3 weeks old

My baby is three weeks old today. I wanted to write down some of my thought of being a mom. Being a mom has been the most wonderful and most challenging things I have ever done, and I am sure it will only get better and harder. I love when my little boy is a wake and just looks up at me with a look of total trust. That melts my heart and scares me to death. I have to totally take care of him. 

Some hard things about being a  mom. nursing, at first he was not a very good eater he had a hard time latching on. Then I have one side that really hurt when he nursed. I am happy to say that after tons of prayer and help from my loving Heavily Father it is getting much better. My baby is growing. Every day I can tell he is getting bigger.  Getting up in the middle of the night. There has been nights that I just think 5 more min. I could not do it with out a nap. Even a 10min nap is wonderful. The last thing is no adult interaction. That is why we have phones.

Best part about being a mom EVERYTHING! I would not change this for anything. I have wanted this for 6 years . I love holding my baby when he is a wake or a sleep. I really don't even mind when he is crying. I even love him at 6 am when I want to go back to bed and he looks up at to say Mom Thanks for the snack. I know that it is just going to get better. 

Here are some fun status about my Denali. 

At his new born check up: 

Weight: 6lbs 15 oz 23rd %

Height: 20 inch 55th%

Head: 13.5in 33rd%

Temp: 98.7

Heart Rate:160

Rest Rate:50

Two week checkup:

Weight: 7lbs 10 oz 21st%

Height:21inch 73rd%

Head:14in 43rd%

Temp:98.4

Heart Rate:140

Rest Rate:40

Dad thoughts:

Since I am making this log at 10:20 and Denali  is wide a wake the first thought that comes into my mind is tiered. However, that does not even matter. I am rocking my baby and loving every minute of it. I think that it is fun that I can hold him with one arm and my arm is bigger than him. (I have to insert that I tweaked my back so holding him standing has been really hard) I love just rocking him, I will hold him until my back will not let me hold him any more. Syringa  and I make a very cute baby. I cannot stop staring at him. 

Denali Mommy and Daddy love you!