Happy 1 Month Birthday

Today was a big day in the Godwin household. First and foremost we have been on our own since Sunday...meaning no help from Michael's Mom or mine...equaling out to 3 nights in little Riley's life that we have not had back up! This may seem silly but all of our family is as smitten with little Riley as we are and they cannot stay away!



Today Riley and I also got out of the house and went to the pediatrician all on our own. This is his third visit to the pediatrician and though we got all high marks his weight gain was not as high as we had expected. He is such a good eater we figured he'd be up there in the lb's, but he weighed in a 9 lbs 1 oz. His height on the other hand was 21 3/4 inches. The doctor was pleased with all of his progress. He felt the breastfeeding was going well and was glad to hear that Riley has gone as many as seven hours overnight (though he averages sleeping from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am without a feeding), we are very lucky parents!



Another milestone today was losing the cord that has been attached to little Riley for 10 months...I do not think he will miss it. All of the books say you lose the cord in 2 weeks, the hospital said 2-3 weeks, and so I was relieved when the doctor said some of his patients have had the cord hang around until 6 weeks. But tonight just before Riley's 1 month photo shoot the cord came loose accept for two little strings, and while Etta (Michaels Mom known by her daughters as Harrietta and by Riley as Etta) and Aunt Mary could not watch...I sterilized some shears and cut the dead skin away...and now we have a belly button! Riley was not bothered by the home surgery at all and Michael and I were glad to say goodbye to the cord stub...and no we did not keep it for his baby book!



Anyway please enjoy his 1 Month pictures...we think he is pretty darn cute!
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Riley's First Spa Treatment

Does he look happy or what? He may not love getting his sponge baths, but I do believe Gie Gie (as in AnGIE, my mom) is spoiling him rotten with baby massage. He seems to be quite pleased and I think she is back in his good graces post bathtime.

Withdrawal Post

This post is for Michael who is in Montgomery working and suffering from Riley withdrawal! Presently Riley is propped up on my shoulder failing to burp...so I am a one handed typer and I think I will forget more words and move straight on to pictures.

The many faces of Riley.

Hi, obsessive Aunt Elizabeth is back again. : )

Here are some more pictures from Riley's first week.

Feel free to write a comment on what you think Riley must be thinking in each pic!

More Pictures

Riley is already growing up! I guess babies do that... I am hoping these pictures will turn out to be a decent enough quality that you can see him well. These are another product of my scavenging...
Riley is already almost at his birth weight - a week ahead of schedule! He is a good eater - definitley an Irvin characteristic... although, I know he gets that from his father too!

-Elizabeth

I am a photo scavenger...

So, since technical difficulties have been preventing photos from reaching me from Allison and Angie and since I have a job and cannot get to Montgomery to capture every second of Riley's life up to this point I am scavenging photo's from others who are more geographically lucky. This one is from Shelley's blog (see the side bar - she has fabulous paintings you should check out on her blog!) So thanks for an update Shelley, feel free to email me any pics you got before the batter went dead!

In this picture Riley is 8 days old!

- Elizabeth

Baby Chappell is here...

Below is Baby Chappell - Holland and Reed's little one. Allison and Holland were pregnant together (see picture below!) and Holland gave birth to Chappell on last Monday. She is so very precious - and apparently Michael is already joking that if Riley and Chappell were to marry how Holland and Reed would have to pay for the wedding... Allison says that Chappell is the spitting image of Reed, so I will have to have her post a picture of Reed soon so we can all weigh in!

This is a picture of Holland and Allison at Anne's wedding in December.


Congratulations Holland and Reed!
-Elizabeth
(PS More Riley Pics to follow soon, i promise!)