Hanging Out At Home

Unsurprisingly, we’ve spent a lot of time hanging out at home over the past week. Mathias has been really great so far–he eats pretty regularly, and he even sleeps through most of the night, so we seem to be dodging some of the new-parent tortures (knock on wood, of course).

Loud noises don’t faze him, so he’s good relaxing with dad even as the traffic (and ambulances and sirens and shouting yahoos) streams by on Montrose.

Dad and Mathias relax on the couch.

He’s also started to show a little interest in some of his toys (i.e., he doesn’t cry in terror when placed in his play canopy anymore).

We try to give each of the animals its own funny voice. But lets be honest, he's not the most demanding comedy fan.

Finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention all of the kind notes and calls we’ve gotten from family and friends. Here’s us posing, hunter-style, with a batch of cookies sent by friends (and newlyweds) Brian and Katie Staples.

We have been steadily demolishing these delicious cookies.

The little guy had his one-week pediatrician appointment on Tuesday, and she said everything looked great. We also randomly ran into cousin Eamonn Kelly, a fellow newborn, on our way into the office. But, I’d left the camera memory card in the computer, so we’ll all just have to imagine that touching scene.