Hank is 6 weeks

I can't believe he's already 6 weeks!..he got his shots today at the doctors...it was awful! He screamed so hard his face was beet red, good thing Joel came with us because I would have punched the nurse in the face, it was horrible...poor baby! But everything looked good, he's gained so much weight!! 11 lbs 10 oz! He's a chunk!

He's smiling and cooing now...loves his daddy and when he plays with his feet. Doesn't mind diaper changes or changing clothes anymore...Likes taking baths. Doesn't like sleeping in his bassinet for more than 3 hours, but will sleep in his swing 5+!!

We're feeding mostly formula now, I pumped once-twice a day....I hate being tied down to the pumping, but I think it's pretty good that we've gotten this far, not sure how much longer my supply will keep up though.

We had my dad's family reunion this past weekend, and Hank decided it was the perfect time to go through a growth spurt...He was sooo fussy and hungry allll the time!! Everyone thought he was such a cranky baby, when in fact he's a great baby! BUT Joel was able to bring his swing up, and that made things alittle better...jeez, the things we do for our kids :-)...

Being a rock star...

Tummy time!!

(I had more pictures but for some reason blogger isn't uploading them, perhaps i'll try later..)

Hank is over a month old!!

Time is really slipping away from me...this week for some reason has just been going so fast, but so slow at the same time...My days are blurred together...feeding, burping, changing...trying to get something done before the next feeding or diaper change...its insane!! We're slowly figuring out a -sort of- routine...

Hank sleeping 7 hours was a fluke...he now sleeps about 4 in a row, but it's gotten pretty consistent so that's good...he's a crazy pooper, and just when you think it's safe to change him, he'll poop on your hand....it's dangerous business!!

The pumping thing really sucks...having to take time out of my day to find time to pump, it really puts a damper on things when we want to go somewhere and it's my pumping time...let me tell you, pumping when you're out and about is just weird and lame...and cleaning all the bottles and flanges everytime after I use it is really tiring...it's a full time job, and it's wearing on me pretty good. The biggest guilt that I feel about switching to strictly formula is that it costs so much money, and why should we have to pay for something that can be free? But I don't think i'm strong willed enough to keep going with this...I want my body back, I stuck it out for a month...and i'll probably keep going until my supply completely dries up but i'm not going to bend over backwards and wear myself down for this...I just can't.

Anyway, my sister is coming this weekend! I can't wait for her to meet Hank finally

Hank is 3 weeks old!

I Can't believe he's already 3 weeks old, it seems like it's going so fast, but at the same time slow...haha. So he was sleeping really well except for the last few nights, he's been getting up every couple hours, but not even because he's hungry, he just wants to be held and then goes back to sleep...Oh, well we'll get this figured out, I just wish it would happen sooner than later..

He's soooo expressive! He's got so many faces, it's ridiculous...he's sticking his tongue out, and pretty sure he's smiling, although some don't think so, I defiantly do!

I'm still pumping as much as I can...it's such a struggle, to pump or sleep...in which case I choose sleep, but some days are better than others, the only thing that sucks is that my supply suffers on those off days...I don't know how much longer i'll be able to keep it up, but i'm going to try, because we can't be buying formula right now.

Anyway, my mom made me this cool sling that I can carry him around in...for some reason I just couldn't get a hang of the moby, I know some people swear by it, and I guess if I wasn't handicapped and could figure it out better it might be the coolest thing ever...but I can't figure it out and it's not easy, but my mom made this sling that seems to be working pretty great so that's awesome!