The joy that a baby brings.

All of these photos were taken since I posted the last photos, but if your wondering what he looks like today, then that would be the first 5 photos or so. Those were taken today. Andrew and Eliana are doing well. Andrew has a cold, but is doing much better. Its hard having a new born, and seeing them sick. The first night he ran a fever, although we told the doctor about it, and he said that what he had really was not to be called a fever, because it wasn´t much. Now he still is stuffed up in one of his nostrils, but is doing well. I can´t believe how well he has done. He hasn´t been crying much, and just takes everything with patience, except when he wants to eat, then he gets to crying.
So the last 2 nights were rough, because he was up so much, but last night went better than the night before. He is eating a lot more now. I don´t know why, but since he got sick (I think it’s a cold), he has been eating much more. And so he is going through even more diapers. We will change a diaper, and it seems like today almost immediately he is dirtying the next one. We took him to a doctor when he got sick, and the doctor wanted him to be eating as much as he could, so its great he is eating so much. Before he would eat a little, and fall a sleep, but now he is not falling a sleep. That is something that Eliana and I prayed about, and he almost immediately started eating more, so I know that God did that.
That is about all on this end. Hope everything is doing well.

oh how he loves being with his mama

he loves his milk also

kisses from mama

daddy, how many times are you going to take my photo?

fast a sleep

I forgot what its called, a kalic? well he seems to have 2 of them.

chubby kissable cheeks

dad, its a nice toy and all, but not really interested right now.

is it time to eat yet?

he loves to smile while he sleeps.

I am a happy baby!

probably my favorite photo.

daddy, you should really think about shaving.

got any blue socks to match my outfit?

I would like to have something in my mouth right now, preferably a bottle.

precious

I just don´t know what to think of that camera.

please wake me for dinner

me and mama

I can´t move my arms, but I don´t mind

he´s a mama´s boy

I imagine all babies are mama´s boys, and its no different for Andrew. When Andrew was born, they cleaned him up and immediately brought him to Eliana and put him on her chest. He was crying and crying, but when they gave him to Eliana and he could hear Elianas voice, he stopped crying, and was listening to her. The nurse was surprised and said that Andrew recognized her voice. My mom had told me a similar story before and I think that Rhonda recognized her voice after she was born.
Eliana will take a shower or something, and so I will be a lone with Andrew, and he usually will start crying unless he is sleeping. The other day he was crying but once Eliana stepped into the room and he could hear her voice, he stopped crying, and was listening to her voice.
Andrew is very blessed to have such a wonderful mother. I would say that not many babies or children have a mother like Eliana, and that is sad, but I am so glad that Andrew does.

He´s an afternoon sleeper, and a night eater.

Some of this is from an email I sent to mom:

Things are going well here. Andrew sure likes to wake up during the night, and not want to sleep. He breast feeds a little, and then falls back to sleep. So its a challenge to try to keep him awake. And then he wants to eat again in 30 minutes or so. Last night we held him off so he didn´t eat again until 2 hours was over. But that is hard too, and I had to keep putting the pacifier back in his mouth. I don´t think he ever fell into a deep sleep. So his eating schedule is not good, but we are trying to get a schedule going. I think he woke up at 2 a.m., and we did not get back to sleep until 4. And then had to keep him busy with his pacifier until 6, but he actually then slept until 6:30.
Elianas mother has 8 children, and she is amazed at how alert Andrew is, and also how strong Andrew is. She says that Andrew is very intelligent. And since Andrew has a lot of Inca blood, we say that he has the strength of an Incan.
So neither of those he gets from me, although he does seem to have a receeding hair line, which would be from me. But I imagine that will fill in, and mine never will. :(
So things are going well. Anybody have any tips on getting him on a feeding schedule, and maybe even a sleeping schedule?

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