Week One

AJ has been home for a week now. He has been a great baby. Doesn't really cry unless you change his diaper or make him naked in anyway. We did have some issues with feeding. He really didn't want to breastfeed at first and still has issues with it. I finally broke down and gave him a bottle when we got home. The good thing is that he is only taking breast milk so I don't feel to bad about it.

The girls have been fawning all over him. I have to make sure that they get all of their homework and chores done before they hold him or play with him. Alex has been great with helping me out. The first few nights had been rough with lack of sleep. I didn't much sleep while at the hospital and then top it off with less sleep at home and the stress of not feeding my baby the way I wanted to was taking it's toll. So Alex came up with a plan. He stays up til wee hours of the morning with AJ so I can get a good block of sleep and then I wake up with him the rest of the night and morning so Alex can sleep. I seemed to have gotten the short end of the stick since he thinks he needs to sleep all day long.

AJ's first week has been a busy one with doctor appointments and his first photo shoot with a friend of mine who specializes in newborn pictures. He even went with me to take the girls to young women's where he was ohhhed and awwed by everyone.

Can't wait to see what the next few weeks bring to us.

Introducing....

We are proud to introduce the newest member of our family, Alexander Hyon Harmon Jr (a.ka. AJ) He joined our family at 12:25 pm on January 19, 2012 at Martin Army Community Hospital. He was 8lb 11oz and 20.5in long. He was born via c-section. All went well with his birth. The first thing the doctor said was how big his head was and what a big boy he is. Yes he came out with the Mitchell head. He has some of the longest toes I have ever seen. They look like money toes and he can grip really well with them.

Mommy, Daddy and sisters are so happy to have him in our family. He looks just like Alex and of course I was prepared for that. All the kids came out looking like him. The girls are proud big sisters that have told everyone that they can about their new baby brother. We even sent some pics with them to school so they could show all of their friends.

I can say that I am so happy to not be pregnant anymore. The surgery went well for me. I did get sick but for me that is normal. Alex was able to be there for the birth but was not able to watch unlike with the girls. He was however able to cut the cord and I was able to see him for a few minutes before they took him to the nursery to be cleaned up. We had lots of vistors while we were in the hospital. A lot of them were people that Alex works with in the hospital. They were all surprised to see how much AJ looked like his daddy.