Bible School :) Fun was had by all, but by the end I was sweating because of the under-air conditioned church and the little furnace that is Asher's body strapped to me.  But he did a great job just wanting to look around and sleep.

We've also given Asher his first swimming experiences within the last week.  When he first gets in, he opens his eyes really wide because the temperature change surprises him, but he hasn't cried yet. He seems to enjoy it once we are bobbing him up and down, and he's floating around. Plus he's super cute in his swim attire and he knows it's going to be easy for him with the ladies this summer at the beach. haha.

Swimming with Mommy and Daddy

Oh! I almost forgot to say that he had his two month check-up at the doctor a couple weeks ago. He is gaining wight like a champ...honestly I don't know where he's getting it all from.  How can eating every 3-4 hours produce such weight?!  He was 13 lb. 8oz. and 24 in. long.  That puts him at 90th percentile for both weight and height.  Thanks to Nana, we are now calling him chunka munca (or chubba wubba...whatever I feel like at the time) :)  He also got his first immunizations and he was pretty miserable for the rest of the day.  Lots of holding and consoling was in order.  I felt badly for him, but it did serve to show me how good I have it on a normal day.  He's usually a very happy kiddo for the most part. He has his days, but he makes me smile and thank the Lord for our dear little one.

A good view of his chunkiness :)

Nam plays with Asher and talks to him constantly. It's like they have their own little communication system. They love to trill their lips at each other (raspberries). It makes Asher get a huge grin on his face and laugh every time :)

Daddy and Asher 

There's the update.  Sorry it's a little long, but it's been a while since I've had a chance to post anything.  Hope  you enjoy!!

7 weeks

8 weeks...stay tuned for a three month picture in a couple weeks!!

He loves his nightly showers

Look at him hold up that head!

Just plain cute :)

Happy Mother's Day!

This is a special Mother's Day.  Nam surprised me with a very sweet gift from Asher and him. It was a charm to add to the necklace he gave me when we first started dating 7 years ago. Little silver baby booties are now part of my necklace as well.  I think it's great that my necklace has started to tell a story about the most important boys in my life :)

Not only is it special because it is my very first Mother's Day, but I also get to spend it with my mom here in San Antonio.  And to get to spend it with her after the amazing help she's been over the past 3 weeks has made this day even more special.  Mom and Dad came to visit on April 19th. Dad got to stay a week and spend lots of time with Asher sleeping on his chest.  Mom has been able to stay longer to help me figure out what in the world I am doing with this new little life, and she's gotten to be the recipient of many of Asher's new smiles and coos.  He likes to tell her lots of stories during his happy/content moments after eating.  He also spends lots of hours snuggling in her arms.

Grampy and Asher bonding through a nap

Nana spent a TON of time in this rocking chair holding Asher

We caught Grampy and Asher in the same sleeping position :) Thanks to Aunt Marnie for the awesome Moses Basket Asher is sleeping in!!

He LOVES to mimic smiles now...especially after diaper changes and eating

Nam and I are loving seeing all the ways Asher is changing everyday.  I know Nam wishes he had more time to spend with him. One of the best times of the day are when Nam gets home from his graveyard shift and I've just finished feeding Asher. This is definitely Asher's favorite and happiest time of the day, and he usually has lots of smiles and sounds to make at Daddy :)

"Daddy, wake up! I want to coo at you!"  :)

Nam is especially good at the football hold

Asher loves tummy time and is starting to hold his own head up better than before, though I still get head butted a lot. It's great to see him developing and growing so well.  This Tuesday will be his 6 week birthday!!!

3 weeks old

4 weeks old

5 weeks old

Tummy Time

Equilibrium

Well, it's Anna again.  I don't know if my blog posts will be anywhere near as interesting as Nam's, but he is back to work and I finally feel like today is the first day that I can take a minute to get on the internet.  Asher is sleeping in his swing at the moment, so we will see if I can actually finish this blog post before he wakes up!

