The holidays made the life of blogging a little rough.
But, I'm determined to document this little angel if it kills me!
I just may have to combine the first couple of months in this post and do my best to touch on his milestones.
First of all, I must say, Russell has been nothing but pleasant surprises.
Everything about Russ is easy, and I'm telling you... it's impossible not to love him.
He has not rocked our boat like I thought 3 kids would.
He's only rocked mine in how smitten I am by him.
We got into a rhythm with him fast...and even my boys didn't go through many growing pains with a new brother.
It is really not an exaggeration to say that the first month of Russell's life he slept the ENTIRE time, and only woke up to eat... and even then...he was only partially awake.
I swear people did not believe me that he even had eyes.
At 2 weeks, he passed his doctor's appointment with flying colors. Phew!
After repeated billirubin tests at the hospital, we were in the clear there!
Hearing finally passed!
The bump on his head that we had worried about in the hospital was almost all the way gone as well, and he had gained 8 oz since leaving the hospital!
Weight: 7.8 oz (29%)
His belly button finally fell off after the doctor's visit, so it was finally bath time! Man, were his brother's excited!
Russell has loved his bath since day 1, and has never shed one single tear about it...except to get out!
Russell attended all of Jack's basketball games, saw all the boys' holiday programs, weathered the family party scene through Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, has helped in Jack and Tucker's classes, has been my dinner date with friends, been to several movies, slept at the cabin, and has been on endless shopping excursions. This boy knows how to GO!
He's also been passed around to his sweet cousins a fair amount of times :)
Jack has really stepped up in the big brother role. He loves helping bathe Russell, and loves holding him-- especially up on his shoulder like this.
Not only is Russell lucky to have 4 incredible grandparents in his life, he also has 2 incredible great-grandparents. One special night, we were able to visit Grandpa Sherm and Grandma Yvonna and he loved basking in their saintliness.
Finally, as the weeks passed on...we started seeing his eyes a little more and more!
And man are they blue!
At about 5 weeks, Russell started smiling.
It felt so early... maybe because he smiled SO MUCH.
And these weren't just gassy smiles, he was responding!
From very early, Russell seemed to connect with his eyes and react.
And, I have just about 999 other smiling photos to prove it.
Now, shall we talk about this kid and his nighttime sleep?
There has literally never been a night when we have been up with a crying baby.
WHAT!?!
He wakes up to eat...falls right back to sleep.
He has never woken up more than 3 times in a 12 hour period, and that was in his first week of life.
After 2-3 weeks, Russ man was able to sleep 6 hours without eating, and often only wakes up only one time in 12 hours.
He sleeps looooooong in the morning while I'm running around, and still snoozes a decent amount through the day. There's been no need for a rigid schedule, because hes so happy and content, and sleeping so much on his own... he's got it figured out!
Told you. Golden child.
Just taking a quick catnap in Tuck's bed while mom cleans up.
The sleeping pics are endless, too...because he does it A LOT!
Russ man is thriving.
At his 2 month appointment all was just great.
He even started a little cold before Christmas and fought it off all on his own.
That scared me...but, I'm so glad to know he can fight these germs his sweet older brothers bring home!
At 2 Months:
Weight: 11.09 lb (27.6%)
Russell is strong, starting to hold his head up, and his hair is starting to grow back on the top of his head :)
He melts me every single day.
Oh, and did I mention...
He's a total mama's boy.
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