Greetings from Noah

Noah just wanted to say happy birthday to one of his favorite people.

  

2 Week Inspection

Noah went to see the doctor today for his 2 week checkup. We were told at our last appointment that they wanted him to be back up to his birth weight by 2 weeks. Today he weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces! I guess that means that breastfeeding is working! :) Everything else checked out great as well- the doctor said that he looks perfect (we already knew that, but it was nice to hear it from a professional). Noah also got his Hepatitis B shot today. He didn't really appreciate the nurse sticking that needle into his leg, but fortunately he didn't cry too much.
Today was day two of staying home by myself. It was quite a challenge to get him ready for the doctor's office and get myself ready. I am becoming an expert at speed showering. I also learned that I am not a fan of driving him around in the car by myself. He had a complete melt down on the ride home and there wasn't anything I could do about it. So I was sweating trying to get home as quickly (and safely) as possible. I don't think we will be venturing out by ourselves again any time soon.

Gifts from St. Louis

Here is Noah with a gift from our good friends Alison and Chris:

 

I would like to say a great big thank you to everyone who has been so generous to us... it lets us know how much this kid is going to be loved.

Yesterday was Sherry's first real day alone and she came through with flying colors. She even got to shower! But being a decendent of Pearl she also managed to clean the kitchen, vaccuum the floors and did some laundry. She is crazy. 

Texas Tureman Visit

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Although they live in Virginia, the constanance of Texas Tureman requires that I still refer to Shawn, Regina and Jack as the TTs. All three of them were in town over the weekend to make sure we were raising little Noah up right. Jack seemed to like Noah and only got slightly jealous at the amount of attention that Regina was giving to Noah. Wonder how he is going to do once Regina has her second? We didn't do much as Sherry and I are still timid... but we did take Noah on his first public outing to The Loop, and also walked him up to the local school yard so that Jack could play on the playground and Shawn and Ben could play Horse.