Dear Joshua,

You have only been here 2 weeks, and I couldn't imagine my life without you! I must admit, these first two weeks have been a major adjustment, but I thank you for making it a not so bad one. You have been a very good baby. You only cry when you are getting washed up, or sometimes when your diaper is getting changed. You do get a little fussy when it's time to eat, but other than that you're a quite little one! You seem to sleep a lot though! It's been days where you sleep ALL day long, and I have to force you to eat. Even when you are eating you are still sleep! LOL!

For the most part you haven't given your mommy and daddy a hard time at night. Don't get me wrong, you have had your nights, but we can't really complain. I'm starting to notice that you don't like sleeping on your back, so mommy and daddy have already begun the process of spoiling you and allowing you to fall asleep on our chest. We actually discussed it this morning, and we will have to do better. Soon it will be time for you to start sleeping in your crib (right now you sleep in the bassinet in our room) in your very own room that we worked hard on getting just right for you, and we need to make sure you feel comfortable sleeping on your back by yourself. Now that you have arrived, your mommy has started putting the finishing touches on your room and she can't wait for you to see it!

Around day 5 you started breathing differently which of course brought concern to everyone. Your mommy, daddy, and grandmommy took you to the hospital where they informed us that the breathing is actually normal for newborns. You were breathing fast, and loud like there was some mucus of some sort blocking your breathing. The Doctors assured us that it was normal and sent us on our way. About a week later you still had the loud and fast breathing, and it seemed to affect your eating and sleeping. Your mommy was still concerned even though she looked it up online, and had 3 nurses listen to a recording of you and they all said it was normal. She took you to the Doctor and was reassured again that everything was just fine with you!!

I doubt if you have noticed, but you have a dog! His name is Biff!! Before you arrived he was the baby of the house, but he is adjusting well with you being here taking up the spotlight. He actually is always very concerned whenever you get fussy or start to cry. He runs over to you to make sure you are ok. Soon you will be able to play with him, and I'm sure he can't wait!!

Oh, by the way, when we took you to the Dr yesterday, they informed us that you now weight 9 lbs 2 oz. You're getting up there little man!!

I love you SOOOOOOO much!

Mommy