Week 1

We survived our first week as parents! I don't know what we did to deserve such an easy baby (knock on wood), but I am thanking my lucky stars. Dallin is a great eater, sleeper, and just an overall happy little boy! We're not too sleep-deprived yet or overwhelmed at the prospects of parenting for the rest of our lives. I know it won't always be a walk in the park, but we are so grateful that the ease into parenthood has been gracious to us. I do have to give a shout-out to my sweet mother for taking care of dinners, cleaning, etc. for the last week :) Thanks Mom!

Dallin had his one week check-up yesterday, and this picture sums up how he felt about it...

The doctor just weighed and measured him, but he was not happy about being woken up for that. They said that they usually give babies two weeks to get back to their birth weight, but my little heavyweight is trying to jump the gun. He was 8 lbs. 3 oz. at birth, and one week later he's at 8 lbs. 11 oz! My baby boy is growing so fast!

Those first several days all he did was eat and sleep, but it's been fun to watch him become more alert as the days go on. We could stare at those big, beautiful eyes all day long!

 Auntie Nat thought this was a more fitting name than Nana :)

 Dallin with the famous purple cat >> this is for you sister!

 Sleeping with Daddy :)