Elijah James Goodman was born July 28th at 7:23 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds exact and was 20 inches long. He was born at 38 weeks of pregnancy. His due date is today, August 11th, and it is weird to think that he has been with us for 2 weeks already. The picture of Elijah and Nick and the bottom picture were taken today at 2 weeks old. He is already getting so big.We brought him home 2 days after he was born. He had a touch of Jaundice so we had to keep him on a biliblanket for 5 days. His little feet are still cut up from when he had to go and get his blood drawn everyday. He is looking much better now and the yellow in his skin is slowly going away. He has a healthy appetite. He wants to eat whenever he is awake. His sleeping patterns are not patterns yet. He does go to bed anywhere between 8 and 10. He went to be at 8:30 last night and didn't get up until 2:30. I think that is the longest he has slept since he was born.
Nick and I are doing well. He is on campus daily studying. It was nice that he was able to stay home for a week with us. I don't think I would have been able to handle the Jaundice thing without him here. Elyse was able to stay with us for 2 weeks. That really helped especially because Elijah wants to nurse constantly and doesn't like to be put down during the day. Sonya is staying with us now until Wednesday. Then Nick's mom is coming until next Tuesday. I am very thankful for the help. When Nick's mom leaves Nick has one week until the qualifier. I can't wait for it to be over so Nick can be home and get to spend some time with Elijah. I am hanging in there. I function extremely well on little sleep. It is strange how you become super woman when you have a newborn.
I also want to thank Lisa for the brownies and hanging out with Elijah and me while Nick and Sonya were grocery shopping.
