Will went to his 2 week checkup and weighed in at 8.05 lbs...(he was 7.2 lbs at birth and 6.8 lbs when we left the hospital). The doctor said he must be eating well and I can vouch for that :) He also grew 1.5 inches since birth. He is going to be a big boy! The doctor wrote on Will's report card in the development section, "Awesome". We agree. We also learned that kids are developing their motor skills slower now since they sleep on their backs instead of their stomachs like when John and I were babies. It is important for him to get his 'tummy time', so we'll be working on that going forward.
Will continues to be cute all the time. We are taking pictures constantly and its hard to wade through all of them to show just the cutest ones :) Most are in John's lap or my lap since we like to hold him all the time. We just can't get enough of him!
Will is definitely starting to focus on things. Here, he was looking in the mirror at himself while laying on his playmat.
Will is also very good and peeing and pooing on me. Normally its in the middle of the night, but John was able to capture it when he did it just the other day :) Boys make this diaper changing business tough!
Yes, John has made me a big football fan through Fantasy Football and we are so excited that we are actually having Football this year and that it is officially here!
Will was born in time to get to watch the season openers. He experienced his first football Sunday on Sep 11. He doesn't have any Carolina Panthers gear to sport....yet.....but we had him in Panthers colors to support our team. Cam Newton could help the Panthers get back on track. We are all very excited about this season!
Our friends, Maggie and Adam, came over to watch the games with us. Leia played with Will on the floor :)
Will's week 1 continued with walks with Grandma Edwards and Mommy. Daddy had to work. Will got to try out his new playmat which he has grown to love as his vision has gotten better. Mostly he just slept and pooped...and looked adorable doing it!! He looks the cutest when he is just done eating. He curls up and makes the CUTEST faces as he falls asleep again!
We got some visitors. Will got to see his Great Grandpa and Bonnie again.
Sadly, we had to say goodbye to grandma. We took her to Great Grandpa Carlson's house and got a picture of the four generations of Carlsons.
Will is one week old already! My how time flies...
Will's grandmas were here when he got home from the hospital. They helped us settle in at home and gave us some valuable advice.
The first night home was very long. Will wouldn't sleep anywhere but in Mommy's arms. John had to sleep downstairs so that he could be rested and I could nap the next day.
The second night we figured out Will just hated being on his back and hated his crib. We finally got him to sleep easily in his travel bassinet. Thank you to the Lashers for this awesome gift! We don't know what we would have done without it! Consequently, you'll see a lot of pictures of Will in the yellow bassinet :)
Will met more of his family (Leia, Sephira and Butterbean). He got to go on a walk with Grandma Edwards every day. We mastered our diaper changing skills. Plus he got some cool new clothes!
Will went to the doctor for his 2 day appointment. He was almost back to his birth weight which was very exciting! He also grew a half inch.
We've noticed subtle changes in just 7 days. Will was born with a flat chin which has filled in. The red marks on his skin are disappearing. You can see his pupils now and his eye color has slightly lightened. He is more alert...reacting to sounds occasionally and seems to be focusing on people or objects. He has gotten a "frog belly" as my mother called it...bulging belly over his tiny waist. Plus, his umbilical cord fell off on day 7.
Poor Daddy had to go back to work on Wed and missed Will so much. We've found that it is very hard to put Will down or walk away. He's so cute, you just want to hold him all the time and you don't want to miss anything he does. I swear, as soon as I walk away someone is saying, Awww, look what Will is doing now! Who could argue though :) He is absolutely the most adorable baby ever!
My last post showed me with a magazine bragging about how easy this labor process was. In the end, I have to say...it WAS easy! Sorry for all you moms out there that had a different experience. My contractions were not heavy. The nurse gave me the epidural just as they started to get pretty painful. I was definitely relieved to be numbed in the bottom portion of my body. My legs were tingly but not completely numb. I felt no pain. I read a magazine and hung out with John waiting to be told it was time to push. Then Will came so fast we surprised the doctor. She was still getting ready when I began vomiting which pushed Will out whether we were ready for him or not. Apparently, I am not very good with pain medecine.
Will arrived at 10:19am!:
He weighed in at 7.16 lbs and was 19 inches long.
John got Will's footprints on his smock:
Will got his first bath and we got some good tips!
Then Mommy and Will got a much needed nap:
We got wheeled to our new room where we hung out for 2 days. The time passed really quick for me since I slept a lot and we had nurses coming in and out constantly checking on me and Will. John didn't get much sleep either with all the activity. You can see how tired he was in all the pictures. It was an exhausting couple of days. (John already posted pics of me and Will, but here are some of John looking so tired and weary!)
Will getting his hearing tested. It looks like he's wearing headphones:
Grandma Jean, Grandma Gwen, Great Grandpa Carlson and Bonnie came to visit us in the hospital. They got to see how beautiful Will was from the beginning!!
