Welcome to our world, Joshua Austin Lane. He was born October 2nd at 9:02am, weighing 8 lbs 12 oz & 21.5 inches long! He is our pride and joy, and we couldn't be happier. We truly feel blessed by our sweet Lord for this wonderful addition to our lives. We are truly enjoying and loving being a family of 3 now. It has taken a lot of adjustment and loss of sleep to get through the days, but we wouldn't change a thing. He is quite the little observer and has been since he was born. The first 10 minutes I held him after he was born, all he did was just look around the delivery room (normally with just one eye open because it was so bright from the dark world he was used to inside me lol). He makes the most adorable faces, and though he hates the hiccups, it's so cute when he has them. He has blue eyes, and we're thinking they will stay blue. He had to get over a little jaundice at first, but luckily, he got over it on his own without having to do any real intervention. He loves to eat, and by his 2 week appointment he already weighed 9 lbs 11 oz. He will sleep for 3 hours at night normally (sometimes we get lucky and get 4 hours). He's a pretty good baby and loves to play. He loves going on walks and car rides. He can lift his head very well but can't support it yet. Cute little bobble head. haha. We left him with a babysitter for the first time on October 22nd (with the lady I used to nanny for) so Daniel & I could attend the Marine Corps Birthday Ball. We had a lot of fun, but missed him like crazy. She said he did just fine, though. We took him to the pumpkin patch this past Saturday. He slept most of the time, but we still got some good pictures. I can't wait to dress him up for Halloween next year. PS- Daniel is such a great Daddy. I couldn't ask for a better supportive husband & father for our son.
It's hard to believe he will be a month old already tomorrow. SO in love with our little man.
In other news, we will be moving to Virginia the first weekend of December. We are sad to move away from the great state of Texas but excited about this next chapter of our lives: the military life. We are hitting the road the morning of Saturday, December 4th & hope to be at our new townhouse in Virginia by Monday afternoon. I'm already praying about taking a 2 month old (at the time) on this long road journey that everything goes smoothly. My father-in-law will be driving our moving truck, and Daniel will drive our Jeep so that I can tend to Joshua as needed. Daniel has been working at the local recruiting office until we move and is loving it. He is leading the PT program, and with as much as Daniel loves to PT, he really enjoys getting these guys (as well as himself) into shape. I love him working this job because it is a lot less hours and he is a lot more accessible if I need him.
Sorry it's been so long since I last updated. Things get crazy with a newborn around. Hopefully, I will get better as we become more adapted. If I fail to blog in the next month or so, it probably has to do with the move. I'll apologize in advance- SO SORRY!
Love y'all & God bless!
