Four weeks

Well, today my baby boy is four weeks old. I can't believe how fast time flies!

Anders and I went on two play dates this week. One with the neighborhood moms and their kids and another with Kenisa (my sister in law) and some of her friends. It was really fun to sit and chat with other moms. Anders is such a good baby. He just hangs out and is happy or sleeps the whole time. We are truly blessed. Whether he's a good baby or not doesn't matter... we are TRULY BLESSED!

So we've had a fun filled week and now we're just resting and recovering. As I said before it takes a lot of time and effort to do anything now and we get tired pretty easily!

So now I want to share a few things with you all. Some of these are very personal, but this post is really for me to be able to look back on. Feel free to just look at the cute pictures and not read through if you don't want to hear all of this mushy stuff!

Things that I've learned in the past month:

Newborn pictures professionally done are sooooo worth it!! Any price!!

Changing diapers on a newborn is harder then you would think. (Atleast for the first couple of days.)

New babies go to the bathroom a lot more often then I thought.

Bathing a baby is a lot scarier than you would think it would be, but again, it's something that you get used to (I'm just getting there).

Okay if I'm going to be honest here... in the first few days, everything you do with your first newborn is scary!

Going outside is scary! I never realized how many bees and wasps are out and about until this year.

There's nothing better than the sound of my baby cooing.

There's nothing better than a smile on my baby's face.

I never thought that anyone in this world would enjoy me singing, but Anders does.

I give more kisses to him in a day then I probably have to anyone in my whole life!

My wants and needs are gone and the only want and need that I have now is to know that my baby is happy.

My capacity to love not only for my son, but for my husband, mother, father, and all of my family has grown exponentially and I know it will continue to do so.

Sometimes I feel like a cow (if you know what I mean). But that's okay because it makes my baby a happy camper!

I love living for somebody else!

I was a deep sleeper before. And when I was woken up while sleeping, I was grouchy! That all changed after I had him. I no longer have any qualms about waking up in the middle of the night. A lot of times it's even my favorite part of the day.

Every day is a once in a lifetime day with him. And I'm learning to live that way.

I'm still a worrier. But I'm starting to learn the difference of what is or is not worth worrying about.

I now know that there is no limit to how many times you can be overwhelmed with emotion in a day.

There is a higher power and I need Him in my life.

I've learned more about my body then I thought was possible.

I didn't know that somebody's bowel movements would ever matter so much to me.

It's funny how proud I am of the "little things" in his life. He's given Cam and I some pretty big ego's. We speak pretty highly now of our delayed but incredible baby making skills!

I now know why some people have 15 kids or more!

I was worried about how I would do as a mom. I know that I'm not perfect but I feel a lot better about it all so far.

Every day I look forward to different things. Like when I'll hear his first giggle, or see him take his first steps. And then I back track and wish I hadn't thought that because I don't want him to grow up so fast. It's flying by!

My dogs are awesome! They love him just as much as we do!

Every day I think he looks more and more like his daddy!

I'm so excited to teach him things. Everything really. Like walking, talking, riding a bike, our values, etc.

I've never been so interested in somebody's belly button.

A sad look on his face can break my heart.

I had no idea that he would look so much like his ultrasound pictures.

Cheesy things no longer bug me.

I didn't know that I could ever be so happy!