I'm Four Weeks Old Already!

Wow! Can you believe I'm already a month old? My parents sure can't. Sometimes they tell me it seems like I was just born yesterday and other days they say it seems like the last four weeks have gone by very slowly. That's probably because they are so sleep deprived. :-) Most nights I go three hours between feedings. That means from the time I wake up hungry to the next time I wake up hungry is about three hours. For my parents that means they get a maximum of 2 hours of sleep at a stretch. Sometimes I tease them and go four hours. That's one of the fun things we newborns do to mess with our parents' heads, make them think we're about to start sleeping longer at night. Then we might want to eat every two hours the next night.

I think this is a pretty good picture of me and my big brother, Thomas. I usually don't think I look as cute in pictures as I do in person. Mommy says wait till I start smiling and then I'll knock your socks off. But this photo is actually pretty good and I like it. We're both wearing our "handsome" shirts. Thomas woke up that morning and wanted to wear his handsome shirt, which is a shirt like Daddy wears to work. So I decided to be handsome too.

Cool Dude

My brother decided I needed some decorations. Although I played it cool, as you can see, I did really enjoy the attention. I think I look pretty good wearing Spiderman Bandaids. :-)

P.S. Don't forget you can view all pictures on my blog in a larger size just by clicking on them.

Welcome to My Blog!

Hi everyone! My name is Jonathan David and if you've been reading my brother's blog for the last year or so, you know that my family was anxiously awaiting my arrival. Well, I decided that December 28th was a good day to be born. My mommy was already scheduled to have a c-section that morning at 8:30. Her water broke at 4 am which was a sign to my parents that the 28th was definitely the day I wanted to be born. My mommy thought it was funny that her water broke on the same day of her surgery until labor pains started 2 hours later. She got to have 2 1/2 hours of unmedicated back labor before going into surgery which she didn't find very funny. She already knew what labor felt like with my brother and was supposed to avoid it this time, but I had other plans. :-)

I weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. At my two week checkup last week, I weighed 10 pounds and was 22 inches long. I've got to grow big like my brother so we can play rough like he's been planning.

Everyone says I look just like my big brother but there are a few differences. My hair gets curly when you wash it and my mommy thinks my curls are so cute. My fingers and toes are also really long. I have plenty of time to decide if I'm going to use those long fingers to play the piano or palm a basketball. Maybe both.

The other day, my daddy was holding me and I was staring up at the ceiling. My mommy came up and kissed me and said, "I love you." Daddy then kissed me and said he loved me. Then Mommy again, Daddy again, and Mommy again. After Mommy's turn, Daddy didn't say it and so I slowly turned my head and stared at him to let him know it was his turn.

The biggest news I want to share is that I lost my umbilical cord during the night. My parents were so excited because it took my brother a trip to the doctor and 7 weeks to lose his. Apparently they cleaned Thomas' too much but this time they did better and mine came off right before my three week birthday, which is tomorrow by the way.

Thanks for coming by to read my new blog. I'll try to post more as I learn and do more things.