Week Two

So, we've now made it through week two with Joshua. He seems to continue to do well. Andy was able to take a few hours off this morning to go to the pediatrician's office with us for our two week checkup. While he seems to be eating wonderfully, his weight was still below his birth weight. The doctor (ironically for the day, Dr. Gillespie) didn't seem very concerned, but we will be going back next Tuesday for another "weigh in". If nothing else, I think we know that he has inherited his daddy's metabolism :).

We've continued to have lots of visitors this week, including lots of family. My grandfather and uncle Johnny came by over the weekend along with our very close family friend who baby sat me growing up, Mo Batts. Chris &Julie and Eric & Joni Beth also came by again to see us along with my parents. Andy's cousin, Kim, and her boyfriend, Jay, came by to visit last night.

Others from our Sunday School class have continued to graciously bring us dinner, and we greatly appreciate the delicious food and the effort they've given to prepare it and bring it to us.

This afternoon, Andy's parents arrived to spend the weekend with us, and his mom will be able to stay all of next week, as her school is on spring break. We were certainly glad to see them again and to have their help over the coming days.

We've discovered a few exciting things this week. First, we've started putting Joshua on his stomach for "tummy time". Mostly he is not a big fan of this...which makes it a good tool for keeping him awake so he'll sleep at night :). Most of the time he does what some have jokingly called, "the faceplant". But, Joshua hated it so much at one point that he actually rolled from his stomach to his back. We were blown away, but he hasn't been able to repeat the success regularly, either.

He's also had a couple of better nights. After having "party time" between 10pm and 1am for several nights, he's finally gotten the idea that nighttime is for sleeping. While he's still getting up to eat about every three or four hours, he's sleeping most of the time in between. I feel very blessed (and much more rested) to have that improvement!