Noah's First week at Home (Mar 12-19)

First of all, it has to be mentioned that Miss Esme Jean is a fabulous sister. She is very attentive, brings him his bink when he cries and she loves to give him kisses. She has taken to being a big sister extremely quickly and is a mini mommy. It is amazing how children instinctively understand that babies need to be handled with care!

Noah had a touch of jaundice and looked a lot darker complected than he actually is. For the first few weeks, we thought he had a bit of a tan! You can see the darker coloring is his first at home sponge bath pictures.




Noah sure has a head full of hair! Like his skin, his hair appeared darker than it is now. After a few weeks we have realized that he may have even lighter hair than Esme.



Noah's first real outing was to Popcorn Park Zoo. It was a lovely, sunny day and we decided to drive the hour and a half to the zoo in effort to enjoy it. Grandma Julie was still in town at this point and really enjoyed it.

Daddy, Grandma and Ezzy with the rescued bears.



Ez loved feeding the ducks!


One of my favorite pics of Daddy and Esme



On the way home from Popcorn Park, we decided to take a detour via Seaside Heights (aka the Jersey Shore). We took a lovely walk along the boardwalk and even won some cute little stuffed animals for Esme.

Daddy and Esme on the boardwalk


Daddy and Esme on the carousel- she loves carousels!



The infamous Jersey Shore house..ok, we admit it! We are fans :(


Important milestone:

On St. Patrick's Day (March 17th), Noah lost his belly button stub. The fact that it happened on a "holiday" is special because Esme also lost hers on a holiday (Christmas Eve)!