First Week

Well, we've officially made it through the first week. Today was a really good day, because Spencer got to come off the lights! Yay! This now means that Jacob and I can sleep at the same time as Spencer and not have to stay up to watch him. It also means that Spencer can start wearing all his cute clothes that he got! So far he's only been able to wear 2 outfits, and they were only worn for the repeated trips to the hospital. Jacob went back to work today after his week off. Due to the fact that he worked from home a lot during that week, he didn't use much PTO, so we'll have some for a vacation or anything else we need it for. Jacob and I have been looking for new carpet for the nursery, because the old stuff is pretty beat. Carpet shopping is really not fun at all, let me tell you. On Wednesday, Jacob's mom came over and watched Spencer for almost 2 hours for us while we went out to a carpet place and to get some groceries. He was still under the lights so we couldn't take him with us. I was nervous to leave him for the first time, because I knew how fussy he could get and didn't want Jacob's mom to never want to watch him again because he was so bad. Jacob just kept reminding me that she had 5 boys. We all survived the first outing away, and when we got back, he hadn't even woken up yet!
This whole week has been filled with ups and downs and lots of trips to the hospital lab. Some days I think I am handling this like a pro, other days I'm not so sure. I know everyone goes through it. Jacob has been so helpful! He is so good to get up with Spencer and help change him in the middle of the night. It seems like he's gotten less sleep than I have, and that's usually not the norm. I am so grateful for his willingness to help. He's so good with Spencer and loves to sing him made up songs. He will get up in the middle of the night and just rock Spencer because apparently I can sleep through a screaming baby!
Well, that is our week 1 update! We love our little baby!