One Month Check-up

Hugo is officially one month old today.

Yay, Hugo! You survived a month with parents who don't know what they're doing!!

Good for him. :)

I took him to the doctor yesterday for his one month wellness check. And he is doing wonderfully! I'm usually worrying that he's not getting enough milk when he nurses (because he falls asleep sooo easily!!), but all my fears were put to rest. Here are his stats:

weight: 11 lbs 1 oz 75th percentile
length: 23 1/4" 95th percentile!!!

I have a looong baby. The nurses kept asking where his length came from because obviously it's not from mom. But I assured them that this will probably be the only time in his life that he'll be one of the taller kids. Too bad he can't really enjoy it.

It was actually kind of funny because the nurse that was recording the measurements didn't quite believe the other nurse measured right so she measured him again and got a longer number! So, she stuck with the smaller measurement of the two.

I'm glad he's doing well and gaining weight. Here's what he's been up to lately:



Getting his hair combed. He loves it.



Playing with dad.



Being surprised by the camera






Getting sleepy...



Waiting for clean clothes with dad around 3 a.m.



This is a picture of him right now. Sleeping. :)

Hugolicious

So, life has been good lately. Hugo is doing really well. He's getting bigger every day and is staying awake a lot more now. He actually was awake for the majority of the afternoon today. I was really surprised. Hopefully he will sleep well tonight. Last night we had a relapse and he was awake for a few hours at 3 am.

Another cool thing is that he is starting to look like a baby and not so newborny. Not as squishy as before (although his cheeks are still quite squishy!). Hugo is starting to look like himself. Taylor and I love him. He is a great baby. Anyway, here is just a little bit of who I get to spend every minute of the day with. :)




I love my baby

Daddy and Hugo

Taylor celebrated his 25th birthday on Saturday! Hugo and I are so grateful to have Taylor in our lives. I couldn't ask for a better husband and partner and Hugo couldn't ask for a better daddy. Taylor makes me healthy smoothies (so I get my veggies in some way!), helps burp Hugo when I can't seem to get him to burp, and makes sure Hugo gets tummy time. So, thank you Taylor for all that you do for us!

A couple of shots of Taylor and Hugo:

Hugo is good at making those funny faces. :)






Hugo is so sweet asleep...

Swinging

Hugo has been doing really well lately. He had a couple of nights that he thought it was daytime, but its been improving. Yesterday, we went out and bought some batteries for Hugo's swing. We thought we'd try it out and I think he is a big fan. It's hard to read his newborn expressions. :)

The room was pretty dim. So, the video is a little dark.

Waking up with Hugo

I found some videos of Hugo. I'm pretty sure some of you may not find them all that interesting, but I love them. :)



Hugo is so cute. We just love him.

Sorry about the spit-up, but that's true life there. :)

Our little Hugo

So, life with Hugo is wonderful. I really like the slow-paced life. Everything in my life revolves around Hugo and I really love it. I love being a mother. Anyway, we went to Taylor's parents the other day to put up the Christmas Tree and make sugar cookies. Hugo slept for the most part. But he was awake for a little bit. Anyway, we are very happy with our little Hugo. I feel bad that we are going to get him circumcised here soon. I told Taylor I can't go to that one. I'm pretty sure I will cry. Actually, I'm positive that I will.



Hugo enjoys naps on the bed with mommy and daddy, but we have to be careful. He also has become really good at rolling onto his side.



Taylor loves to play with Hugo. :)



Hugo thinking.



One of the few family pictures we have. I love my new family.