One month | Five weeks...

Toben (aka Littles, Pipsqueak, Squeaks, T, Pooter-toots...) is now over a month old! I had intended on putting a "one month" picture on here last Friday, but he was not "ready for his closeup" I guess. This one doesn't care to have his picture taken, it seems! The picture above is one of the very few I was able to get on his one month birthday. {Pardon the paci}

Actually, he's either a very easy baby or a very intense and high maintenance little one. We've had some (ok, a LOT) of gas issues, and he's still a bit of a night owl. During the day, it's almost comical to remember those navy blue eyes looking up at me from a little bobble head at 3:45am, when I'm ready to go back to sleep after feeding him. Maybe that's when I should pull out the camera, huh?

At the moment, I believe Toben is in a growth spurt. I guess in all honesty the whole first year is one big growth spurt, but just in the last week his little onesies (newborn sized) have started to either fit just right or seem almost too small. His wrinkly little legs are starting to fill in, so maybe there's hope that he won't have chicken legs for too much longer!

Life with three little boys has been a tougher adjustment than I think we were prepared for it to be. Ryan and I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I don't think we anticipated being this exhausted. It would probably help if we could get some more sleep, but even at that -- it's difficult to do a great number of everyday things anymore. I'm confident that "life" will find some sort of normalcy in the future, but I'm starting to grasp that it won't be for a while yet. We're ever grateful for our parents who live close by, who can (and do!) help us out.