*YAWN*

So I've made a few monumental realizations over the past 5 weeks:

1. Sleep is only "good" if you get consecutive hours of it (preferably more than 4)
2. Daily showers are a luxury
3. Having a good washer/dryer is CRITICAL with an infant
4. Pajamas = all-day-long clothing (I prefer referring to them as "comfy clothes" instead of "pjs") 
5. Speaking of clothing, newborns really don't care what they're wearing: they will manage to make a mess of whatever outfit you put them in... leaving me to truly appreciate the fact that I have a boy (changing a onesie is much easier than changing an entire coordinated outfit on a baby girl)!
6. Planning to do errands is an incredibly calculated effort (...getting them done is another story...)
7.  The common understanding that newborns only "eat, sleep, and poop" is quite misleading -- it makes it sound EASY to take care of one! HA. hahaha. If only that were the case.....

And on top of all this, my never-ending "To Do" list remains just that: NEVER-ENDING.  While I miss the days of predictability (and being able to walk out the door without worrying about when Jackson last ate/pooped/slept and dragging a small carry-on bag around with us) I wouldn't trade the joy of having a child for anything.  He is such a sweet spirit and has brought such happiness into our home.  I just wish I had more time to sit down and blog about it all!  I've decided that it might be better for me to keep my updates less detailed so that it won't be as time-consuming to get one out to ya'll... besides, I'm sure most of you just care to see pictures anyways :) So here are a few of my favorites:

Jackson James

visiting JJ in the nursery - day 1 :)

finally ready to go home!

awake and alert!

hanging out at home with mom <3

our insatiable beast....

Following in his dad's footsteps... or snowtracks...

naptime with dad :)

love this little guy

just a few funny faces :)

hard to believe it's been a month!

soon enough he won't be this tiny....

GO UTES!!

And with that, I'll leave you for now... he's finally sleeping and this is VALUABLE "free time" for me!!  aka - I need to clean up and get out of my "comfy clothes" (so what if it's almost 2 pm....) :)