2 week check-up

Ok, so technically he's 2 and a half weeks, but who's counting?! Oh wait, Mommy is! We took Matthew to the doctors today to make sure that everything is going well. And sure enough it is. I think they are going to let us keep him for a while longer. He weighed in today at 6lbs 12oz and measured 19 and 3/4' inches. He is a growing boy! The doctor couldn't believe that he had gained so much weight, he thought that maybe the scale was wrong or something. But I assured him, he is a very good eater! He may have started out little but I don't think he'll stay that way for long.

June 1st, 2008

Sunday June 1st, was a big day of firsts for Matthew. At only 2 and a half weeks Matthew attended his first sporting events. First we went to the Mariners game, our friend Mr. Foote was gracious enough to share his extra ticket with us since his wife Patricia was down in Oregon taking care of her Mom. We had a blast! The Mariners didn't end up winning but we had a great time nonetheless. Then after a great afternoon at Safeco Field we went and met Heidi and Yvonne at Seattle Center and had some dinner then headed off to Key Arena to watch the Seattle Storm play. What a day!

My adorable boy...

So far in Matthew's 2 1/2 weeks of life these are my all time favorite pictures of him! The first one, I do believe he was only a day or two old. He had fallen asleep on my lap after eating and just looked so precious! And the second one I took the other day. I laid him down on the couch, again after feeding him, it seems that's all he does is eat, sleep, oh and mess his diapers, but he just looked so precious laying there I kept taking picture after picture because I wanted to capture every moment of just how precious he was. And to my delight, I was able to capture this adorable picture. He had been dreaming, and often when he dreams he makes funny faces and smiles. Oh how I wish I knew what he dreams about. Must be something pretty good though! The last picture was daddy and Matthew just relaxing on the couch. So precious! And he looks so tiny on daddy's tummy!

Photo therapy

On Monday May 19th we had to be admitted to the hospital and stay overnight because Matthew had jaundice. It was a tough night for me as Matthew did not like laying under that light. I was only able to hold him every 3 hours when I fed him and he was only allowed to be out from under the light for 20 minutes at a time. He was pretty fussy most of the night which kept me awake. I couldn't stand to see him upset so every time he fussed I would get up out of bed and try and comfort him. Eric had to tell me a couple of times that it was ok if he fussed. Thank goodness though the photo therapy did it's job and brought down his bilirubin levels dramatically and we were able to go home the next afternoon.