Sleep? Who Needs Sleep?

I think it's safe to say that both Chris and I have reached a zombie like state these past couple of weeks... As much fun as being a mom and dad have been, it's exhausting!  No matter how much people tell you to enjoy your sleep now, or enjoy the peace and quiet, there's no way of preparing for parenthood until that sweet little bundle of joy decides to make their way into the world!  I've had nights where I got a whole 2 hours of sleep and others that I got about 5 and it felt like heaven!  I never thought I'd die to see the day where I'd do anything for just 5 hours of sleep at night.  However painful it may be, Chris and I wouldn't have things any other way!  We are loving Carter more and more each day! He's such a healthy, mellow baby, we're very lucky and blessed to have him in our family!

We spend a lot of time burping... Good father and son bonding time! 

Tummy time
I was under the impression that Carter was still too little to be doing tummy time, but Chris was reading through a booklet from the hospital and they stated doing tummy time as early as the day you bring your baby home.  We've tried this a few times a day... Carter's pretty mellow so he'll just lay there and look around for a while.  I try to stimulate him to look at toys to get him to raise his head, which he will do on occasion, but the little guy is pretty content just chillin there on his tummy for a few minutes. 

Britni and Anessa stopped by on their way through town and Anessa saw baby Carter for the first time.  She was a little hesitant at first to hold him, but warmed up after a few minutes.  It was fun having Brit and Ness at the house to visit!  

 

She wasn't quite ready to hold him here... she was fine sitting next to him though

And finally, she broke down and decided she could handle holding her new baby cousin.  By their second visit to our house she was antsy to hold baby Carter... it was killing her having to wait to hold him while he ate because he was, "eating forever!"  She was cute with him!