Lifetime Guarantee: Month One

Month One of Baby Ben brought lots of guests, love, cuddles and sleep deprivation. The transition home from the hospital was very smooth - in large part to Ben being a pretty easy baby. The day after we came home, Ben had his first pediatrician appointment. It was basically a visit just to look him over, address any questions we had and provide the doctor any information we had about Ben's birth and family history.

So tiny in his car seat. And no, he did not ride with his neck like that. And yes, we buckled him in.

Before we stopped off at the doctor's we ran in to where was board the dogs and dropped off a hospital blanket of Ben's. We were told it was good to let the dogs get used to the smell and that makes for an easier meeting. Following the doctor's appointment we went to Target to pick up some more things Ben needed (hello, everything!) and settled in at the house for the afternoon.

Snuggle Time!

How about more snuggles!

I picked the dogs up later that afternoon and Matt stayed home with Ben for some Man Time. The dogs were WAY excited when I got there so I was a little nervous they'd be too crazy when we got home so we put Ben in his cradle so they wouldn't be rough with him. We still weren't sure how they'd be and we wanted to make sure they slowly got to him. Once they realized Ben was in the crib they were so curious and sweet with him. I think it was love at first sight.

We were absolutely showered with love from the moment Ben came into our family. We had packages at our doorstep everyday for an entire month. We had neighbors and friends bring us dinner. We even had neighbors we had never met before wanting to bring us dinner. We had two showers within three weeks after Ben was born. It was just so, so sweet to have so many people love Ben immediately and just so excited to welcome him to the world. It made us even more excited to have him part of our family.

Family was also so excited to visit and spend time with him. Ben was able to meet the majority of his family within the first few weeks of his life. He's a pretty lucky dude.