My First Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was pretty low key. Craig gave me exactly what I wanted- he did all the laundry (about 5 giant loads of it) and changed all of Hollis' diapers for the day. :) He also did dishes, took out the trash, and watched Hollis while I went to H-E-B by myself. Ahh, the joys of grocery shopping. I used to hate going to the store, but when it's one of the few things that gets me out of the house lately, it was much more fun than it used to be. We ate Pei Wei take-out for dinner with Craig's mom.

Some other recent changes:

• Hollis has grown out of some of my favorite Newborn onesies- including "Future MVP", "Mommy's Little Rookie", and "Dog Gone Cute".


• After 3 weeks and 3 days, his umbilical cord finally fell off Saturday night (May 8).


• He grew out of the newborn diapers and now wears size 1. They are a tad big, but they don't hug his little legs so tight like the others did.


• He spends some time each morning and each evening awake and alert. Sometimes just looking all around at anything he can focus on, sometimes exploring the new noises he's learning how to make.


• Some days he's the best eater- gets into a good rhythm throughout the day/night of nursing about every 2.5-3 hours. Other days he's completely unpredictable- 1 hour, then an hour and a half, then 45 minutes later hungry again. Grr! Frustrating. But I'm trying to be patient.


• If we put him on his tummy he does this "superman" thing... He lifts his head and his feet at the same time, then once he can't hold it anymore he kind of collapses back down.

His favorite place to nap still seems to be sprawled out on my chest. :) He is such a sweetheart and makes me feel so blessed. I love my little man!