Three Weeks...feels like 3 Nanoseconds!

Wow! I can't believe Jaden is already three weeks old - it has literally flown by!!!

We are having a wonderful time getting to know our little Jaden -- even the 1:00 am - 5:00 am "social hour" that he seems to like!!

Here's a few things we've learned in our early weeks of parenthood:

• BEWARE of shooting baby poop during feedings! (Brandon learned this one a few times - Michelle has been lucky and hasn't had any "hands on" training with this one yet!)
• Grunting is a GOOD sound! Jaden has recently taken up this very animalistic grunting sound - which at first frightened us - now we find it quite entertaining!
• Waking up for night feedings every 1-1/2 to 3 hours is okay -- I'm getting used to it!
• White noise is our friend -- it seems to calm Jaden down at times (he even was soothed by the sound of the gardeners' blower yesterday!)
• Spit up in the bath water makes a pretty swirl! Yes...even though our baths are supposed to be for removing spit up residue and such. Sometimes spit up makes it into the tub...yikes.

In all seriousness, we couldn't love our baby any more! It seems that all of those things that we found SOOOO important "pre-Jaden" aren't so high on the priority totem pole anymore! At least for me, Jaden is truly the center of my universe and I am cherishing EVERY moment with him and can't believe he's already three weeks old! I think Jaden actually listened to his mommy's request of "please stay little until you come out! Once you come out, you can grow up to be big & strong all you want!" We had our two week appointment with Dr. Tanaka on Monday, 7/21. Apparently, the goal for weight at the two week mark is to be back at the original birth weight. Well...little Jaden was an "overachiever" in this area! He weighed in at 7lbs 7oz!!! He only weighed 6lbs 6oz at birth!! What a good little boy!!!!!

During his first three weeks, he has had lots of visitors!! THANKS to everyone who has come to visit Jaden already! We know there are lots of other friends who want to see the baby as well, and we hope to get those visits scheduled soon! BUT...some of Jaden's favorite visits were with his great grandparents - all the "Tais"
Tai-Tai (Brandon's Grandma)

Tai-Por & Tai-Goong (Michelle's maternal grandparents)

Tai-Tai (Michelle's paternal grandma)

Okay...time to catch some ZZZZ's while Jaden is sleeping. Below are a few of my favorite photos from the past weeks.

Enjoying my warm towel after bath time...

Smiling for my mommy & daddy...

Mommy's favorite "big boy" striped shirt...

That's it for now! Please keep checking the blog for more Jaden updates!!

I'm Going Home!!

After two short nights at the hospital, we all were "released" to leave the hospital! Although, Brandon & I thought one more night in the hospital would have been good -- extra visit from the lactation specialist, help from the nurses, etc., we were happy to bring our new little guy home with us :)

I know I'm a biased parent, but he is just SOOOO cute!! Look at this face!! In this picture, he's making one of my favorite "oooohhh" faces - he does this one a lot!!

During Jaden's last day in the hospital, there was LOTS of activities...he had his "boy procedure" done first thing in the morning. AND, if that wasn't enough 5 minutes after he came back from his procedure, they came to do the CA Newborn Screening test. What they have to do for this test is prick his little foot, and drop blood into 5 spots for testing. Please note the ENTIRE spot on the paper has to be filled, which was taking about 3 drops of blood each time. POOR BABY!!

All of his visitors didn't bring drama though!

The on-call pediatrician, Dr. Tillman, came in and made sure Jaden was okay to go home! He passed with flying colors :)

All in all, it was a GREAT day to leave the hospital -- here's a picture of us leaving the hospital with our favorite nurse, Mary Jane! And, also a picture of Jaden in his carseat for the first time!


And, last but not least, here's our little boy at his new home for the first time!


Time to get some sleep - we'll write more later :)

Videos of Jaden

Here are some videos to take a look at...

First bath...take notice of his lungs, amplify by 100 times, add 20 minutes, and that is our life at 3am every morning.



"hello"...



A little practice for the milk dispensers...

I'm Here!!!

After Daddy worked so hard in the delivery room, Mommy forgot to update the Blog. Bad Mommy!

Hello Everyone,

I'm Jaden Michael Young. I was born on July 6, 2008 at 9:38pm in Burlingame, Ca. At birth, I weighed 6lbs 6oz and I was 19 1/2 inches long. I've lost weight since then on my new diet but I'm sure I'll be getting bigger any day now. INSERT the real deal by Michelle: Please don't take for granted that Brandon has recorded the CORRECT weight & height here. That night, he went out to tell the grandparents that Jaden was 6lbs 2 oz and was 19 inches. Sheesh! ALSO - he wasn't sure how to spell J-A-D-E-N.

The following are some pics that I posed for at the hospital. I will be uploading a bunch of photos of me and my stay at the hospital at Costco.com so look out for the link that is coming soon.

Also, Mommy and Daddy have been really bad at "thanking" everyone for all of my gifts, goodies, and support so I wanted to say "thank you" to you all. INSERT Michelle Edit: Yes, I must apologize for our tardiness!! We are very lucky to have such wonderful friends and family, we haven't kept up with our "thank yous" Hopefully, during the "prime time" where Jaden is up (11pm - 5am), I can write some add'l notes :)



Look at daddy working so hard while Mommy relaxes

Very Tired

Daddy sure knows how to swaddle {I'm pretty sure Mommy did this swaddle!}

I am also going to update my coming home trip as soon as I can. Can't wait to meet you all.