Benjamin is a Week Old!

Wow...Benjamin is a week old! I can hardly believe it. He seems bigger already! He is very alert at times and sleepy at others and as far as we can tell, he loves daylight. He is already good at holding up his head when he's laying on his tummy for 'tummy time,' and he already rolls himself over to his side! We had to buy a styrofoam baby sleeping roll-over blocker to stop him from rolling over in his sleep! So, we are adjusting and things get better and better every day! We are having so much fun with this little man! Last night was the first night he slept for 3 consecutive hours a few times in row. He slept from 6:30-9:30p.m., woke up to eat, slept again from about 10:30-12:00a.m., woke up to eat, and then slept from 1:30-4:30a.m, and then woke up to eat. After that, Steve took over so I could sleep until about 8:00a.m. Honestly, what a blessing that was! So that means I got a bunch of sleep! I feel like a new woman!

Benjamin has had a few visitors already! Our friends were here to celebrate Rachel's graduation (she's Dr. Rachie now!) and they delivered us a mountain of food and had a great time meeting lil' Benjamin! The picture of him with three lovely ladies is him with his Aunt Nicky, Aunt Rachel and Aunt Maikke. They put a fake mustache on Benjamin and we came out with a 'gangsta' shot, complete with the east side gang sign...yes, we put the 'stache on him, but he added the gang sign on his own. Do I spy an improv actor in our midst? :) The other pics: Benjamin was jaundice when he was born so we had to put him on a uv ray light; that's the picture of him sleeping next to a glowing light. Then, we have him in his swing looking like a little munchkin! And last but not least we have him in his b-ball outfit that he got from his our friend Catherine and baby Jordan shoes from his Uncle JB; complete with the look of watching the ball go in the basket! Benjamin is a natural in front of the camera!