Da Bears!!

This past monday night the Chicago Bears were on TV. Brandon was out of town for work, but Weston dressed up for the occasion. We headed over to our good friends house and watched the game. Well Weston didn't really watch the game, he slept right through it. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the back of his jersey, but when you are by yourself its hard to do that. The Bears are on this sunday night, so we will attempt to get a picture and post it later.

My 9lb butterball

Watching College football on Saturday with my Mom. We were watching the Michigan game!

Brandon stopped by for a hour this last week while he was in town or a brief meeting, before heading back out for the rest of the week.


Ever since Weston came home for the hospital he has had a hard time gaining weight. Two days after we left the hospital we had to head to the pediatrician to check his weight. Remember he weighed in at 8'11 when he was born. Well he was 8Lbs. So they had me feed, and than we reweighed him. He jumped up to 8lbs 3oz. Not to bad the doctor said. But we had to come back the following week to check his weight again. We came back and we thought for sure he was gaining weight. He wasn't fussy at night, and he was pretty content. We walked in and weighed him again...again he was 8lbs 3oz. Our Doctor informed me my job was going to be harder. I had to wake him up every 3 hours even in during the night to feed him. Than I had to pump after feeding him, and give him whatever was left. At night it took me about 30 min to wake him up. He just loves to sleep. So the next week we went back again. He weighed 8lbs 6oz. The doctor was still not impressed. He said he should be gaining an ounce a day or a minimum 1/2 of an ounce. So we still have to continue what we were doing, but this time we had to start adding a formula supplement. The next week we finally had good news. He was at 9lbs. So now I don't have to wake him up at night to feed, he wakes me up. Which makes feeding at night go so much faster. He sleeps about 4 hour stretches as night. We still have to supplement when needed, but we don't have to see the doctor until his 2 month check up. I told him man we are going to miss coming here every week! LOL It does worry me though now about his weight still, but hopefully we are on the right track now. Yesterday he turned One month! I can't believe it. I looked at video's I took of him and you can tell he is getting bigger. He has out grown one of his NB outfits, he will probably out grow the rest in a week or two. He is getting so long.
Sorry I have updated the blog in a while, Brandon has been gone pretty much the last two weeks for work which makes my job a lot harder and less time to do extra things. Enjoy the video and pictures!

Grandpa and Grandma Potter Visit

They left at 6AM on Saturday, Weston was wide awake!


Grandpa and Weston napping on Friday afternoon!


Grandma was trying to keep Weston awake during the day, he rolled over to that position but didn't know how to get back on his back.

Last week Brandon had to go out of town for work. Not exactly what one would like to hear when you have a 2.5 week old baby, but what can you do when work calls. So he left on last tuesday and would be home until Friday evening. I had talked to my mom about things, and expressed to her how this was going to be stressful for me and wasn't looking forward to him being gone. One of the reasons it was so stressful for me was that since Weston had left the hospital he hasn't gained any weight. So the doctor told me I needed to feed him every three hours, and that included feeding him at night. Than I had to pump and feed him what I had left over. So basically every three hour window I would be lucky at times to have 1.5 hours left to do what I needed to do. One week went by doing this, and still no significant weight gain, so it was now time to supplement. So when my parents came I had to feed, pump, and give a bottle. Very time consuming, plus take care of two dogs, and Nala was sick at the time. So on Wed evening my parents arrived. It was so nice to have them there for the short time they could come. They helped me get out of the house, take care of Weston and clean my house. Cleaning a house goes so much faster when you have three people tackling it. They stayed until Saturday morning, but Brandon had made it home late Friday night.

I'll Wait For You - Michael W. Smith

Two days before Weston was born, and actually the day that I was due. A friend called who works at a record label saying they needed a pregnant person for a video that Micheal W. Smith was working on. So here it is. I would have to say that I didn't realize how big I looked until I saw this video. Oh well!

Weston and First Tummy Time

This was Weston's first time doing Tummy Time. Enjoy

Tummy Time

Last week we had our first night of tummy time. He is so strong, as you can tell in this picture. While at the hospital the pediatrician was amazed at his head control for the second day.

Who does Weston look like?

Weston

Brandon

Rachel

So you know the question everyone ask....who does he look like. Well I will give you some picture to ponder your decision.

Family Time

Brandon and I were so blessed to be able to have our families come and be apart of Weston's arrival. We weren't sure how it would have all worked out timing wise because they all had to drive 7-8 hours. Brandon's parents arrived just before we were taken into surgery, and my parents arrived just as they received the texted from Brandon letting them know he arrived and we were doing well. Sarah was able to fly in Friday morning and stay until Sunday. My parents had to leave sunday afternoon, because my mom's school started on Monday and she wasn't allowed to miss. Patty was able to stay this whole week and help us out, which we greatly appreciate as we are adjusting to this new world. I know next week will be really hard though as she leaves and we try to do this on our own.

Aunt Sarah

Grandpa Hoop

Grandpa Potter

Grandma Hoop

Grandma Potter