8 weeks old

I I though that time was racing by me before, I had NO IDEA what that really meant.
Sonny is the BEST BABY. Really. Even when he is screaming his nasty little face off and refuses to be put down, he's the best.
But right now, particularly, he's great.

He's asleep. In the swing. And I am eating breakfast BY MYSELF.

This is a joy formerly unknown to me, the eating by one's self.
The showering by one's self.

I still haven't experienced the sleeping by one's self since he arrived, but that's okay, because right now, we sleep at night with just a couple interruptions to nurse that sometimes don't even wake us both up.

Best baby ever.

snippets of time

are all I get these days.

I am in no way complaining. In fact I am completely in AWE of the Mums out there who can keep up a regular blog schedule with a newborn. Really I am.

Because I can get just enough time to maybe brush my teeth, or make myself a little bit of food that I have to INHALE before this sweet boy get's tired of hanging out somewhere that isn't in my arms.

But I know that it won't last, so I will not complain about it and soak up as much of this cuddle time as I can.

Because I feel like he's going to be a firecracker in no time and I will soon be missing these days of rocking in the recliner in the living room with the Food Network on TV in the background and the Dog bundled up on the couch and this amazing little man snuggled up in my lap.


(Also, I just have to say that he's got the BEST hair right now. He's totally bald on top and he's got slightly gingery Old Man hair on the sides and back. AMAZING. A friend today described him as looking like a tiny Patrick Stewart.)

Jazz hands

I'm sitting feeding Mr. Ali, his little hand is cool against my skin because he refuses to let us swaddle his arms, so he's always flinging his hands into his own face, startling himself.

But right now he's content to just sit for a moment with a boob in his face, mostly asleep, occasionally suckling like a little piglet.

(we took this picture just before we left the hospital, he's so different already!)