One Week Link

One Week Link, originally uploaded by Shannon Marye.

Lincoln is one week old. He is a beautiful little boy who looks a lot like his dad. He has also been compared to a turtle and a little old man. His lower lip is sucked in so that it meets his top gum line. He has a lot of brown, blond, and even a little red hair. He has very dark blue eyes. He loves making sweeping movements with his arms and grabbing at things, especially when nursing. He likes to open his eyes and show just the whites to freak people out.

Lincoln nurses well although sometimes it takes him a while to settle down, stop squirming or pushing himself away. He grunts like a pig when trying to find his source of nourishment and squeals high when he pulls away.

Lincoln sleeps all night long and only really wants three large meals a day (even though I still try to get him to take lots of snacks).

He has lots of bowel movements, usually just after being changed, just to tease his daddy. Bryce and Link enjoy working together (Link in the sling or moby). Bryce is really good at moving him up and down, creating white noise, swaddling him and is often able to make Link stop crying immediately. Link also enjoys sucking on my pinky finger and bouncing upright on my lap.

We are so in love with this little guy. He is way too cute to be a bother and a rather mellow child anyway. He is so new though sometimes we even forgot his name. I don't think either of us have said anything but Link or Lincoln, but lots of other names will pop into my head.