Changes

Well little Kingston is 2 weeks and 1 day old and is weighing in at 6lbs. 8oz. according to our doctors visit yesterday. Everything was sailing along rather smoothly in parent world until Sunday night. Kingston who has been on a remarkable schedule decided to get off that schedule. He woke up screaming every hour and demanded food. Being the novice mother that I am I put a bottle in his mouth to keep him quiet so that Alfred and I could get some sleep. Poor Alfred had to drag himself out of bed at 4:30AM to get ready for his first day back at work since Kingston's arrival. So with daddy off to work it was mommy's first day home alone. About 7:30 AM Kingston started making a strange sound and then projectile vomited all over our bed, my hair, his own hair. Turns out babies will overeat if you let them.

Needless to say we spent the better part of yesterday evening trying to distract Kingston from eating so we could get him back on schedule and so far it seems to have worked and we have our Good Baby back!

We had a very fun weekend and finally got to enjoy nice weather with no rain. On Friday my friend Brandy stopped by, we work together so we caught up on work talk and friend stuff and just had a really good time visiting! She also thinks Kingston is just the cutest, and I totally agree!

On Saturday I went and had my hair cut shorter since being pregnant had taken it's toll and I want to start growing out the layers so it will be longer with shorter layers for the wedding.

After that Alfred and I decided to go on a date to Casa Fiesta this Mexican Restaurant that Brandy introduced us to that has the best margarita's in town. Since I've been pregnant the last 9 months I've spent a lot of time watching everyone drink these wondrous drinks and haven't been able to partake but on Saturday I had my first glorius sip and it was everything I thought it would be and more! Even Kingston enjoyed the atmosphere and took some time to nap!

On Sunday we took our first of many trips to the zoo. We went with our friends Phil and Elizabeth who have 6 month old Riley. We had a blast and look forward to using our family passes to walk around the zoo a lot this summer!

And yes I know I have a pudge but I've started walking to get rid of that!!

We got through week 2 pretty much unscathed and although Kingston and I miss Alfred very much it's been nice to get back into some sort of routine that doesn't revolve around baby!

Kingston's 1st Week!

Well it's been a little longer then I would have liked since I've updated but what can I say we are new parents getting adjusted! Let me first catch you up on Kingston's health. As many of you know he had to go to the pediatrician because of his jaundice, which was a crazy experience in itself. We went to the office of the pediatrician that was on call at the hospital but the reception staff was so rude we left in the middle and made an appointment with Harpeth Pediatrics in Cool Springs and it was amazing! Kingston is finally over his jaundice but has dropped to 6 lbs. which isn't much of a problem but we have to go back on Monday to have him weighed again and see that he gets back up to his birth weight!!

Now on to fun Kingston news! We've been rather lucky so far, Kingston is a wonderful baby! He sleeps between 3 and 4 hours at a time at night and only stays awake long enough for you to feed and change him. But during the day he loves to play! Some of his favorite things are tummy time,

his swing,

and by far his favorite thing is sleeping with mommy and daddy on the couch!



Kingston also had his first sponge bath this week and he had mixed feelings about it! At first he hated it, and then he thought it might not be so bad!

It's also been a week for some visitors. Our friends Rob and Natalina who are expecting Baby JoJo in June brought by some BBQ and some baby gifts! It gave us an opportunity to catch up and have adult conversation other than just Alfred and I!

And Jennifer and Ava came by and brought pot pie and Ava who is getting Baby Brother Maddox in June got to practice what she learned in her Big Sister Class and hold Kingston!

So for a one week old Kingston has a pretty full life!! OK technically I'm a little late on the blog so at this current moment he's technically 10 days old but at least I caught you up before his 2 week birthday!

As for mommy and daddy! We've had some things happening this week ourselves. My swelling has finally went down so after 4.5 months I finally don't have Fred Flintstone feet!! Yippee!! Other than that I've just been adjusting to being a mommy! It all happened so quick!! I really should have been studying the whole 9 months but I thought I could cram in the last month but Kingston decided I didn't get that last month after all! So I've been relying a lot on my sister, Elizabeth and Jennifer for there baby knowledge!

Daddy bought a lawn mower, weed eater, bush trimmer, ladder and some other various lawn stuff so when it hasn't been raining he's been working very hard in the yard!! And it looks rather great I must say! We are no longer those neighbors!

Well Jennifer's pot pie is almost finished and I need to watch Survivor so until next time...