Week 4 - First milestones

On Sunday, Jay will officially be one month old, which means I'm one month closer to finally getting a smile from the little grump.

Week 4 Picture

This month has been both harder and easier than I expected. At its worst, having a newborn really is, well, the worst. Yet, those moments when it's at its best are hard to beat. Settling into our new lives as parents has come a lot more naturally for Kimbre and I than I thought it would. We learned really quickly what lifestyle changes are needed to make this new existence work and, at least for the most part, the transition have been seamless.

Bath

This milestone also marks the first time I've been able to detect in him a noticeable physical change. The picture below shows the onesie that was big on him during his ride home from the hospital can barely contain him now.

Milk drunk

This is a big deal since spending every day with the little man makes it hard for me to see that he's growing. Now, I can finally move on from surviving the day-to-day exhaustion of a new baby and begin to start day-dreaming about the future. I'm officially on the schedule to start teaching classes at Oregon State in July which also has given me something concrete to look forward to. I can't wait to taking Jay fishing, to the beach, and eventually snowboarding near our new Oregon home. We will have a lot of exploring to do and it will be fun sharing those experiences with my little boy

The future looks bright. There's certainly a lot of tough days ahead but I'm not thinking about those now. For better or for worse, he's only going to be this small once.