great small things: tobey's first month

Okay, so I'm finally starting to do Tobey's monthly updates. I can't capture everything, and I can't remember everything so these will really just be highlights of the best information and the best pictures.

in the hospital
Tobey was born on Friday early afternoon, and we finally made it up to our room around 4 or 5pm. Not long after that, my mom and aunt Becky arrived (and as I am writing this, it is their birthday!). Adam's family arrived to visit later that evening. Not much happened that first day or night, other than everyone commenting about how Tobey didn't look like a newborn...he wasn't all crinkled up or anything. Even the nurse said he was really cute, and she said she doesn't say that to everyone.

The first night went well, and the next day went well too. Just a lot of people going in and out of the room for various reasons. But that second night was crazy! Adam and I didn't sleep at all. Tobey was a cry baby, quite literally. At about 4am, I walked down the hall passed the nursery and saw 9 babies all lined up sleeping so we sent him to the nursery so we could get some sleep, but they brought him back to us an hour later saying there was nothing else they could for him. He was keeping all the other babies awake!

That third day I was screaming for a pacifier for Tobey, even though I said before that I didn't want to use one. Didn't take long for me to change my mind!

home
Sunday around noon, we finally got to go home. Tobey did well after that second night of his life when he was up all night. He pretty much just slept and never cried. I thought we were going to have an angel baby. He was just so easy, with the exception of the first time Adam and I changed his diaper at home and had a mess all over the walls. My mom stayed with us the first week and did the cooking and cleaning. When Tobey was 4 days old, on March 2nd, it snowed here, and that was Tobey's first snow AND my mom's first snow!

The second week that we were home with Tobey, Adam had to go back to work so my aunt came to stay with me. It was during this second week that things started to change for Tobey. As he was becoming more alert, he was crying a lot more and becoming restless at times. But he was a great nurser, and he was only waking up 2 or 3 times at night and going right back to sleep. Nights were easy and enjoyable, but days were challenging.

Here are some of my Facebook updates from that first month. I can't think of what else to say about that first month other than it was wonderful, but a lot harder than I ever imagined.

March 15, 2010 at 8:49 pm

Casey Jaye Walker Slide can't belive she is about to say this about her beloved dog...but if Penny wakes up my son one more time from his nap, she is getting a muzzle!

March 17, 2010 at 10:21 am

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Casey Jaye Walker Slide did not have as a successful of a day as yesterday. Tobey didn't nap from 8am to 4pm...just feed, got changed, then cried over and over. I thought newborns were not supposed to stay awake for longer than like an hour??

May 30, 2010 at 10:13 pm

Casey Jaye Walker Slide so far so good today...no screaming as of yet (but it is still very early)

Casey Jaye Walker Slide must be going crazy because she is hearing a baby cry even though Tobey is sleeping. :-/

March 24, 2010 at 9:16 am

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Casey Jaye Walker Slide put gas in her car for the first time in a month! Woohoo for not commuting to Atlanta everyday!

March 26, 2010 at 9:22 am