One Month Old

Wow, I can't believe one month ago my sweet little boy was born, my how time flies. I just want to stop time and keep him little. He's just the most precious thing in this world and sometimes I still feel like he's not even mine. Kind of like I've been babysitting for a month but in reality he's all mine and I'm loving EVERY minute of it! It just took us so long to get to this point I think that's why I feel like this.

Here's our little guy on his one month birthday and it's such a special day because today Tom and I have been married 3 years! Again, how time flies!

There were just too many cute pictures I couldn't decide on one so you got a few more of Cooper.

Some of the things I want to remember from Cooper's first month of life:

• He is wearing Pampers size NB still, I have tried the Huggies size NB just because I got a pack from one of our Grandparents, however they seem to be bigger than the Pamper's brand and they just weren't as snug, so Pampers diapers it is! The way he's growing I think he might be out of this size in a few weeks.
• He is sleeping in our room in a bassinet, we have a bassinet that has an incline to it and once we put that on he slept much better, he's not a fan of lying on his back on a flat surface.
• We don't have much of a sleep schedule, we go on whatever Cooper wants, however once we get to bed around 10 or 11:00 he seems to sleep until 4:00am, know matter what time we go to bed it's always around 4am that he wakes up to eat. It's funny because when I was pregnant that was one time I always got up to go to the bathroom so it's not a shock to me that this is the time he wakes up to eat. 
• We got the feeding down in bed, he lays next to me and I feed him, it seems to work out great because I can kind of doze off while he's eating then once he's done and fallen back asleep I can just lay him back in his bassinet.
• After his 4am feeding he'll go back to sleep until 6:30 or 7:00 we'll feed in bed again and once daddy comes homes I put him back in the bassinet until he wakes up, usually 8:30 or 9:00 then we get up for the day.
• Him and I will take a long nap together usually around 9 or 10 and we'll snuggle on the couch together and take a 1 to 2 hour nap, this is one of my favorite times of the day, because whether or not he's tired, and I usually am, but he'll just lay there with me like he's letting me take a nap, he's so sweet.
• He has the skinniest legs and arms and boy are they hairy!
• He has been breastfed exclusively - no formula! I'm so excited about this and it's going great. 
• He got his first taste of a bottle last night while mommy Jazzercised. I pumped before going, I only got an ounce out because I did feed him about 45 minutes before I left for Jazzercise. I told Tom just in case he gets fussy to try and give him a bottle, well he did and he ate up that ounce and Tom said he was still fussy so he got a bag out of the freezer and warmed that up, 3 ounces, and he ate that right up too. I guess I didn't feed him enough before I left. But he took the bottle great! Momma was a little sad but I'm glad Tom got to feed him.
• He DOES NOT like to be on his changing table, nor does he like his diaper changed. I've gotten pretty quick about it and good at changing him laying on his side. 
• He also doesn't like to be naked, one time, a couple of days ago after his bath he was happy naked but I'm working on it.
• Oh and baths, the first 2 weeks were very rough, we put the sling in the sink in the kitchen but he didn't like it at all. Once we moved to the tub he liked it much better, still not his favorite but as long as I keep him warm with the water and washcloth he doesn't seem to mind it.
• He likes sleeping on his side, it doesn't matter what side but he doesn't seem to like it on his back.
• He loves his car seat, well once we get him in there and moving, whether us carrying him in his car seat or once we finally get in the car and moving he just looks around and loves it. I've only had one time where he was fussy and it was because he was hungry.
• He loves to be held and we love to hold him, especially his big sister! She'll come home from work and if she could she'd hold him all night long. Big brother on the other hand, he'll hold him as long as he's not crying but not usually for a long time. But he's always around "talking" to him, its so cute.
• He's awake for a good couple of hours in the morning and the evening, usually after our nap in the morning and again when daddy wakes up and at night before we go to bed.
• Tummy time is not his favorite time of the day, we need to work on this.
• He loves his swing when he's awake, if we put him in while he's sleeping he seems to wake up, so we put him in his bouncer when he's sleeping and he'll sleep for a good 2 hours.
• He's a snorter, just like his momma, when he gets angry he will snort, it's so funny and cute. Especially when he's hungry and trying to eat and he'll get frustrated or something and just snort and make funny noises. 
• When I watch him sleep he'll make funny faces and I'll talk to him and he'll smile, it just melts my heart, but I can't wait to see this when he's awake.

I could go on and on, this little guy has changed our lives and I wouldn't take it back for anything. I can't wait to see what month number 2 brings. I'm sure hoping to get lots of smiles!

Here is the way he's usually on his changing table, I tried to get some pictures of him on his back but it wasn't working.

And a cute one of him in his car seat, we just got back from Grandma and Grandpa's, we ate supper up there. This is his new favorite blankie, he found this in his bed the other day when I put him in there while I went to the bathroom. 

Here is how Cooper and I nap in the mornings, we are on the couch, I usually just snuggle right up to him, it's awesome!

And this is what I woke up to this morning, Tom picked some lilac's for me, they smelled so good!
Happy Anniversary Honey! I love you!