One week of perfection.

Little (big) man had his one week check-up today.  Technically he's six days old, which meant my mind was blown to learn he's 9 lbs!  In six days, he put on almost a pound.  Our other babies still weren't even back to their birth weight by this point.

My midwife said a lot of homebirth babies never lose weight.  I guess secretly, I didn't believe she could be right.  What babies don't lose weight after birth?

I guess mine, as much as I can't wrap my mind around it.  Strangely enough, this is the baby I didn't put on a schedule.  You know, they tell you to wake your babies up through the night every few hours to feed them.  Not me.  I let my baby sleep as much as he wants, which was straight through the night his first night and then only waking one to two times ever since.  I guess my little chunk knows when he needs to eat, huh?

This little dude has changed my world in six short days.  He's made me ecstatically happy.  When I hold him in my arms, I can't describe the overwhelming love I feel.  It's crazy to think that nine months ago, I cried when I got a surprise positive pregnancy test.  This boy has my heart and then some.

Look at those cheeks, that mouth, those swollen little newborn eyes.  It kills me!

I always have a birth high for at least a month after my babies are born.  This one is more powerful, though.  Birthing him at home has changed me deep in my soul.  It lit a fire of empowerment deep within me and I don't think I'll ever forget this feeling I have right now.  Amazed.  I'm amazed at my body, at God's perfect creation, at the birthing process, all of it.

God made my body capable and my midwife helped me believe in that every step of the way.

With His help, Tim and I made this perfect ball of squishy sweetness.

And his brother and sister adore him.

Adalyn just sits and stares at him.  He always makes her smile.

Ben wants Landon to play with him....like, yesterday.

But he doesn't quite grasp the concept that newborns don't play.  :)

Someone stop me because I sort of want, like, 10 babies.