7 weeks old

Noah is 7 weeks old today! He smiles all the time and it starting to interact with us. When we smile at him he'll smile and coo back at us. Lately he's been more alert and not sleeping as much as the first few weeks. He usually will sleep through the night 6-7 hours which is very nice for me. His choking is getting better but he still chokes almost everytime when I feed him. I don't think I ever blogged about that.

The pediatrician suggested we have an esophogram done but it didn't really show anything because it didn't give him a chance to choke. The esophogram basically was an x-ray of him drinking to see if his esphogus was fully developed and if fluid is going into his trachea (which I am almost certain it is). Noah couldn't be on the x-ray table too long because he is so little so in the one minute that he was on the table he didn't choke which didn't give us a chance to see what's really going on. The radiologist said he is fine and that he just has a little reflux which is normal for babies. I left frusterated because I didn't feel like anything was really solved because he didn't see what really happens. We are praying this is something he will grow out of because it has been not just frusterating for me at feeding times but for Noah too. However this past week he has been doing better only choking once a feeding or every other.

On a lighter note, we went to the beach this past week for some fresh air and to watch Alan surf. Someone gave us a cute little beach outfit that Noah needed to wear soon because he is going to out-grow it so we thought what a great opportunity to wear it. The rest of the pictures are just us playing and sleeping.

What a snuggle- buggle!

Daddy and Noah sleeping

Alan surfing in Ventura (very small waves-but still fun)

Checking out the waves

Noah is playing with his "Puppers" that his cousin Jack gave him for Christmas

Mmmm, the ear tastes so good.

Music

I logged into the blog today and noticed that Alan added some new links to our website interests, one being music he has made over the past few years. I clicked on it and forgot how good he was at making music. Sometimes life gets so busy that I forget what we love to do. Since one of Alan's degrees is in music I shouldn't have been surprised how good his music sounds. It's been a while since we've gotten back to doing what we love, for Alan, music and surfing. For me in high school and college it used to be music and tennis. I haven't played tennis in forever or sang in a group for years. And even though I took 9 years of piano, I couldn't play a tune today.

I do love to run, hike, read and serve in ministry but somehow I never have the time or better yet to say, make the time. These are things I really need to get back into. It's easy to get caught up in the usual daily activities that I forget to do what I love to do.

Anyway, if you are interested in hearing some great music provided by my hubby click on the link, "Some of Alan's music" in our website interests or here http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/alanmartinsenmusic

Enjoy!

Noah's room

I've been waiting to post pictures of Noah's room because his crib has been on back order for two months. We just got his crib last week and put it together. He slept in his room last night for the first time. We didn't have a monitor yet so I was nervous I wouldn't hear him since his room is across the house. Fortuntely he didn't cry and when I went to get him this morning he was awake laying in his bed patiently (it makes me wonder how long he had been waiting). Today we got a monitor so I can sleep better in my own bed. I also took a few pictures on him in his bed today. He looks bigger in it than I thought he would.

It's hard to see in this picture but his name is on the wall above his crib

Our little man