Oh how we love our Rory

Well, 5 weeks in and I couldn't ask for anything more than I have in my life right now.  These past 5 weeks have truly been the happiest of my life.  I can't explain it.  Before, if I had designed my favorite weeks, I probably wouldn't have chosen to fill them with severe sleep deprivation, hundreds of poopy diapers, and 5 hours a day spent breastfeeding.  But, now, I would take these three things for the rest of my life to experience the joy that our baby boy has brought us.  He doesn't smile yet, or roll over, or communicate in any way other than to shriek, but we could just hold him and stare at him and take pictures of him all day long.

He has had some noticeable changes in his short life so far.  He certainly is gaining weight, mostly in his belly and cheeks.  He's easily fitting into the newborn clothes now and even growing out of some.  It is amazing that there is no standard for baby clothes sizes.  Some newborn things might fit him in 3 months, others I can barely squeeze him into.  His blue eyes are big and open more and more each day.  In the last week, I have seen a tremendous change in how he looks at us.  You can tell he is really focusing on our faces, and holds his eyes there longer.  We're excited that as of yet he still has all of his hair, and in fact, I think it's growing.  He is stubborn like his mom and sweet like his dad.  And it is quite amazing that without saying a word or walking an inch,  Rory makes all the decisions in our house.

I won't lie, we are pretty tired.  Rory isn't so keen on sleeping during the hours that Joe and I are used to.  We're trying to adjust, but the world doesn't operate on baby time.  So you either give up being a part of the world, or walk around very tired.  We're trying to find the happy medium, and we just aren't there yet.  In the meantime, I've taken up a new addiction of watching The Biggest Loser and LOVE the show.  For better or worse, the episodes are almost an hour and a half each, so it certainly passes the time in the middle of the night.  Plus, it makes me really want a personal trainer...unfortunately that's not in our new Rory budget.

I honestly can't believe that it's already been 5 weeks.  I wish I could capture this time, put it in a jar, and get a taste of it whenever I wanted...because it's just the best.  Since I can't stop time, I take pictures instead.  We are certainly capturing Rory as he changes!  Here's a few of our newest favorites.  And check out the post below to see how much Rory's cousin Eli loves him.

Thank you all for all of your love, cards, generous gifts, phone calls and video chats.  We are looking forward to a visit from Sandy and Larry in 2 weeks, and then to come to the midwest for Christmas!

So much to be thankful for this year.

Love,

Robyn