Living on Tyler Time

Tyler will be two weeks old tomorrow. I can't believe that he's such a big boy - we already have to retire some of his newborn clothes. Every day has brought with it something new and exciting. Mike and I both stare at Tyler for at least 15 hours a day...every new facial expression is a source of joy for us. Mike has to go back to work tomorrow, and I know that it's just going to kill him (and me, too, since he's been the perfect daddy). Luckily, it will only be two weeks before he will be home again. :) In case anyone hasn't heard, Mike was accepted to a program through his job that will allow him to stay home until May 2009 to finish his master's degree (and somehow still get paid). Since it's an online program through OSU, he will get to be here with Tyler during that time. Woo hoo! I will feel a lot better about going back to work (mid-October) knowing that his daddy will be watching out for him. Heck, I already had a hard time going to Sonic with Danielle without him...so we won't start thinking about work yet.

Tyler is doing really well as far as eating and sleeping go. Unfortunately, his most alert time is typically between 1 a.m. - 3 a.m. Just like everybody told us, we are learning what tired really means. But you know what? It's really not that bad. If I have to wake up in the middle of the night for anything, it would be for him. Hopefully we'll get him on a schedule eventually, but for now we're living on Tyler time...and we wouldn't have it any other way.

We went to the doctor last Tuesday (7/29) for a weight check. Mike took our picture before we left (and before Tyler decided to go go the bathroom all over my shirt when we had to strip him down to weigh him at the office). So far, he's decided to go to the bathroom both times we've put him on the scale.



Tyler had to be in his "tanning bed" for the first couple of days that we were home from the hospital because of his jaundice. We were supposed to keep him under the lights for at least 16 - 18 hours of the day (basically anytime he wasn't eating or getting his diaper changed). Here's one of the few precious moments that Mike was able to hold him during this time.