An angel straight from heaven

and one might never guess from this picture that the lack of blogging would have anything to do with said angel, right?  Despite my best efforts and intentions, I simply have not had the wherewithal (read: two hands) with which to take photos, upload photos and blog about photos.

Really, it is the blogging part.  With all of the feeding that is going on, it is often hard to find time or energy to put hands to keyboard and type.  I forgot how tiring it can be.  Rewarding, of course, but definitely tiring.  It is so hard to not compare oneself to the uber-bloggers out there  who just had  babies (there seem to be a ton). Who knows, perhaps they have family around, a household staff, no other kids or obligations? 

So, I will focus on the positive, that Nicholas is growing by leaps and bounds, all naturally!  He is gaining an average of 155 grams per week and now weighs a respectable 5025 grams (~11 lbs 1 oz).   His cheeks are chubby, his eyes bright and clear and he is so very alert and happy when awake.

He has even started to sleep through the night to some extent. Sunday night he slept from 11:30 until about 5 a.m. and Monday night from 10:34 p.m. until 4:11 a.m.  He broke out of the mold last night, but has barely slept today, so I am really hoping perhaps he will have a long stretch tonight and I can finally go through the cr*p, craft room?  Back to the joys of the PCS!