First Week of Life

It's MY baby's first week of life, whoa. Strange to believe he's mine.

A funny(ish) thing happened last Saturday night/early am that freaked me and Jon out. We were sleeping in our respective places in the hospital, Jon on the pull out recliner, me on the hospital bed and Harrison was snoozing in the nursery. We had decided to let him sleepover with the other newborn kiddos for the night, we were WAY tired and figured we should catch up on sleep ourselves. The staff was to bring him in during the night to feed.

So during the night Harrison got the munchies and was wheeled into our room. The staff then fled the scene as he began to cry. Jon alertly sat up to help me with baby. I apparently was given baby by the staff, held him and put him on my lap. Now I can remember hearing him cry and staring at him. All I could think of was "whose baby was this?" and what I am supposed to do with it? Meanwhile Jon is sitting there getting a bit agitated by the cries and my lack of movement to stop them. So he asked

J: Should I just give him formula?
L: What? No.....
J: Well do you need help?
L: Uhhhh, well I just need to know what to do
J: Laura, you need to feed him!
L: (sniffling and tearing up by now) But.....whose baby is this?
J: (staring at me like I'd gone insane) Really? Laura, he's ours.....are you okay?
L: oh (by now some real awake tears are flowing)
J: What's your baby's name Laura?
L: (sniff, sniff) Harrison
J: .........should I get the nurse?

Geez, I was out of it. I felt so bad! Poor Harrison, poor Jon thought I'd had a stroke. Apparently it takes a bit more than a crying baby to really wake me up!

Well, happily we made it out of the hospital on Monday and are getting settled into home. Now begins the real work, fun and craziness. Little Harrison has experienced some big "firsts" this week, one being his first bath.

aw, duckies and warm water!




Oh boy, he did not feel that first bath! Here's our son the tomato with a duck on his head. Listen hard and you can almost hear the screams....



We also took him out for a walk in his stroller. That he appreciated much more :)

Here's to more firsts to come!