Baby Zachary!

Zachary Alan Gordon was born 4-11-11 at 2:22 p.m. --  apparently the kid likes doubles. He has short, dark hair and bluish eyes, and he's very alert. He's constantly looking around. However, in this loud house he's probably just trying to figure out where all the noise is coming from. It's usually coming from his sister and brother who love to help with their new baby brother.

First family photo...

Heading home from the hospital

Waiting on baby brother to get home

Lauren likes to put his "sassy" in his mouth and tell me when his scratch mittens fall off. Nicholas likes to talk to him, which is hilarious since we can't understand what he's saying. He'll just jabber and jabber to Baby Zachary and we're pretty sure he's warning him about how things work around here -- how Lauren will dress him up in skirts and tiaras, and how he'll attend tea parties in the kitchen, and drive a pink and purple car, and about how much fun it will be.

Now, what is this again?

Baby Zachary's first tea party!

For now Baby Zachary spends most of his days eating and sleeping. He's a week old now and yesterday he had his one-week check-up where he weighed in at 7 lbs, 12 oz. The doctor said they like to see newborns gain about half an ounce to an ounce a day so I asked how he was doing. She laughed and said "he gained 9 oz in 7 days so he's doing great and if he needs to miss a meal once in awhile, it would be okay."

Ummm...yeah...Zachary doesn't let you skip a meal. He let's you know when it's time to eat, which is usually about every three hours during the day and about every 3.5 hours at night. The rest of the appointment was uneventful. She just confirmed what we already knew, Zachary is perfect.

One week old!