5 Weeks Old

Another week has gone by and Max is getting bigger. Every morning I pick him up and he gets heavier every time. He is really chunking up. We took him to his one month check-up on Monday and he weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces and was 22 inches long. I was shocked at how much longer he is now than when he was born. The nurse seemed to think that they didn’t measure him right in the hospital, but I believe that he has grown a few inches. One of our milestones this week is that we had to retire our favorite pair of pajamas. I was putting him in the other night and Eric said they were too small. I said they weren’t but once I got them on really good, I saw that they were getting pretty tight. He used to curl his legs up inside his pajamas and now he can barely stretch his legs out in them. He is growing! But, even with him growing out of some clothes, he is growing into others.  He’s also starting to really focus on things too. And, we are starting to see more of a personality develop and more funny sounds coming from him. My favorite is when he is nursing and he lets out the cutest little sighs. He is so precious!

We are looking forward to our trip to Texas. This time next week, we’ll be on the road headed south. We went to eat lunch today and while we were driving, I told Eric that it was weird to think that there was more snow in South Texas today than there is here in Iowa. It is plenty cold here though. Hopefully, it will warm back up by the time we get down there...I want warm weather!

Eric was home with us again this week. He has to go back to work next week though. It was so great having family time together, but it will be good for all of us to get back into some sort of a routine instead of staying in bed half the day and then being up all night. Max has enjoyed some good, quality snuggle time with Daddy though (see pictures below).

We got our Christmas tree put up and watched a holiday favorite “Christmas Vacation”! We are looking forward to Max’s first Christmas, spending time with the family and starting some new traditions of our own. Enjoy the pictures...next week we might be late in posting our weekly update as we will be making our way south, but we will post, so check back!