Brady is 1 week old!

Monday August 15th!

Brady is a whole week old already! And what an amazing week it was! After getting home on Wednesday, Scott had the rest of the week off and we closed our condo to visitors and spent the next 4 and half days bonding as a new family of four :)

It was the best 4 days of my life.  Yes, we got very little sleep, and yes, the condo got disorganized and messy (severe pet peeves of mine!), but those days, getting to just be us, learning how to function as a family, well nothing could have been better. 

Maizy adjusted surprisingly well.  (Well not surprisingly, we knew she'd be fine!) When we first brought Brady into the house, she was SO excited.  I was actually kind of worried I'd never be able to put her down because she was sooo excited and wanted to jump all over him (we took video -- perhaps I'll figure out how to upload it here so you can all enjoy the excitement ha!).  Eventually she calmed down and sniffed her baby brother and showered him full of puppy kisses and then ... was over it.  She spent the weekend watching over him, but mostly just enjoying that her mommy and daddy were home with her all day.  Though whenever Brady would cry, Maizy would be right under him, nice and stressed out, looking back and forth from Mommy and Daddy with a concerned "Um, are you going to do something about this" look.  It was pretty sweet.  She'd also stand on the bed and stare into his bassinet just to catch a glimpse of what was making that fussing noise ;)

Good big Sister!

All in all, it was a wonderful time for us.  We even got out on Friday and Saturday.  Friday we visited the pediatrician (Brady gained 2 oz! now weighing 7 lb, 15 oz -- reassuring Mommy that he IS eating) and then, since Grampa Joe's store was so close -- we surprised him!  Proud Grampa loved showing off his new grandson to all the guys at work :)  On Saturday, we had a great family morning, walking the babe to Starbucks (ohhh lattes how I've missed you!!), ate bagels, and did a little neighborhood shopping.  Brady *loves* his carseat and stroller (hopefully that keeps up!) and Maizy even got to join the family walk for a little bit too! Lucky girl.

Brady's 1st Walk!

Sadly, Sunday rolled around quickly and we had to face reality.  Daddy had to go back to work and Mommy had to adjust to 2am feedings without Daddy keeping her company.  Sigh.  It was great while it lasted and Mommy actually looks forward to those couple of weeks this winter (hopefully just weeks) when the weather is too bad for Daddy to work :)

Brady Scott -- 1 week old!