One Month in the Books

"If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday."

-Isaiah 58:10

I don't think Zy is "oppressed" in any sense of the word, but the rest of the verse, that this blog is named for, is taking on a whole new meaning to me recently. Isaiah, the Old Testament prophet, clearly meant "spend yourself in behalf of the hungry" in a metaphorical sense, as well as the light rising in the darkness. However, as I strive to keep up satisfying the needs of possibly the world's hungriest infant, I'm literally spending myself. And my nights and noondays are pretty much interchangeable now as I feed, change, cuddle, and gaze at this precious little guy at both 2pm and 2am the same.

Here are some updates and more photos for anyone curious about Zy's development.

Last night, he had his best sleeping night ever! He took two 3 hour naps with just an hour and a half of awake time in between. It was the first time we'd been able to get him to sleep "all night" outside of our bed. Tight swaddling, timing, cloth diaper, and the Rock'N'Play for the WIN! I sure hope it wasn't a fluke, or a little birthday gift of sleep for his mama.

He's pretty proud of himself for sleeping so well!

 Today, he went for his 1 month check-up.  He started out at 8 pounds 13.1 ounces and 22 inches long. He dropped down to a little less than 8 pounds in the first few days. Now, he weighs in at 10 pounds 9 ounces, 64th% and measures 23 inches long, 97.5th%. He's long and lean, he comes by that honest!

An outtake from his one-month photo shoot with Ruby. He's not so sure how he feels about doggy kisses yet.

He has long fingers like his daddy.

Our favorite place: right next to each other.

We're hoping to see a lot more smiles and giggles like this by Easter!