one week, bathtime, etc...

when remington had his very first bath in the hospital, the nurses were thrilled to report that he loved being in the water... no crying whatsoever. we were rather proud of him, and now that we're home and he's had his first bath at home, we're still proud.

because he still loves his bath!

cole likes to help... a lot. his baby brother's bath was no exception.

see? calm as can be!! of course, he cries until he's settled in the water, but it only takes a few seconds for him to realize that he's in one of his favorite spots.

totally.relaxed.

cole was pretty excited about bathtime (more excited than he is about his own, and he tends to get a little keyed up over his, sometimes). madison, not so much. she could take or leave her little brother...

and the desperate wails signal the end of a good thing!

poor little guy- he definitely wasn't ready to be done.

what, you don't put YOUR hair up for breakfast?

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• we've put a full week in with our little man... remington has made our family and our lives so much richer! it's hard to believe he's already a week old; i know, small potatoes compared to how fast the rest of the next 18 years will go. but still.


• while cole LOVES his baby brother, madison could care less. every so often, i ask her (just once, not to press the issue!) if she would like to kiss or hold remington; her reaction is always a simple, flat "nope". she still needs time to adjust, and that's fine. she'll do so when she's ready... her indifference doesn't really bother me because for one, she's not hostile, and two, i DO catch her sneaking a peek at him every now and again, so she doesn't fool me. when she's ready to feel like a big sister, she'll let us know :)


• mr remington has THE strangest hair pattern. the top/back of his head literally looks like an owl. one of these days, i'll get a photo... but he's got two cowlicks, which makes the hair in between stand up in a little ridge, and it looks like an owl's eyes and beak. sounds creepy but it's actually pretty cute. oh, and he's got a tiny swirl, almost like another itty bitty cowlick on his hairline, right near the center of his forehead. haircuts are going to be a joy with this one... hahahaha!


• our nights have been going quite well, i'm happy to say. we usually get up about three times for feeding, and then as long as he's swaddled and placed on his tummy, rem sleeps perfectly inbetween. tummy-sleeping: oh, gasp! both cole and madison were tummy sleepers, and rem's following in their footsteps. all three had (have) very strong necks right at birth, able to lift and turn their heads without a problem when on their tummies. i know- we're total rule-breakers, but hey- when everyone sleeps good, that's a mini-blessing.


• we made another trip to the e.r. last night. i developed a fever and increased abdominal and back pain saturday night and sunday. the on-call nurse recommended being seen right away, as did my mom. my gut instinct said that it was probably just a urinary tract infection and it most likely could wait till my appointment (which was this afternoon). then again, considering everything that had happened in the last 5 days, we decided it would be best to go in anyway. mom and dad came over to sit with cole and madi while we headed back to new london with rem in tow. we were discharged after two hours- turns out it WAS just a uti, but the attending dr said (before the tests came back) that it could also be ruptured sutures on the repaired arteries, an infected abcess or a uterine infection, so getting things checked out was a good idea. thankfully, it was none of those- whew!!


• my staples came out today- yay!! now i have a nice line of what looks like heavy-duty scotch tape pieces lined up across my lower belly. kinda like gift-wrapping gone wrong. anyway, those things will come off in about a week and then we just wait for the scar to fade. not that the scar really matters, since i'm not about to go anywhere in anything that would expose it. (shudder...) at least the incision is healing nicely- that's about the only thing we haven't had a problem with :)


• seriously, though... in light of all that's happened, i have to say that i couldn't ask for a sweeter baby! so while things happened 180* opposite of what i'd planned, it's still worth it. nothing's not worth a beautiful, innocent life!!