Ryan - week 2-2.5

Just thought I would add a couple of pictures to show how small Ryan was during the first few weeks...

The Grandparents

All the grandparents have finally met little Ryan. Gigi and Pop were the first to arrive and stayed for the first week to help me get back on my feet. Mike was such a huge help, but it is so nice to have Gigi here to take over some of the work during the middle of the night. Tom and Priscilla were able to make it for a visit the next weekend and we were thrilled to show Ryan to them. He looks just like his Daddy - or so I hear. I am really bad at picking out characteristics in newborns.

Sleeping

I keep wondering when I am ever going to have a pattern to my life again. My day changes every day, but not really in an exciting way. More like...so, are we going to sleep for 1 hour or 2 and will it be in the crib, the pak in play, or the bouncy seat...
My life is revolving around a 3 hour schedule, but I guess that is what happens when you have a 3 week old in the house.

Our Birthday Boy

January 22, 2008 started off early for Mike and me. We arrived at the hospital at 5:30am to be induced. The day went fairly quickly and smoothly and at 4:38pm Ryan Patrick Madden arrived.
My parents arrived right before the exciting stuff happened and were able to hold Ryan around 7:00pm that night. It was such a busy day that I could hardly hold my head up by the time it was over. Mike and I were just so excited to have him here...