One Month Old!

We can't believe that little Nathan is already 1 month old!  He turned 1 month old this past Sunday.  He's now about 10 1/2 lbs. (obviously eating is not a problem :)).  And he's becoming much more aware and alert.  He focuses on our faces and loves to look around at his surroundings.  We've even gotten smiles from him a couple times!  He's also sleeping pretty well.  We get at least one 4-hour stretch from him a night and we're only getting up about 2-3 times a night.  We feel so happy that he's a good little sleeper.  The boy just continues to delight us with his cuteness.  Most of the time we just watch him and giggle at his funny faces or sigh at the angelic way he sleeps. 

Nevertheless we have had our meltdown moments as well though.  The kid can definitely wail when he's unhappy.  We're trying to remind ourselves that it's common for babies to cry and it's not that we're bad parents or doing something wrong.  But man it's really hard not to meltdown ourselves when he melts down.  :)  Every day we're learning new things as parents and getting a little more confident in our abilities.

In honor of Nathan's 1 month old milestone, we had a little photo shoot the other morning.  After about 50 photos, these ones were some of our favorites.  (We took inspiration from our friends the Greens and are going to try and document Nathan's growth every month in his crib.  Hope it's ok we copied your idea, Tyler and Meghan!)