2 Weeks!

These last two weeks have been completely surreal. Having children is something you think about growing up but it always seems so far away. Even when I was pregnant it still felt like it was so far away and now our little man is finally here. It's crazy for me to think that this is his life.... I think about the life I've lived thus far.... my childhood, adolescence, adulthood, marriage, etc.... now God has given Chase and I the amazing blessing of leading this little guy in his life and preparing him for the exact situation we're in now:). It's such a beautiful cycle!

Cruz has been awesome. He is a pretty mellow baby... eats well, sleeps pretty well and doesn't cry very much at all. He was sleeping really well last week and now he is up every 3 1/2 hours to eat at night but we're not complaining:). Our days consist of exactly what you'd think they'd consist of: feeding, changing diapers, swaddling, putting to bed and repeat, with a little bit of awake time in between when he's up for it:). It's definitely a change of pace from what we were doing 2 1/2 weeks ago but it's so much fun!

We had Tara from TaraSierra Photography over last week to take some pictures. Cruz was not cooperating and I felt so bad for him. He did NOT like being posed at all so we had a rough time getting a lot of different shots but the ones she got were incredible (I'll post them when I get them all). We had our first dinner out with Mike and Sharon at my favorite sushi place, Masuos! Cruz did great. We sat out on the patio and the little guy didn't make a peep the entire dinner. We also had our first play date with Evelyn Reichers, Cody and Katelyn's 3 month old little girl. Needless to say it wasn't much of a "play" date because Cruz slept the whole time but it was still fun getting together with good friends who are in the same boat. Today was a big day for us. We met Ali and Jeff for breakfast at our favorite spot, Claire's on Cedros... again, Cruz didn't make a peep (he must know his mama's love for breakfast and didn't want to interrupt:) After breakfast, we had our first beach day at Dee Dee's (Cody's mom) Carlsbad beach house. Mama and Dada got some sun and Cruz just hung out in the shade in his car seat and did great. We are really excited to start getting comfortable taking him everywhere. We are definitely moving in baby steps but hopefully soon we'll be pros! Here are some pictures from the last week or so...