Figuring out Paul

As new parents, things are going as well as can be expected, I think. It has been an amazing and occasionally frustrating 10 days as we try to figure out this new little person. Overall, Paul has been a good baby--he is a great eater (and pooper) and doesn't cry much except when we change his diaper or he is very hungry. Well, that is, he doesn't cry much during the day. We have been having lots of problems getting him to sleep at night because he would rather sleep on his stomach (preferably on John). The whole "back to sleep" thing has been keeping us awake for hours at night, and sometimes Paul only makes it 10 minutes or less before he begins protesting.

BUT last night he had a great night. I was still up every 2 hours to feed him, but I expect that...it was heavenly to actually sleep in between feedings rather than spend the entire night trying to get him to fall back asleep. I feel like a new person today--even though I still probably only got about six or seven hours of sleep total. Here's hoping that Paul has turned over a new leaf and that there will be more good nights than bad ones in the upcoming weeks.

Anyway, here are a couple more pictures of our cute little guy.

What we wish Paul would do more of...sleeping on his back in his bassinet

Grandma Cindy knit some very beautiful warm alpaca booties that he has been wearing over his pajamas now that he has stretched his feet out a bit (like his mom, his hands and feet are always cold). John really liked the "retro" look we had going on yesterday--the orange striped halloween pajamas and brown booties.