Mr. D and Mrs. M

James is nearly 3 weeks old! We have been enjoying getting to know him and introducing him to our family. Neil has amazed me with how loving, soft, and sweet he is with his little brother. Although it has been a little sad not being able to have visitors besides family, we are grateful to all be healthy and are especially grateful for the friends who sent me supportive text messages or dropped things by. We really appreciate our little village of help. Right now I have time to write this all because James is napping and my dad took Neil for us.  Something I thought could be fun to answer is: what did baby James use during his first weeks? Changing: Newborn diapers (hope to soon start size 1!)  Diaper wipes Contoured diaper changer with cover Diaper cream Wipe warmer (new addition to make diaper changes more comfortable) Nightlights (to see enough during diaper changes) Diaper pail and plastic liner refills   Feeding: Powdered formula Severa...

I am pleased with James’ entry into the world. He waited until my last day at work to come and I didn’t have to wake up a neighbor in the middle of the night to head to the hospital. I really wanted to be at least 37 weeks along, which I also got to have. My parents had hoped James would wait another week or two so that they could be the ones to help David and me with Neil (I wouldn’t have minded waking them up in the middle of the night), but they were in Utah for my brother’s wedding this Friday (which will be in his fiancé’s parent’s backyard with only a few family guests). Tuesday morning I woke up to a wet spot through my underwear onto my bed sheets. I told David that maybe this meant I had broken my water (I didn’t think I had wet my pants, but, who knows!), and we got Neil ready for daycare like we do every morning. We also packed our bags for the hospital and packed an additional bag for Neil to take to daycare so that David’s sister could pick him up and care for him w...