Five Weeks Old Today!

Our precious son is exactly 5 weeks old today! We are going to weigh him later tonight at bath time and I'm so curious if he is now over 9 pounds. He definitely looks bigger and has chubbier cheeks - very cute! He is so much more alert when awake now and starting to show excitement to our voices and other stimulation. At times it feels like he is growing up so fast already - we keep reminding ourselves that we must keep enjoying each day to the fullest!

Things are getting so much easier and better and for the last few days we have developed a routine and therefore some predictability which has been wonderful. He is napping consistently during the day for about 2 hours after being awake for about an hour so I'm finally able to get other things done and relax more. And at night, he is sleeping almost 4 hours at a go so it's much better too. I'm also feeling more confident about taking care of him as I'm understanding his little sounds and his needs much more.

Today we actually spent several hours in DC and it went great. We went to the Brazilian Embassy for my mother to get a new passport and he slept most of the time, I then fed him in the car and then he slept all the way back home too. We even had lunch at a restaurant and after feeding him and changing his diaper in the bathroom, he slept soundly again whilst we ate. What a big breakthrough it has been to be able to go out again and know how to juggle Daniel's routine with our plans. I remember that just a couple of weeks ago I was worried I would never be able to go out again! But one of my friend's advice is really proving to be true: "every week makes a huge difference, just remind yourself of that when things are difficult."

So all is well and very special here in our household. Jonny is a doting father and calls my cell phone every couple of hours when he is away "just to check up on how the wife and babes are doing."

Will be uploading some more photos soon!