one week

tomorrow our little guy will be one week old. time flies, huh? it doesn't feel like it, since he spent a good chunk of that time in the nicu, but we're making up for it! it's definitely been the most crazy week of our lives... lots of ups and downs, but definitely more ups. i guess we're keeping him!

i've been meaning to start taking more photos... this little guy is the perfect excuse. i missed a couple of days in there, as he was hooked up to every machine, but we're definitely taking them now. hopefully he's not too sick of the camera yet ;)

august 05

sunday morning the pediatrician asked, "so, you ready to go home with your son?" uhhh... yes?!! so happy to take this kid home with us. he had to pass all sorts of tests and we had to watch all sorts of videos, but we did it.

ten minutes after we got him home, friends and family started coming over. throughout the day we had almost thirty people come visit, but we were so happy to see everyone. he slept through most of it, obviously loving all the attention ;)

august 06

graysen got to meet uncle scott & aunt natalie before the headed home for idaho.

he was very happy about it. he makes the best faces :)

then we headed over to the thurman's for a family bbq. 

bree, gray & noah.. three thurman cousins born within three months of each other. gray obviously missed out on the blonde memo!

august 07

on tuesday we ventured over to the thurmans again so that aunt kelly could snap some pro newborn photos of gray (here is her website... she takes the best newborn photos EVER!)

i had to snap a couple at the end in the penguin hat... his grandma jen loves penguins. he wasn't as big a fan ;)

august 08

we got nick home from work for one more day. can i just say how amazing this guy is? everyone keeps commenting on how clean our house is... it's all because of this guy. he's done the dishes, the laundry, the vacuuming... everything! he's taken care of me and gray... i never stop being amazed by him.

we've been trying to go for a walk every evening (nick goes running every other night... i'm hoping soon i'll get to join him!). gray loves being tucked away against his dad.