Ezra: Helper Caleb: Wholehearted, Faithful
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| Ezra, 1 week old |
Meet Ezra Caleb Dusing! Our sweet second son was born at 4:57am on October 5th, 2013 - 9 days 'overdue', but yet, right on time. He weighed in at a surprising 9 lbs, 4oz, and was 21 inches long. He gave his mom and dad quite a story through his labor and delivery, but came out healthy, beautiful, and so very loved.
I can't believe he is almost 2 weeks old already. Wow, it goes so fast! Often during these last few days I keep thinking back to Isaiah's first couple weeks of life, which were hard and full of challenges -- not because he was a difficult baby (he wasn't!), but because the whole parenting thing was new, scary, and overwhelming, plus with lots of difficulty with breastfeeding and L&D recovery on my end. This time, while the recovery of his birth has been quite hard on me again, it has been so much less stressful welcoming Ezra into our family. We are already used to getting up in the middle of the night, feeding a baby, changing teeny diapers, swaddling wild, flailing, tiny humans, soothing upset tummies, and a host of other baby things --plus, are much less stressed in general by the sound of a baby crying.
Of course there have been plenty of challenges along the way, but I am feeling so blessed and thankful at the way we are all adapting to life as a family of four.
Isaiah loves, loves, loves to kiss and hold his baby brother. He is good at being very gentle with Ezra, not super good at being quiet when he's sleeping, and overall a great helper with stuff involving Ezra.
Ironically, Isaiah has been waking up more in the middle of the night than his newborn brother this last week! Not sure what is going on with that, but we are hoping it will pass quickly. They tend to not synchronize their waking up at night time either... :)
We actually have been super blessed by what a good night time sleeper Ezra has been so far. He is up only 1 or 2 times, eats, and goes right back to sleep. The nice thing about having a big baby is that you don't have to worry about letting them have longer stretches of night sleep early on. I have been feeling way more rested since we came back from the hospital than I did the last two months of pregnancy--I am for sure getting more and better quality sleep! It's a wonderful thing.
That's all for now. This mommy of two is filled with thankfulness for God's hand being upon us and with us, and for the blessing of our healthy baby boy, Ezra.
Welcome here, sweet child. We're so very glad to have you in our family!
Isaiah loves, loves, loves to kiss and hold his baby brother. He is good at being very gentle with Ezra, not super good at being quiet when he's sleeping, and overall a great helper with stuff involving Ezra.
Ironically, Isaiah has been waking up more in the middle of the night than his newborn brother this last week! Not sure what is going on with that, but we are hoping it will pass quickly. They tend to not synchronize their waking up at night time either... :)
We actually have been super blessed by what a good night time sleeper Ezra has been so far. He is up only 1 or 2 times, eats, and goes right back to sleep. The nice thing about having a big baby is that you don't have to worry about letting them have longer stretches of night sleep early on. I have been feeling way more rested since we came back from the hospital than I did the last two months of pregnancy--I am for sure getting more and better quality sleep! It's a wonderful thing.
That's all for now. This mommy of two is filled with thankfulness for God's hand being upon us and with us, and for the blessing of our healthy baby boy, Ezra.
Welcome here, sweet child. We're so very glad to have you in our family!
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| 1 day old |
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| Isaiah loving on his baby brother! |
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