We were busy, busy this past week.  Nam's dad came to stay with us for a few days and got to spend a lot of time holding his only grandchild.  It was so neat to see, and Asher would just sit and look up at his grandpa for almost an hour at a time without fussing. I think everyone involved enjoyed it :)

Bonding for Nam's dad and Asher

They spent hours like this

Also, my sister Kim was in town for the past week helping us get adjusted to having our new little one.  She answered countless questions, completed lots of housework, made meals, snuggled with Asher for hours, and took the most awesome newborn pictures for us.  They still haven't been edited, but I will post the link to them once she completes work on them.

Aunt Kim enjoying one of many snuggle times

I'm very thankful today because we had a really good night last night.  I actually got a couple of chunks of sleep (2 hours at a time:)) and though that doesn't sound like much, it made me feel like a new woman.  Ha, ha!  I know every day will be different here for a while yet, but it does feel like for today we've reached a state of equilibrium where not everything feels like it's brand new and I don't know what I'm doing.  I feel like our little family has lived a couple months since Asher was born instead of 18 days.  But we know we are blessed with one of the sweetest little boys God could have given us.  We'll see what week 3 brings...I keep being told there are usually lots of changes around that time.  Now to look forward to my parents' visit as they arrive this coming Tuesday!!!  We are VERY excited :) 

Nam is in love with being a dad :)

Until Asher is old enough to smile, we are getting used to his frequent furrowed brows and scowls :)

STRETCH!  Look at those chubby knees!

This was the sweetest thing to see in person...made my day ~

We have named these the "crazy eyes".  He makes them a lot lately.

Asher. A week old.

Asher is back up to 7 lbs 11 oz.  That's pretty impressive considering babies need 2 weeks to get back up to birth weight.  Last night we cut the formula out of his diet now that Mama's producing enough milk.  Hopefully getting rid of formula will make his poops less stinky.  So far he's projectile-pooped on mom and peed on dad twice each (can't wait until we can use the "pee-pee teepee").  He has also picked up the habit of acting hungry after he's eaten and not wanting to sleep for longer than 1.5 hours.  We are very fortunate for all the friends and family bringing by food to keep us from going hungry.  Tomorrow night, we have a professional photographer (Kim Johnson) come in to take pictures of Asher.  She takes amazing newborn (and wedding) portraits and happens to be Asher's aunt.  We are very excited.

Sleeping in the cars seat/stroller after a walk.

This swing was a great investment.

See above.

He makes the best faces.

Pee-pee Teepee

Holding mom's hand.

 

Videos

Here are the videos I have been meaning to post:

Getting checked by the nurses:

First Bath - He has a healthy set of lungs.  It looks like the nurse is getting dangerously close to bumping him into the faucet:

Asher making cute noises:

By the way, Asher projectile-pooped on Mama.  Sorry, I don't have video of that.

NP

More wet and dirty diapers, please.

It's not often that you want dirty diapers, but for us it means that Asher is getting enough to eat and that he is clearing the bilirubin in his system.  The first night at home, we were getting up every 15 minutes to feed him.  His appetite came before his mother's milk arrived.  He did not make any dirty diapers the first night.  While he was in the hospital, he dropped from 7 lbs 13 oz to 7 lbs 6 oz which is normal, but then dropped further to 7 lbs even.  Yesterday, we went to the pediatrician and found out that he dropped even further to 6 lbs 12 oz.  At this point we were even more concerned, but the pediatrician came up with a plan that included pumping and supplementing with formula.  Last night we combined breast feeding and formula to top him off.  He was able to sleep for two hours between feedings and make 3 wet and poopy diapers.  We were happy to be disturbed by crying, because we knew he was getting healthier with each feeding and dirty diaper.  This morning we took him to the pediatrician for a weight check and are happy to report that he is up to 7 lbs 2 oz.

Mommy and Asher time.

Daddy doing his part.

Band-aid from his bilirubin test.

Finally, pics of the only one getting rest:

Videos coming soon... (as soon as I figure out how)

NP