Small Miracles

He slept until 5am last night!! Kenny fed him at midnight and brought the bassinet into the bedroom around 1-1:3o. I heard Brendan fuss for a second around 3:45am so I figured he was getting ready to wake up for his next bottle. I wheeled the bassinet into the living room and went into the kitchen to get his bottle ready. When I came out he was sound asleep so I figured I should let him sleep and see how long he'd go. I was thinking he'd wake up within 15 minutes. He slept for another hour and 15 minutes! I was kicking myself for getting up when I could have had another 1.25 hours of sleep but I'm so happy he went 5 hours between feedings. I hope this wasn't just a fluke!!

He's such a good baby. He only gets upset when he's making a poopy or when he gets a bath (see exhibit A - his first sponge bath):

Speaking of poop, Kenny has taken to calling me "Poo Finger" because one time when he was changing Brendan, I was holding the baby's legs to avoid getting his foot in the poo and all of a sudden Kenny starts hysterically laughing to the point where he's actually crying and unable to speak. I was just standing there like what the fark is so farking funny? He finally spit out that I had poo on my finger. And yep, sure enough, I had a little spot of poo on my pointer finger. But alas, Kenny's time came too and the other night his finger was christened with poo during a late-night diaper change. He has yet to be peed on though. I myself have been peed on several times. Starting with his first pedi appt when I had to completely undress him so the dr could weigh him. As I was holding him the dam broke. All over my shirt and my flip flop clad feet. Awesomeness. Then of course there have been several occasions of squirts while I change him. I just try to get good at changing the diapers with lightening speed and throwing a wipe over his stuff when it looks like he's getting ready to attack. He's even gotten himself a few times. And the wall.

I can't believe the nugget is already 24 days old. How quickly time flies! I'm still getting used to trying to get stuff done during the day while I'm home with a baby. It's not that he's a lot of work, it's just that between feeding him every 3 hours, changing diapers and entertaining him when he's awake, it's tough to find that 10 minute window to shower, eat, etc. I can't complain too much though. Daddy gets Brendan during his witching hour. From about 10pm until about 1am Brendan is wide awake and demands attention. And this just happens to be the time block that Kenny watches him so that I can get a few hours of sleep before the 3am feeding.

Here are some of the many pictures that Daddy has taken during his shift:







And since we had an exhausted Mommy picture in the last post, here's one of a very tired Daddy:


Brendan is 3 weeks, 3 days old today!