Grandparents Visiting, Blessing

The first couple of weeks of Jake's life have been exciting for him.  He has spent a lot of time with both sets of his grandparents.  A few days after he was born, my mom came down to spend a few days with us to help take care of both me and Jake.  After a few days on our own, Andrew's mom and dad came to spend a long weekend at our apartment with us.  I have loved having help caring for this little boy!  For how little he is and how much he sleeps, I am surprised how much he consumes my time and how much work he is.  Good thing he is so darn cute and that I love him so much.  I am so grateful to be his mom!

Andrew's parents with Jake while they were here visiting from Utah

 Andrew and I with little Jake

While Andrew's parents were in town they bought us a really nice swing.  I don't know how I survived the first 2 1/2 weeks without it- what an awesome invention!  Jake loves it and so do Andrew and I!

While Andrew's parents were at our apartment, Andrew and I both came down with the flu!  So much for the flu shot, washing our hands like crazy, and buying Walmart out of hand sanitizer!  We were both SO sick.  I threw up for the first time since middle school- which made me extremely grateful for not getting very sick during pregnancy.  Our many prayers were answered and thankfully baby Jake didn't get what we had.  It's interesting how my perspective has changed since becoming a mom.  I used to feel so bad for myself when I wasn't feeling well, but this time instead of feeling sorry for myself, I was just thankful it was me and not my baby. 

We were so fortunate to have Andrew's parents here when they were.  I'm not sure how we would have taken care of poor little Jake when we couldn't even get out of bed.  Once we were feeling a little better, Andrew braved holding Jake and doing some homework in the same room as him, but with some extra precaution.

BLESSING DAY

In our church, when babies are born, they are given a blessing, typically by the father.  We really wanted both my parents and Andrew's parents to be able to participate in Jake's blessing, so this Sunday when everyone was in town Andrew was able to bless Jake at our apartment.  Usually we would have done it at church, but Jake is only 2 1/2 weeks old and we didn't want to expose him to that many people and germs yet.  My parents and grandparents came and we had a nice dinner and his blessing was beautiful.  Again, I feel so lucky to be this little boy's mom!

Here he is wearing his blessing outfit- the same one Andrew wore for his blessing when he was a baby.

Jake with his parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents

Andrew and I have loved every minute of being parents.  It is crazy how fast he has grown.  He's not quite 3 weeks old yet and I can already tell he is getting bigger and bigger!

I cannot believe what a miracle it is to become parents and to love someone so much that you would do anything for them.  Andrew and I adore little Jake and are so happy to have him in our little family!