One Week

Connor Reese Dixon is now one week old! Life will definitely never be the same. Since he has been eating better, Connor has been a great baby! He mostly only cries when we change his diaper/clothes. I love that he sleeps for 3+ hours each nap. We have to wake him up to eat. Once a day so far, he will eat and then not sleep for an hour or two until he eats again. This is the only time he is a little fussy. 

I love his face expressions! He has so many. My fav is when he pops his eye brows up real high and looks straight at you all wide eyed. Below, is my favorite of his smiles. 

Connor sleeps amazingly downstairs (especially with the tv on). The only problem is that I don't sleep well with him. This is because I still wake at every sound and have to check on him to make sure he is breathing. The last two nights Logan and I just took turns sleeping on the couch and the other person upstairs in bed. I have now gotten so much more sleep! It is also great that Logan can help with feeding the baby while I sleep. We have brought the bassinet downstairs so that he can get used to it and then eventually we will bring it upstairs. Hopefully then, he will sleep just as well up there. It is great that Logan can help with feedings but with pumping I still have to get up every three hours. 

Speaking of pumping, it is going well. I actually pump double feedings each time. Connor eats about 1 oz, 8 times a day and I make 2 - 2 1/2 oz each pumping. Of course my breasts are also very tinder. 

He takes the bottle so well and loves to stare into the eyes of whomever is feeding him. I'm glad Logan gets some bonding time too.

When he is done eating he loves to curl up in the middle of our chests with his head always to his left. If you put him up on your shoulder, he will still find his way down until he is right in that spot. Then he gets burped and thats where he falls asleep.

Today we took our first trip out as a family (besides going to the hospital) to meet with some of Logan's co-workers so they could give us their baby present (diaper cake/little toys). It is fun showing off my sweet little baby! 

He really does have a lot of hair on the back of his head. It is pretty much the same color as Logan's. Its just that his skin is really pink that it looks more red in this pic.  

He is really squirmy and has a habit of grabbing his face and has given himself little scratches. So this week he also got his nails cut for the first time. It took forever but I hope it helps. We also keep him in mittens most of the time.

I bought this onesie just for my sisters. It was really really hard getting a pic of it with him squirming all the time. Amazingly I got a pic of his legs out because they are almost always tucked up by his tummy. 

Our schedule is watch how cute baby is when he is sleeping, waking him to change his diaper and take a bottle, and then we snuggle until he is asleep again. Some where in there we try to sleep and take a nap. Tomorrow, I think we will give him his first "cloth" bath. He still can't be submerged because of his circumcision and umbilical cord. 

So after coming home from the hospital that is pretty much what we have been doing this week. We love this little boy!