Our Mac Pac: 1 week old

Landon after being weighed at 1 week: 6lbs 12oz

Landon is 1 week old! Part of us can't believe he's already here (we still have a couple more days before our "due date"), part can't believe he's already one week old, and part can't remember our life before he was here. We honestly could not imagine beforehand how much we would be in love with this little guy. Becoming parents is just so... unimaginable?!

This week has been a pretty great week. John took off work for the entire week. He probably has slept the least out of all of us. John enjoys "watching movies" and "daddy time" with Landon in the evenings. Shani usually nurses then goes to bed around 9-10pm, John then wakes her up to nurse again about 3 hours later, both the boys then come to bed, Landon will nurse again a few hours later, then Shani gets her time with Landon in the morning. It's been a really smooth routine for us. The only hard part is it will be changing when John heads back to work at Napa on Thursday. Having the time to sleep and recover has made a huge difference for Shani this week. John is an amazing husband and father! Along the sleep lines, Landon is a sleeper! He will sleep for 2-3 hours then nurse, then go back to sleep, then nurse, etc. The only time he really cries is when he's hungry, when he's getting a bath, or if he's cold when getting his diaper changed. Otherwise he's asleep. He has been looking around more recently, taking in the world for a few minutes before falling asleep. It's been really special the last two days as we have watched him begin to explore the world. He looks like a completely different baby with those eyes open.

As for who he looks like, you'll have to let us know. Compared to certain baby pictures he looks like he could be either one of us. We get more often that he looks like John. Shani loves it, but still has a hard time seeing John in Landon with that dark hair of his. Maybe he's a perfect blend?! We'll put up our baby pictures soon and you can see what you think.

Landon had his 1 week check-up with the midwives. He now weighs 6lbs 12oz (2oz heavier than his birth weight). Shani swore that he weighed 7.5lbs! The midwives were happy though because they hope the baby gets to birth weight by 1 week. He's already ahead of the game so we are thinking he'll be a big boy! He still has his Grandpa Gary's chicken legs though!

We've been having a great time with family this week. We had family dinner at Shani's parent's house on Saturday. Uncle Chris flew in from OC for the weekend to see his new nephew. This was our first "long" car ride with Landon (10 minutes) to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We then had John's family over Sunday evening. Landon spent time with his cousin Morgan who's still a little unsure how small and fragile he is (little does she know she'll be helping babysit soon). It was so much fun to spend this time with those we love and the new addition to our family. I'm sure we'll have many more of these in the future!