A visit from Mom Mom Zeb

Joshua is having a blast playing with Mom Mom Zeb. She is full of fun noises and great faces to keep him entertained. She arrived on Monday and will be here until Sunday. I am enjoying hunting down post Christmas bargains with her. It's nice to have company while Kurt is at work.

Joshua has been doing great. Mom Mom thinks we were lying about him being fussy since he has hardly cried while she has been here. (Maybe because she's always rocking him???) We did both notice though that he will cry everytime she picks up her camera. Literally-when she sets it back down he stops. Maybe he's heard about her tendency to cut off peoples heads in photos... He's going to go into shock when Mom Mom leaves and he doesn't get so much attention. That's what grandmas are for though.

Merry Christmas!!

Here are the promised Christmas pictures . I need a little practice with the digital camera, but Joshua is willing to help me out with lots of photo opps. Santa's little helper delivering Christmas Cookies to the neighbors.

Joshua's first Christmas and he has slept through most of it. He was awake for unwrapping one of his presents and then fell asleep. He woke up again long enough for us to show him all his gifts, and then he was out again.

We are having a lazy day. We will head over to our neighbor's this evening for Christmas dinner. The day before yesterday Joshua handed out cookies to all the neighbors. (We have some cute pictures but can't post them yet. Santa bought us a new computer so we can get photos uploaded at home. Hopefully we will have it up and running in a few days.) We went to Christmas Eve service yesterday-Joshua's first Church service. He was very good and quite despite being awake for part of it.

Photos

I have always wondered why people send out photos from the hosptial when they look terrible. Now I understand it's too exciting not to share. (However you can note that this is after some recovery, I'm not brave enough to display the first photos...)

Getting ready to head home. I wouldn't believe Kurt as to how warm it was. We had him all bundled up and got outside and started peeling the layers off.

This is actually Kurt. He was a little heavier at birth, otherwise Joshua looks a lot like him!

Tummy Time is a favorite in the Zebley household!

Home at last!

The World of Blogging

Me as a blogger? Yeah, right. Well, at least until I became a proud Mom. Now I am convinced the rest of the world is as interested in Josh's every coo and burp and his Dad and I are. Thought I would set this up as a way for friends and family to check in with the lastest news of the Zebley's. And of course what everyone really wants-pictures.

We have survived the first month of parenthood, and more importantly, so has Joshua. He has been patient with us and is doing great. He weighed in at 10 pounds, 3 ounces Monday. (Up from 8p 7oz just two weeks ago!) He enjoys tummy time and "playing" (looking) at some of his colorful toys. Tummy time has been fun as he likes to lift up his head and look around. He has also learned how to throw his weight so he rolls to his back. He moves his legs like he is trying to crawl and starts fussing when he doesn't go anywhere. I just encourage him by reminding his he is only four weeks and has a long time before he's crawling. I guess he will be like his dad in setting high expectations for himself.

I have somewhat settled into the daily routine of a stay at home mom. I've always wanted a job I could stay in my pjs as long as I wanted! Everyday I think about how terrible it is that I don't shower before noon, but I don't feel bad enough about it to change the routine.

We hope you enjoy the blog. We will update it as time permits, but hopefully at least once a week. We would love to hear your comments.

Love,
Kurt, Susan & Joshua