Up and running ...

Big day today for us - the umbilical cord fell off .. the last physical remnant of the time spent in Mommy's womb!! Day 5 already .... and we are getting the hang of things :) Scott and I are discovering each other and we fall more and more in love with each hour. Is it possible that this little angel is mine?? Or in case Daddy reads the blog .. ours hahaha
Scott is starting to show his true colours - his first days were spent on his part looking about and just checking out the world, while I spent most of my time looking at him in awe and wondering if this was real. He has now decided he likes what he sees and has started 'voicing' his needs. He is such a sweetheart - once he has been fed, burped and changed he'll just lie there looking about and being cute .. Much like his mother hahaha
We are establishing our routine quite nicely and after surviving the 4th day baby blues I feel relatively back in control of things. Apparently on the 4th day there is a hormonal shift in the mother and boy did I feel it - crying and feeling literally crap! - completely out of control and helpless - I suppose that the fact that my milk 'came in' was no help either. I have become a milk making machine and I tell you Pamela Anderson aint got nothing on me .. if my career at Canon doesn't take off I'm sure playboy has a space for these babies haha Scott is loving it and eating like the proverbial little piggy!! It does however take some getting used to this breast feeding gig and as a woman you have absolutely NO idea what your body is capable of - just amazing!!
But enough about my lactating bits .. back to the star on the show - he has kept his Dad and me up and this too takes some getting used to. We are starting to recognise the various sounds he makes and have realised that not all crying is bad although boy does it ever break my heart to hear him cry and see the little face turn all red and scrunched up!! And have I mentioned that my sone has these amazing eyes ... so when you want to get annoyed and cranky when at 4am he is making life a bit tough he looks at you and the little hairs stick up all cute and then our hearts melt and we laugh and kiss the little cheeks .. and you know what else - he smells soooo GOOD!!!! As Mart put it we are such animals - we sniff him and kiss him and rub our noses against him constantly - we just can't get enough of our baby boy and actually I hope that we never will!!!