Waiting...

After Monday, LJ let us know that he was mad at us for putting him through the circumcision. He quit taking his bottles, which set us back quite a bit. He had been up to 6 a day, but he went down to 1.5. As of today, he is taking 4 again. He seems to be feeling much better.  We are back to just being happy with being home by Thanksgiving! I would have been 36 weeks pregnant now, but LJ is 6.5 weeks old. As of today, he weighed 6lbs. 3oz. I have no clue how long he is because they don't take that measurement regularly, but he is a long, long baby...must take after his Grandpa Evensen. He is finally getting some meat on his bones though...I think he has his first baby rolls on his legs!

We did get good news that Matt's parents are coming from Kansas for Thanksgiving.  After that, Matt's best friend, TJ, and his wife, Shawna, are coming to visit for a few days...we haven't seen them since TJ married us over a year ago.  Then, right after that, Matt's sister, Jenny, is coming for a visit for about 10 days.  We couldn't be more excited to get them all down here to meet our little guy before the end of the year!

We had been allowed to only hold LJ when he was eating if the nurses let us, but as the weeks have gone by, we have sort of gotten more comfortable with holding him when we want to. It has made it much easier on us because there isn't a worse feeling than not being allowed to hold him when he is crying...now we just scoop him up instead of asking for permission.  I have realized that if the nurses don't think you know what you are doing, they say something, but if you act like you do, they won't say anything. I don't have a clue what I am doing, but I pretend I do :) This means that on Thursday my Mom got to hold him for the first time, and on Saturday my Dad did.  It's crazy to think that it took Grandma and Grandpa over 6 weeks to be able to hold LJ! My sister has been sick and so has my nephew, Sam, so unfortunately they haven't gotten to see much of LJ. We can't wait for Sam to meet LJ one day soon!

We were looking at the calendar today...sometimes it seems like only yesterday our little guy joined us, and in other ways, it feels like it has been forever! It has been almost 2 months since I went into the hospital. LJ was born 6.5 weeks ago! He will be 2 months old before we know it! When he gets home we will be the most prepared parents ever...it seems like we are at Babies R Us every other day for something new we have thought of needing. The hardest part is figuring out clothes. With him being born so early, the traditional sizes don't match...we have no clue what sizes to buy him. This is where the "adjusted age" thing will come in.  When babies are born early, they have their gestational age and their adjusted age. For developmental purposes, they will go by his adjusted age until he is 2.  For example, most babies smile when they are about a month old. LJ will smile about a month after his due date...so by January 3, we should get his first smile. At the hospital, they still refer to him as being 36 weeks because that is how long I would have been pregnant if I had him today.  Not being a math person, it's all going to confuse me at some point!