And Finally, a Baby Update

I thought it might be time to give a bit of an update on Nicholas...

He's now 5 weeks old and continuing to grow like a weed. To mark his 5th week birthday, he finally dropped the umbilical cord - I don't know what it is about my kids, but they like to hold on to that little stub FOREVER!!! He now weighs 12 lbs 1 oz and is 23-3/4" long. Quite a boy. We figure he'll be signing up for college football in the fall!

He continues to be a pretty perfect baby, eating every couple hours during the day and waking at night at 3 to 5 hour intervals (I really like the 5 hr stretches...). Other than that, he's a pretty happy baby as long as he's got a clean diaper, is fed and isn't over tired (he can get cranky at 8pm if he's been awake since 4). He still sleeps a lot through the day, but is usually awake from 8:30-11am and 5-9pm. So both kids are still napping at the same time which is really nice.

In other news... Something's wrong when you put laundry on the line and do some gardening and there's still mounds of snow on the ground! Oh well - I love spring!!!