Introducing....Me!

 Hi!  I'm Andrew.  I was born on January 18th at 12:20 a.m. after a very quick labor.  Mommy's water broke around 6:15 p.m. and Mommy and Daddy got to the hospital around 7:30 p.m.  Mommy wasn't having any regular contractions so they just kind of hung out in the hospital room.  It was getting close to bed time and the nurse suggested Mommy take some medicine to help her sleep.  Mommy thought she didn't need it and tried to go to sleep.  Well she was wrong and was unable to sleep due to uncomfortable contractions so she called the nurse in to get the medicine.  Not long after getting the medicine, contractions got much stronger and Mommy was ready for her epidural.  Unfortunately it takes about 20 minutes of getting IV fluids before you can get an epidural and by that time I was ready to make my appearance into the world! So no drugs for Mommy!  I came out screaming!  I weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21 inches long. 

 I got my first bath shortly after being born.  I was NOT a big fan of the bubble bath.  Mommy was jealous that I got to have a nice bath.  She wasn't allowed out of bed to bathe until Friday night and had to settle for a sponge bath. 

 I was very alert for several hours after being born.  Then I enjoyed my first meal and settled in for a long nap.  Being born is exhausting!

 After my extended nap I got to meet my big sister Megan for the first time.  I think she likes me.  She loves giving me kisses and holding me. 

 My grandma got to hold me too.  She seems pretty nice. I think I'm going to like her too!

 Later our friends Matt and Diane along with Nolan and Logan came to visit us.  I've heard so much about them. Unfortunately I was soo sleepy that I slept through their entire visit. 

 Daddy and me!

 The next day I got to meet my uncle Steve.  I got my middle name from him!  He took lots of great pictures of Megan and me.

 Can you feel the love?

 My family!

 A sleepy me

 More cuddles from Megan

 Here I am ready to go home!

 All bundled up!  It was really really really cold outside. 

 

 Here I am having my first bath at home.  I did pretty well with not too much crying. 

All nice and clean after my bath! 

Additional stuff!

• At discharge, I weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces.  Two days later at my followup appointment I weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces.
• On Friday I had my circumcision.  I weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces (only 2 ounces away from my birth weight) so the doctor was happy about that.  I did very well with my procedure.  I ended up falling asleep during it.  The cheeks rubbing and sugar water I got to slurp on really made me feel good.  My parents felt less bad about the procedure after finding out I fell asleep during it.  I've done really well since.
• I'm sleeping "ok" at nights.  Some nights are better than others.  My parents are excited for the day when I sleep in some longer stretches and eat a little faster. 
• I'm doing really well with nursing and I don't seem to have the spitting up issues my sister had as a baby so my parents are hopeful I will be much less barfy than Megan. 
• We managed to all make it to church on Sunday. I was very alert at the beginning when I got to meet a lot of people.  I made it all the way to the sermon before I let out a loud cry and Mommy whisked me out to feed me. 

That's it from me!