5 Weeks Old

Well, this is my last week at home with Noah. The last we checked he weighed 8 lbs 14 ozs, which was TWO POUNDS gained since his previous visit!

This week we are working on getting him ready for "school". He is taking a bottle, but still prefers ME. Once back at work I begin my transformation into the dairy farmer so that Noah has plenty of the good stuff while I am working.

Luke is still getting used to his little brother which has actually been quite helpful to me. There is not a lot of explanation as to why we can't hold/rock/pat Noah all the time because he is still the typical Luke....too busy to pay attention. He is also VERY understanding when I tell him he has to wait for things because I am tending to Noah. He may not seem like he is paying attention, but he is fully aware of all that is going on around him. Noah was crying (loudly) while Luke was watching Noggin (DO NOT interupt Noggin!) and he looks at me all crazy, pointing to Noah's binky and exclaims, "put that in there!"

Mardi Gras 2009

Can't you almost feel the boom of dat big bass drum? YEE-OWW! Throw me some of dem big beads, MISTAAAAAH!

Noah Charles Poston Has Arrived!

Noah was born Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 2:09 a.m. He weighed 6 lbs 10 ozs, 19 3/4" long. I had been having contractions since Thursday night, but nothing too painful. Just to be safe we went ahead to labor and delivery to get checked out on Friday since the weekend was upon us. I was sent home since my contractions appeared to be Braxton Hicks related. (Nobody ever listens to me)

So we went to a birthday dinner at Copeland's where I ate like it was my last meal (kinda was) and then came home. As we were resting on the couch around 11:45 p.m......here came the water! I knew what to expect this time around and even though Mike thought, "Hey, what's a little water? Maybe we should wait", I told him that it would be in his best interest to pack it up and get to the hospital b/c it was time to name this baby! As I waited for my mom to come so she could stay with Luke, all I could do was stand there as the gushing commenced..... UGH! (Mike found this somewhat humorous and I am sure the look of horror and helplessness was kinda of funny).

So to make a short story shorter.....the doctor (not mine...FUN) came in and informed us that we would have a baby in about an hour. This came as a surprise b/c we expected he would just let me simmer in my juices until morning. So now we have our sweet little addition to complete our family.

We had to go back to the hospital for a few days b/c he was jaundice. That was hard - not being able to hold him very much, but we are back home and everyone is doing fine now. Here are a few pics!