january/picture overload.

where did this month go?  i love the irony of a newborn...you're awake for way more of the days than usual, and yet they all blur together so that you're really not experiencing them as you might under other circumstances.  anyway.

our sweet boy is rapidly approaching the four week mark.  i'm trying super hard not to get down on myself for not doing all the things i had done for ek by this point (namely, documenting his every coo with pictures and a blog post).  it's all going so much faster this time, i'm sad to say.  i wondered, while pregnant, if i would enjoy this newborn itty bitty stage this go-round.  emme is at such a fun age, and it's such a joy to play/communicate with her, i was a little concerned i wouldn't be in to this non-smiling eating machine phase.  but, i'm pleased to report, it's every bit as sweet and intoxicating this time as it was last time.  hollis is a little piglet, but as long as food source aka mom is nearby, he is super easy to soothe.  he also calms down pretty quickly at the sound of emme's voice, which is so cute to me (of course).  when he is mad, he is furious - it is 0 to 60 in no time at all, as if i've been starving him for days instead of him having a lapse of 45 minutes between meals.  ha.  he did weigh 9 lbs 9 oz at his two week appointment, so i guess his focus on eating is paying off.  it also helps that he doesn't spit up like a wild animal like his sister did - yay!

i am finally go-for-launch in the nursing department.  after a milk blister, plugged duct/mastitis, and a damaged nipple (all while continuing to nurse this insatiable little boy), i think my body is into a normal place.  or, as normal as it gets with a four week old.  i feel so blessed to be able to nurse my children, despite minor setbacks and pain.  i love the nursing relationship and the ease of feeding my babies any time, anywhere.  but i digress.

we haven't done much in the way of sleep yet.  bittles will go 2-3 hours at night sometimes, and i think we may have had a four hour stretch once or twice.  but so far he is mostly still sleeping on me.  i work on this a little bit every day...last night he made it from 11:30-2 swaddled in his bassinet - big step forward for me.  haha.  now if only i could motivate to re-swaddle and put him down for one more stretch...it's good to have goals, right?

i guess that's about it for the moment.  jb's mom came to visit this weekend, so that was fun.  several of the pics below are from her.  i also owe an entire post to all the awesome and hilarious things emme is saying/doing these days, but that will have to wait.

for now, here is an onslaught of pictures.  seriously, these belong in a slide show, but i am too lazy to compile one right now.  well, that and i am typing all of this one-armed while nursing my little velociraptor.