The First Week

Travis is one week old! I can't believe its already been a full week since he was born! We are really enjoying him- even if its hard on our sleep pattern. Here are a few things we've learned about him in this first week:
*The boy LOVES to eat... we are already at 3, sometimes 3 1/2 ounces for each feeding.
*He finally latched on and we are able to breastfeed!!! YYYIIIPPPEEEE! Huge for me, because I struggled with it with Kaylie and really wanted to try it with him and its working! I was so relieved.
*He is extremely mellow- when he is awake, he's very alert and loves to stare at your face- maybe its the silly songs I sing to him but he's very mellow.
*He loves to be kissed all over- in fact, he really tries to kiss back. Steven, Kaylie and me will take turns kissing his mouth and he opens his mouth really big and moves his head from side to side like he's kissing us back. So sweet!
*Its so sweet to see Steven interact with him- and for all those that heard Steven say he was going to be tough on his baby boy- YEAH RIGHT- he loves on Travis and kisses him allover and talks baby talk to him- makes me fall in love with Steven all over again, he's such a good hands- on Daddy with all of his kids.
*We went to the doctor and he has lost weight- he's down to 9lbs, 14 ounces!!! Funny huh! We go back next week for another check up so we'll see if he's gained it back. My bet is YES- he eats so much!
*He is already getting on a schedule- his night feedings are around 10:30pm, 1:30am, and 5am. Which is nice- my body is also getting used to waking up at these times to feed him!
*He likes to sleep with his hands behind his head (just like Steven and Kaylie) and he likes to cross his feet- just like Kaylie!
*I'm in baby heaven right now... I forgot how sweet it is to have a newborn around and I've already cried a ton just thinking about me going back to work and having to leave him in January. The thought of missing anything makes me so sad.
Here are a few pictures from his first week!

Tried to get the pic of him cracking a smile- just looks like he passed gas! But it was an adorable smile!

Me and Travis- I was extremely tired in this pic- we both passed out shortly after.

Kaylie loving on Travis- she comes home from school, changes clothes, washes her hands and BEGS to hold Travis, which we let her do. She just loves him so much. When he sneezes, which he does alot, Kaylie will copy what I say- and say, Oh My Goodness Travis, OH my goodness! She's so cute with him.

Daddy dressed him in a Texans onsie and gave him a mohawk after a wash down! Can't fully bathe him yet because his umbilical cord hasn't come off yet.

Kaylie gets to feed him in the mornings before school sometimes... this was one of those mornings.