The first week at home

The first week at home went by in a flash.  Kristin, Cory and Grandpa Mackus went home on Labor Day, but we were lucky enough to have my Mom stay with us for the first full week.  She was a huge help!  We basically had a live-in chef at our disposal.  She was busy morning, noon and night cooking delicious meals for us.  In addition to her culinary accomplishments she also played the role of laundress, housecleaner, babysitter, diaper changer and New Mommy advisor.  A girl could get used to being waited on like that!  With all of her help, Matt and I were able to learn our little guy's needs and get into a little routine pretty quickly.  Thanks again Mom!

Anyone who has talked to me over the course of these past 9 months knows that I wasn't necessarily looking forward to the first week at home.  While I knew I would be completely in love with my little munchkin, I had prepared myself mentally for very little sleep, lots of crying and a huge schedule adjustment from my everyday life.  I'm happy to say that only one of those three things has come to fruition.  Yes, my schedule is changed completely from my pre-baby life (which hasn't been a bad thing), but the no sleep and constant crying hasn't happened!  Yay!  We have the best baby in the whole world!!  Luke was sleeping a 4 hour stretch at night by the third night home.  When he's not sleeping, he's pretty calm, just looks around with his gorgeous big eyes.  Fussy times are pretty few and far between so far.


Here's some pictures of the first week.  Thanks to everyone who called/emailed/texted/Facebooked their well wishes for Matt, Luke and I.  We really appreciate all the love and support!