One Month old!

I can't believe this cutie is already a month old! Time can slow down.  At one month old Noah is:

8lbs 4 ounces

21 Inches long

We finally exceeded birth weight at 3 weeks old!

I am still home on maternity leave, Tavid was home for 3 weeks and went back to work January 11th. I didn't realize how much I relied on him with Noah. Any time I needed help getting ready to nurse Noah, or get me a snack while I was nursing or water, he was there to help me. So when he went back to work it tok a lot more preparation on my part to have everything I needed during my nursing sessions. The first week was an adjustment but we figured it out!

While Daddy was off work, we enjoyed adjusting to our new life and spent time seeing a few people!

Noah got to meet his friends Addi and Peyton, as well as all his Aunties and Uncles! They all stopped by the house for a bit so we could get our picture as well as exchange some christmas gifts!

Cassie, Addi, Stacy, Peyton, Me, Noah, Katie and in utero Jeremy!

Birth order! Addi, Peyton and Noah

Shalena, William, Cassie, Addi, Abbi, Stacy, Peyton, Kylan, Me, Noah, Katie and Jeremy in utero!

A few days later we had Noah's newborn pictures taken. He was a natural and did so great! Here's a few of our favorites!

We also got a visit from some amazing ladies! Auntie Shonna, Marette and Lindsay came down to visit and meet Noah! Of course he stole their hearts! It was so great to see them and I was so appreciative that they came down to Owatonna to visit and meet Noah!

Shonna, Me, Noah, Linds, in utero Liam and Marette

New Years Eve was low key for us, we had our friends Mursh's birthday party, where of course Noah got swooned over. Noah and I headed home early but Tavid hung out a bit to get some quality adult time with his friends.

After a few weeks at home all day every day, we decided that we needed a little adventure and headed to the MOA to walk and just get out of the house.  It was so nice to just walk around and get some different scenery.

I also received Noah's stool with his name in a puzzle! I have one like this from when I was a little girl, so I spent a lot of time looking on etsy to see if I could find one kind of like mine for him. As one of my baby shower gifts, my friends Marette, Lindsay and Shonna gave me a gift card, and I knew I wanted to use that towards it.  It turned out so good and even has a plaque on it with a note from the girls!

All in all, our first month was pretty great! Not much sleep going on but thats to be expected right! :) After a few weeks Noah adjusted pretty well and slipped into a pattern of sleeping a stretch of 4-6 hours and then waking for a feeding, and then would go back down for 3-4 more hours. Could have been worse! :)

Here's some more pictures of our little guy!

Noah is on the top, my baby picture is on the left and Tavid is on the right. Who does he look like? I think Daddy but all that hair is from momma!

He loves riding the roller coaster of sleep haha!

One week old!

I can't believe this little cutie is already a week old! A lot has happened this first week, we spent our first few days recovering in the hospital but we got to go home on Wednesday December 21st.  Which gave us a few days at home to settle in before Christmas.  Noah was supposed to be born on Christmas eve, so we were glad when he came early so that he could celebrate Christmas with us also! We also appreciated not being in the hospital over the holiday! :) We had a few Christmas' to attend, and it was a little bit of a challenge to navigate getting everything together with a new baby, but we made it!

Noah's First Christmas!

On Christmas Eve in the morning we did our family christmas. We have a tradition where we make Christmas Eve lunch and use my Grandma Stransky's china. It was something I used to do with my parents, that we have carried on the tradition. This year was a bit crazy with a new baby, so Tavid took on a lot of the cooking and we choose to not use the china this year, next year though! Noah had a few outfit changes for the holiday, here was his first outfit!

After lunch we went out to my Aunts house so that we could get Noah's picture with Santa.

 Noah and Santa

 Daddy, Mommy, Noah and Santa

 Noah with some of his cousins, Aza, Ryan and Liam and Santa

 Noah and his Godparents Nick and Tarra

We then went to his mom's house for Christmas Eve dinner and opening gifts. Noah got some pretty great stuff! :) 

 Outfit change #2! He got this one form Grandma. :)

 4 Generations

 Noah and his cousins Morgen and Teagen

 Grandpa, Grandma, Morgen, Teagen and Noah

 Great Grandpa and Grandma Francis, Morgen, Teagen and Noah

Daddy, Mommy and Noah

We had a great Christmas Eve and Noah did great, considering that we had such a busy day. 

Christmas Day started out at Tavid's Dad and Stepmoms house for Christmas with them, Noah also got some great gifts at this Christmas!

 Outfit #3

 Noah and Grandma Caswell

 Noah and Grandpa Caswell

 Noah and Grandpa and Grandma Caswell

 Daddy, Mommy, Noah, Grandma and Grandpa

 Mommy, Daddy, Noah, Grandpa and Auntie Kayla

 Mommy, Daddy and Noah

 Outfit #3 (we had to change to this early cause of a little blowout haha)

After Christmas Morning with Grandpa and Grandma Caswell, we went out to my Family Christmas.

 Dana, Sue and Noah

Mike, Patty and Noah

Noah was a trooper through all of the holidays, but we were looking forward to having a few days of nothing after an eventful first week!  Here are a few more pictures of his first week!

 Noah and Daddy - Noah would calm down instantly when Tavid would put his finger in his mouth, it also helped Noah to work on his sucking reflux for nursing

 Brody wasn't so sure about Noah at first

 A better picture of his going home outfit!

 All cozy

Wide awake