Hello little Julius,

Wow already past 5 weeks! You sure do grow fast! It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with you and felt you kicking. This is truly an amazing experience for me - watching you grow like this. Every day its as though you’re learning new things. Right now you’re sleeping in the swing listening to Bob Dylan and Van Morrison sing the acoustic version of “Crazy Love” on a Sirius radio station called “The Coffee House.” You really seem to love listening to the same music as me - it relaxes you and calms you down, especially when you’ve been crying. You’ve been crying less and less as you and I have gotten to know each other and communicate better. I can usually tell by your hands and body language what you need and most of the time I get lucky. The bond you and I share is so beautiful. I love you and I love your father with my whole life. You are the perfect addition into our little family.

Earlier this morning your Aunt Tammy flew back to California. Your father is still in Virginia visiting family and will be back in a couple days. That means I’ve got you all to myself this weekend. Today I needed to get caught up on sleep so I let you stay with a local babysitter named Tara. You sometimes stay with my post-partum doula, Cheryl. Both have been great and you seem to like them! Starting Tuesday, your daddy and I are going to start interviewing potential live-in nannies and see if we hit it off with any of them. So far we’re getting lots of replies from people with newborn experience which is so great! It’ll take some time for us to call all the references, but it’ll be worth it. It’s important that whoever enters our lives will be the perfect fit for you.

I spent a week compiling some special moments of you on video. Here’s a short video:

Check out the photo gallery and video gallery to see the full set of pics.

Love
Mom