2 weeks old!

Its amazing that Collin has been here two whole weeks now. Parenting is starting to be much more real, as I learn to adjust my life to Collin's needs. I thought dissertation writing was exhausting, little did I know what I was in for. I really really really love sleep, and if you would have asked me a month ago what a good nights rest looked like I would say at least 8 hours of uninterrupted shut-eye. Oh, how good I had it.
Now I get excited about 6 hours total, not even uninterrupted. Now I schedule a nap time from 3-5 just for me to try to catch up on sleep so I don't end up being delirious when I have to get up to feed Collin at 1 a.m. But, even though its been an interesting transition, I wouldn't change it for the world.

In Collin's second week of life he's made a few new adventures. This week we visited the doctor for the fifth time (the first three were for Jaundice, the fourth for a lactation consultation and the fifth time was for a blocked tear duct, which makes Collin look so sad. He's all weepy and has sleep crusty yuckiness on his left eye which makes me feel so bad for him.

This week Collin's other grandma, grandma Hollman is here too. She's been very very helpful, helping to keep our house clean, cooking dinner, do a little grocery shopping and holding Collin while I tried to scramble to get my internship paperwork together.

To get a taste of what we do on a day to day basis here's a sampling of A Day in the life of Collin:

12:00 midnight! Time to eat. Wake up mom because I am hungry. Then go back
to sleep.
3:00 I'm hungry again! Wake up dad. Hang out with him while he feeds me my bottle, then go back to sleep.
5:30-6:00 hang out in bed with mom so I can eat again! I'm so hungry all the time!
6:00-9:00 get to sleep with mom in bed. I'm very cuddly.
9:00 eat again. I'm a growing boy.
9:00-10:00 get out of bed and hang out with grandma while mom takes a shower and gets cleaned up. Then she gets me dressed and we figure out the agenda for the day.
10-12:00 hang out in someone's arms. I like arms.
12:00 eat again!
12:00-3:00 nap time, off and on cranky time, poopy, wet, just generally fussy time.
3:00 eat again!
3-5 hang out with dad! Woo hoo! I love love love dad's pinky finger. Its the best pacifier there ever was. Mom takes a nap.
5-6 be sleepy. just layin' around.
6:00, you guessed it! Eating again.
6:30-9:00 hang out with dad and watch the Wings! Go Wings!
9:00 eat again!
9:30 go to bed! we're exhausted!
then you guessed it, were back at midnight and it starts all over again.

Lots of things are changing with Collin. He's more alert and awake more often, so we get to see his beautiful eyes and he's growing! He's now up to 7'4" and officially outgrew his first newborn outfit. This week he got his first bath, took his first trip to Target, and experienced a little growth spurt, where all I wanted to do was eat ALL the TIME! Collin spends lots of time cuddling with daddy at night and even sometimes looks like a little bird when he's hungry. We love him so much and hope you enjoy seeing him grow as much as we do.