It’s hard to believe that a few weeks ago Drew hit his one month mark! He’s growing up into such a handsome boy – great facial expressions and so much swagger. We absolutely adore our little man!

One month stats:
– Weight: 8 lbs 12.5 ounces
– Height: 20.75 inches

Here are some picture highlights from Drew’s first month:

On the first of the year, Drew and I took a nice stroll in Kirkland with his auntie Kerry, Kristen and Erin. The girls go on a walk ever so often during the week but I can never make it due to work. It’s a nice change to be able to take a couple of hours out of the weekday to spend some QT with the girls. Gotta enjoy the time off while I can! 😉

Keith went back to work this week after taking a month off for paternity leave. Needless to say we miss him like crazy, especially Drew and Pearl.

We’ve been able to keep busy with lunch dates and trips to UVillage. It’s sad to think I’ll be going back to work in a couple months so I’m trying to enjoy the time I have left with my little man. And although we miss daddy, we’re thankful for all the quality time we were able to get together and count down the hours until we see him again. 🙂

A couple of weeks ago, my mom’s work held a holiday party for their employees and families where they offered free photos with Santa. We totally lucked out on these – no long lines and better yet, the photos were FREE!

We’re looking forward to this being a tradition every year and hope we can get Pearl in them too!

Because of the photo light therapy, we decided to hold off on the newborn photo session until Drew was better. That said, these photos are of Drew at two and three weeks old. It’s fun to see the subtle changes in his growth – mainly his weight as you can see he filled out more. I absolutely adore his chubby cheeks! 🙂

Photography by Sahara Coleman Photography

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In my previous post about Drew’s first doctor’s appointment, I mentioned that we opted for the in-home photo light therapy vs. hospital stay. What we thought would be a day or so of Drew on the “tanning” bed turned into six days.

The idea was to get Drew on the bed as much as possible. The more feedings and light exposure he received, the more likely the bilirubin would be pushed out of his system and lower his level. Those six days were a little rough in terms of sleep for Keith, Pearl and I (although we expected that with a newborn), we did our best to follow the doctor’s instructions. We woke up almost every hour or two for feedings and diaper changes.

The nurse came by everyday to check on Drew’s vitals and obtain some blood. Each day he showed improvement and even got back to his birth weight plus more! By the end of the therapy, he had gained a whole pound! And our poor little guy handled the daily heel pokes like a champ – he’s one tough baby!

Here are some photos from that week. We all decided to sleep in the family room since it was more comfortable and convenient for Drew…not so much for the rest of us. 😉

Pearl keeping an eye on Drew

Tanning bed

Tired papa

Naptime

On Drew’s first day, we opted to have newborn photos taken by Bella Baby Photography even though we had a separate newborn photo session with our other photographer. After all, the session itself was free and we weren’t obligated to buy any of the photos. Of course once we saw them, we had to buy them!

Drew just hit two weeks on Friday and I can already see some changes. Wish they could stay this size forever but at least I have these photos to look back on.

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