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Leo’s First “Official” Bath

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Tonight Brandon and I collaborated to give Leo his first “official” bath. I say official, because technically we have already given him one – there was an explosive poop situation a few days ago when grandma Gillespie was still saying with us. But we’re considering this to be his first bath because we actually had time to setup the baby bathtub in the sink and think the whole thing through.

Leo seemed to really enjoy the bath experience! He didn’t cry until we took him out and he started getting chilly while we were drying him off. I think that bath time will become one of his favorite things to do soon – I can hardly wait until he’s old enough to start playing with some of the bath toys that we’ve got.

Kudos to Brandon for taking lots of great photos! It will be an experience that we’ll be able to remember and appreciate for a long time. : )

Settling In

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We’ve been home with Leo for almost a full week now, and we’re starting to settle in and get the hang of things. It’s pretty much what I expected – sleep, eat, burp, change diaper and repeat. I’m just not sure I realized how often we’d be repeating!

Everyday has been a learning experience and a blessing – Leo’s such a good boy! He does a good job at night, only waking up two or three times to eat, and he’s pretty efficient, so we’re usually only up for an hour or so at a time.

Leo’s also very good in the processing department. He’s managed to pee on all of his primary caretakers to-date (mom, dad and Grandma Gillespie, who was here for the first five days helping us adjust). And he’s quite a poop machine. Sometimes we change two or three diapers per feeding, because just as we get one changed, he decides he’s not quite done!

Every now and then we get little hints of a smile. You can see them on this video that Brandon shot.

LBS has a Name

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It took a couple of days, but we’re happy to announce LBS will officially be known as Leo Mason Sheley.

I’m not sure why it took me so long to settle on a name, but I’m blaming pregnancy hormones. Every time I thought I had made a decision, about two hours later I’d start second-guessing myself and end up changing my mind. Brandon and I had spent months discussing several family name options, and really liked the idea of honoring Leo’s heritage. But in the end, it was too difficult to come up with a combination that we liked and that honored both sides of the family.

Finally I told Brandon he just needed to make a decision for the both of us, so I could quit agonizing over it. He decided to go with a combination of names that we had both liked from the beginning, but had no family ties – Leo Mason.

To view more pictures of Leo, visit my Facebook gallery.