Blessed Beyond Measure...: Connor's Fun-Filled Weekend!

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to share some pictures from this last week! Connor is now almost 6 weeks old - where has the time gone!?!?! Anyway - we had a really fun weekend and took tons of pictures, of course...which I had to share! I had my post-op appointment with Dr. Samuels on Monday, 9/21, and am excited to report that I am healing very well! I do not have to go back for a year and have already lost all of my pregnancy weight (30 pounds) plus an additional 5 pounds! I am very surprised to know that since I have not really been able to go to the gym since I was 20 weeks pregnant! I'm very excited that I was "cleared" to again go to the gym everyday, which means I can also start hiking again! WOO HOO! Connor is doing well, although he has presented us many challenges over the past week. We have to give him 2 ml of Maalox every 6 hours to help calm his tummy, as he has a touch of colick, and I have stopped eating any greens or milk products. This, unfortunately, means that I am VERY limited in what I can eat...which makes eating pretty boring! Even with the altered diet and medication, we still have some nights that only lend us an hour or 2 of sleep, at best. It's a good thing he's so darn cute and we love him so much!

This is a picture from 9/16 - just showing off his adorable outfit!

In his favorite place...the pouch!

On Thursday, 9/17, our friends, Richard and Laura, and their children, Mac, Sarah Kate, and Lucy, brought us dinner! Laura and I were pregnant together and she had Lucy 5 weeks before I had Connor, so we are pretty sure that Lucy is Maelen's "competition"! This is Richard holding Connor and Lucy...just in case they get married someday, we wanted to be sure that we'd have a picture for the slide show at the reception!

This is Connor, looking adorable, in his crib, on 9/18! Connor LOVES laying in his crib and "talking" to all the monkeys on the wall!