almost three weeks...

momma and baby, 2 weeks old

sweetest face i have ever seen

for some reason i kept him in his hospital hat

for days after we got home... the baby has a million

hats of his own... i just liked this one :)

first visit with dr. terry after we left the hospital.

he said we look great! he weighed 7 lbs, 8 ounces at this visit.

born at 7 pounds, 14 ounces, dropped to 7 lbs 3 ounces

and when we went on sunday, he was at 8 lbs, 4 ounces. he loves to make this serious look. he has the best eye contact

always looks like he is thinking up something reallllly important.

here are a few pics from the first days at home. we are all settled in, and actually have a pretty good schedule. bennett is doing so good. we are so lucky to have such a sweet baby! he will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and last night he slept for almost 5 hours at a time. impressed!

we absolutely hate bath time. i hate it, he hates it, daddy hates it. it is no fun for anyone because bennett screams and cries :( hopefully he will grow to love a warm bath, like his momma does.

in other news...

our TCBY is really close to opening! we have all of our employees hired and we are ready to get things going! i cant wait to have limitless vanilla with hot fudge ;)

this has been keeping daddy extremely busy.

while on this topic, i will brag on him for a second. the man has at least 4 full time jobs... opening a new business, managing several rental properties that he has to deal with on a regular basis, being a full time rep for Pfizer and he is smack dab in the middle of building us our dream home. he is also a fantastic husband and father, making those jobs number 5 and 6. i know that we have some busy and challenging times ahead, but i also know that there is nothing that we can't handle together.

he works so hard for our family, and never does anything nice for himself. if i buy him a new shirt, he makes me take it back because he would rather me have something nice for myself or the baby.. he tells me all of the time how good of a wife and mom that i am, and that i am his best friend. he means that, i know that i am his best friend. he's mine.

when we were pregnant, i thought a lot about what type of daddy jared would be. i didnt picture him being really hands on with bennett. i pictured him being more of a supporter than a doer, which was going to be fine with me. he has turned out to be both, which has surprised me. he changes diapers, worries about his well being, dresses him, reads to him, etc.

i am so blessed to be married to him, i dont know what i did in life to deserve him as my husband.

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below is a picture of me a few days before we had bennett... i was the size of the house we are building that i am standing in front of ;)

hopefully our home will be done in a few weeks and we can get all settled in.

it will be crazy for a while... new baby, new business, new house all within the same month. i am trying my best to hang on and enjoy the ride. (with the help of friends, family and the occasional michelob ultra) :)

i hope that everyone has a happy st patricks day!!! we are going to get out and enjoy the sunshine this afternoon!

xoxo- sarah