My special man looking up at me right after I gave birth.
I could not ask for more. I absolutely love my family and my life.

As you can see, my sleep has been going to my son. He sleeps a ton!
1 week old. A major cuddler, cutie, and Daniel and my pride and joy!

Wow, what a week! It was definitely a busy one whether it be for me going back and forth from my hospital room to his NICU room, back and forth from our house to his NICU room, or just sleeping a few hours each night because my little man is a hunky chunky and wants to eat everytime he wakes up. Either way I wouldn't trade my life for anything. Our baby is extremely precious to us! I can not get enough of him and will just sit and stare at him while he sleeps. Daniel is very good with him. His feedings have been cut down because Landon nurses almost every time he eats. I have realized that I will possibly need to pump more because Landon has hurt me so much that sometimes I just need a break.
I learned one of my biggest lessons yesterday... never while I am breastfeeding do I want to touch a Dr. Pepper again. I have cut down on my soda intake since I have had him, but yesterday I really wanted one to go with my lunch. I wish I had never done it now...my child was up pretty much all day yesterday. It was like Landon did not know what to do. The caffeine was keeping him awake and not letting him sleep for very long, so he would wake up and want to eat...not knowing what else to do. Well in the process I think he may have had gas in his tummy too and so he probably wasn't feeling the greatest with all of that. I kept appologizing to him. 'Im sorry Landon, this is mommy's fault not yours'. Now I know better.
Im still not getting very much sleep but I am hoping that will change soon. I am hoping he will be like Gracie (his cousin), in that she started sleeping through the night fairly quick. I also realize that it will probably be somewhat hard for me to start putting him in his crib to sleep. Right now we are using a moses basket but lately he just prefers to sleep on my chest or in his boppy as I hold him. I know...you are probably thinking "bad idea" but it's hard for me not to have my baby close to me. Pretty soon he will have outgrown his Moses basket...I am predicting in 1-2 weeks! He seems to be growing and gaining weight. He is getting pretty long and his tummy isn't really that big...its more of his chubby cheeks, legs, and arms.
Landon seems to be advancing a lot faster than what most babies do. Landon is a talker he loves to make noises and I've already heard him laugh...it's usually in his sleep, but is so cute. Yesterday he laughed so loud while I was holding him in the living room that Daniel heard him all the way in his office. He also will probably be crawling soon...after only a few days he started lifting his head up and the other day he started pumping his legs against my tummy. He's ready to try to move, but I am waiting until the umbilical cord falls off before I put him on his tummy time mat.
Daniel and I have taken to parenting so naturally. We have to take the bad with the good sometimes but we love being parents to our little boy. We are a team more than ever now since we've had him. I have had plenty of melt downs this week between having my sweet boy that I carried for nine months in NICU with a ton of monitors hooked up to him all over his body to the frustrations of breastfeeding (which has become better but am hoping wont hurt as much soon). It already makes me sad to think of Landon growing up. Daniel was watching Landon cuddle me yesterday and was like...he's momma's boy huh? I just assured him that he is daddy's boy too. I know that once he gets older he will be playing sports and playing out in the yard with Daniel and he will be loving me for my cooking.
So week one has come and gone and I know that with each passing week they will only start to go by faster.