Two weeks have flown by...

Well, Alex is officially 11 days old today and already he is changing before our eyes.
His face is filling out and losing the wrinkly newborn appearance. His hair has gone from VERY dark to brown to a dirty blond. His cheeks are fuller and rosy with color, especially now that all of his jaundice has gone away since breast feeding has been such a success (thank you, Lord for that blessing)!

We had a great week with Ma Ma and Pa Pa in from Louisiana. Ma Ma gave Alex baths and held him and birped him all week long and Pa Pa helped us keep the house in working order and resembling some sort of organization - we will miss you both!

Today we had Alex's two week newborn check up (you do it anytime after 7 days of age). He is not only 100% healthy and showing all the reflexes, etc. he should at this age, but when the nurse pricked his heel for the PKU testing, she said he is the only baby that did not cry at all in five years of working as a pediatric nurse. What a little over-achiever we have on our hands... see pictures below for what we are sure is a grin already!

Alex is growing heartily - he lost weight the first week of life and has already regained his birth weight plus 13 oz - he weighed 7 pounds, 14.5 ounces this morning! He is 21 inches long.

Since Ma Ma and Pa Pa left this morning, today was my first afternoon with Alex all alone. We had a grand time...a little food, a little play time and then a couple nice long naps. Tonight, Jonathan will be home after 6:30 or so and we will go out on a family date for dinner.

Life is great!!