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!!