Austin's first week

We've been home since Tuesday afternoon, so thats 4+ days in the comforts of our own home with baby Austin.  So far, so good actually - not as rough as perhaps we were expecting.  So far, Austin is a pretty chill baby.  His first real alert time was Wednesday afternoon - and we were excited to watch him explore his new world a bit with his big eyes.  We tried putting him in his swing for the first time, and it turns out he was pretty happy in it!  Other than staring at us, I think the fishies on the swing are the first objects that have really captured his gaze for extended periods of time - its quite cute! 

Since then, we have definitely been using the swing to rock him to sleep on occassion - usually works like a charm!  On Thursday Austin had another afternoon of being fairly alert, so we decided to put him on his playmat and see if he took any interest. 

Hmmm....what are all of these things dangling above me?

Then, we experimented with 'Tummy Time'.  We definitely didnt expect much, in fact I think we expected him to break out into tears.  But - turns out he did a great job.  Austin is definitely pretty strong, and was able to actually lift his head and upper body up quite a bit - we captured it in this series of photos:

Trying hard to lift up!

Woah, I can lift my head!

Mom and Dad were so surprised when I lifted my head up this high!!

So far, weve really enjoyed our week at home with Austin.  He's had his fussy moments, but mostly sleeps, eats, poops, and looks cute.  He's been feeding really well, and is already on his way back up to his birth weight. We probably get about 4-6 hrs of sleep every night, which so far hasn't been too bad. 

On Friday it had been a whole week since I had gone into labor.  Before we went to the hospital last week, we took a picture out on our deck at sunset to record the last time we would be home without Austin.  We took a repeat picture yesterday, one week later, with our little guy.  Alot has changed in just one week!

Before!

After!

Overall, we're doing great for our first week home.  Mom and Dad are definitely smitten with our little guy :)

Proud dad!