month one

well, we're a bit past asher's first month, but nevertheless. we're always behind, aren't we?

i made the above mosaic today...i'm pretty proud of it. (if you click on it it get's bigger...) it's in calendar form and is a picture for every day of asher's first month. there's only a couple of pictures that are fudged—that weren't taken on the day...

so anyway, i'll just fill you in on several things...

i'm feeling better and better every day (it's kirsten, by the way...) — tuesday marks six weeks and we were told at the hospital that it would be a full six week recovery. let me tell you. it's taken every day of that six weeks. and i'm thinking i might have some "discomfort" every once in a while after those six weeks. but the difference between today and five and a half weeks ago is unreal. and i never thought i'd feel better, so i'm pretty excited about it...

as of asher's one month birthday (feb. 25) he weighed in at 11.5 lbs! huge!

there's two pictures above—one at one week and the last one at one month—of asher in one of our chairs. we're going to take a picture of him in that chair every month! look at how different he looks from the one week! (like i said -- he's huge!)

we're all doing well here—we're having a blast being parents. we're getting, honestly, a great amount of sleep. asher only wakes up to feed, like every four hours or so? and then he goes right back to sleep...on the other hand, his naps aren't really that frequent or predictable right now, and he really, really loves being held...like, won't let us not hold him. so it's hard to get much done.

asher's in full baby mode, cute baby acne and losing some hair. and he's getting really precious rolls and a double chin (again, he's huge!) he's definitely grown out of most of his newborn clothes, but is still good in his 0-3 months. his neck is getting really strong, he's able to hold it up a ton. and he's definitely staring better and you can tell he's thinking hard. he smiles a bit here and there, but still at random—in response to daniel or i doing something, but it's just not like we can make him smile yet. and he's cooing and sighing and making sweet noises, too...

it's amazing :)