Weary Traveller

This last weekend Matt and I attempted the unthinkable (to us anyway)....making the 4 hour trip to visit our Minnesota family with a newborn.  Owen was the victim in this endeavor.  His words, not mine, though I must say I agreed with him by the time we finally got to our final destination.  We planned to stop at our normal half way point for a quick diaper change and boob feeding, which actually worked out well.  Owen slept the entire first half of the trip, then screamed bloody murder in the bathroom as I changed his diaper.  Luckily he went right back to sleep as we got back on the road, but his happiness didn't quite stretch to the end of our journey.  About 20 minutes out he started fussing/shrieking for his car seat prison to be over.  Heading home was about the same.  All in all, a wonderful trip to see some family, but probably a little too soon for a three week old to be trapped in a car for that long.

Before heading to Minnesota, Owen had his three week doctor appointment;  he's up one pound from his birth weight and has grown an inch.  According to the "percentiles", he's tall and skinny for his age, with sort of a big head. :)  He's already grown out of most of his newborn clothes and is long enough for a lot of his 3 month clothes, but not quite big enough to fill them out yet.  He's growing up so fast already!

We've been working on tummy time and floor time with Owen too.  He's been able to move his head on his own since birth, so he does really well with tummy time, until he gets mad and wants to be flipped over so he can see more.  Floor time is also good for the puppies to continue to get used to their new little brother.  Ty Cobb is in constant older brother mode, always wanting to protect Owen and running over to him whenever he starts fussing and supervising every diaper change to make sure the baby is ok.  Suzie is slowly calming down about our new addition, but still gets a little excited whenever she's allowed to get close to him.

"Just play with me already!"

  No week would be complete without bath time, which Owen surprisingly seems to like, though he hates being naked for the second it takes to have his clothes and diaper changed most of the time. :)

And of course we have to make time to work out during the day.  Kettle bell workouts are a must for a newborn.

We also had Owen's newborn pictures taken this week, by my good friend Heather of Heather Tyler Photography.  (She also did our maternity photos)  Stay tuned for a post with some of those photos. :)

~Matt, Steph, and Owen~