Week Two at Home-Life Goes On

The Pitzmans seem to be settling into home life. Xander is a little over two weeks old now and still seems to be a very content and happy little infant. We went to see Dr. Gillespie again the other day and Xander grew two inches and gained 11 ounces, now 22 inches long and 8 pounds 11 ounces. He got his first shot and another PKU draw, and I made sure that it was a good specimen so my NBS co-workers wouldn’t be disappointed.
Grandma Betsy and Lisa kept me in good company on week two at home, we ran errands, took walks at the duck pond and park, tried to keep the house in order, and get dinners on the table. Liz was so sweet and made us a really nice shrimp fettuccini dinner one night last week. Yum! We even went out for an Indian dinner with Jesse, Shu Ching, and Sasha while Xander slept the entire time!
Lyrik went back to work last week, which was difficult for everyone, but he tried to get home as early as possible to get in his baby time. Luckily he works four ten-hour shifts and gets to take off Fridays, which make for a nice long weekend. I think that it was almost more difficult for him to return to work than it was for us, given that he is still on diaper duty during the night and returned to a busy workload. This weekend we went for a few walks to the park with Lilly, slept in every morning, and had a nice family dinner with Jonah, Marley, Josh and Meagan. Lyrik even cleaned out the hot tub because Dr. Davis gave me the OK to have my soaks back! It felt so good to relax in the hot water, especially with all of the aches and pains from nighttime breastfeeding, which come from contorting my body into strange positions to get Xander to latch on correctly.
Xander’s schedule involves sleeping most of the day away and getting up to eat every few hours. So things are pretty easy right now, but soon to change, I’m sure. The past few days we have noticed that his alert-awake time during the day has increased. Maybe we will get to see a bit more of his personality come out! He seems a bit fussy at night around the midnight hour but has great sleep in the late morning hours after a complete feeding. Those are the moments Lyrik and I relish because we are still in bed, half-sleeping, and get to have some good cuddle time.