I wanted a good Gabriel-kissing-belly picture, but that's a hard shot to do by myself. In general, I am tired of the suspense of this whole labor and new baby thing, but I console myself with enjoying every just-Gabriel moment I have left! He is so sweet and smart. We're both adjusting to no naps. He goes to bed at 7pm instead of 8pm now (less time with dad, sadly) and I let him wake himself up, which is usually between 7am and 8am. He wakes up really happy and alert now.
"Yup, there's a baby in there."
Please do not look closely at my belly here, too many stretch marks and lines from clothes. I think my complete lack of belly button (that dark spot under his chin) is funny though.
I have been trying to fill our calendar with fun things to look forward to so it's not just the baby's birth in our future. My friends from church threw me a great baby shower on Friday. Tonight I'm having a Girls' Night. I'm hoping for a few more fun family activities thrown in there too.
Another picture of Ephraim at 9 days old. (I wanted one with his eyes open.)
On a side note, at Ephraim's doctor's appointment yesterday, we found out he hasn't gained any weight in the past week. Sadly, this means that even with his perfect latch and strong suck (unlike his older brother) we need to supplement with formula again. I am very sad and disappointed, but also thankful for modern formula so easily available and that we caught his weight loss earlier than with Gabriel. In the past 24 hours he hasn't kept much of the formula down, but I hope this is just an adjustment period. We go back Thursday for another weigh-in.
