schedules and such

I'm so thankful for the past week and a half! I "put" Matthew on a schedule and he's doing well. I decided that he was old enough and big enogh to eat roughly every four hours. I keep hoping that through the night - it will stretch out to five or six - but - in time. Actually, the past two nights he's gone five hours between his late night feeding and his early morning feeding - I'm hoping that it's not a fluke :o) We start him out sleeping on his back/side - but he much prefers his belly when sleeping - he'll sleep more soundly once we "flip" him over near the end of the night.

Again?

I heard that stamps are going up to 42 cents in May. Didn't they just go up last year - or am I thinking wrong??

The ProBowl

Another horrible reminder that football season is over :o(

Curious Matthew

I'm sorry, but he's just so stinkin' cute!!

Times flies.........

You're right, Mom - Matthew is seven weeks old! That's even better :o)

Blessings

Matthew is six weeks old today!!! Praise God! A couple of days ago, I started feeding him around every four hours and he's done well. He's doing much better with his feedings - we don't have to poke and prod him quite as much. It's been almost two weeks since he's thrown up. He noticed his fist this week - had that cute crosseyed look when he was looking at it :o) Matthew holds his head up - for what seems to be - a long time when one of us is holding him. He's also been smiling at us more - that's the biggest treat!!

One of the great things about Mark teaching at the university is the pool of babysitters that we now have! Mark arranged for Matthew's first sitter tomorrow so that we can go out for a movie and sushi - all about forty minutes away.

God has been good to us old, first time parents!!

And the award goes to............

Say "hello" to the most ungrateful person around - me. Ever have those times when all you focus on is the negative instead of all of the great things?
I mean, we never have an excuse to be ungrateful - to God or anyone else - about our lives; yet, somehow, I manage to do a very good job of making my life sound like a miserable existence - which it is not!