The First Week at Home.

The first week...or rather a week full of firsts.

Kio and I spent the standard five days in hospital before they gave us a clean bill of health and released us to run riot on society.

From the moment we left the hospital it hit me that it's all up to Shin and I now. No nurses to kindly give advice and show you how it's done. Or more importantly, be there for you during exploding diapers and fussy nights.

This became painfully evident as we were trying to figure out how to operate the car seat.

But, we got it done.

And 'getting it done' is pretty much how we spent our week full of firsts.

There was the first bath, courtesy of daddy.

There was also the first poop in the bath, courtesy of Kio.

Kio and I had our first sleepless night during which there were a few tears shed - by both of us. Luckily we were rescued by Shin when he returned home from work the next morning.

There was the long awaited first meeting between Mikan and Kio in which they both ignored each other, and have pretty much continued to do so ever since.

Whew.

There was the first projectile pee, and it certainly wasn't the last. I've learned that little boys are sneaky like that.

We had our first outing with the stroller which ended up being a bit of a trial. Who knew that unfolding one of those buggers could be so complicated.

And during that first outing (to Babies R Us) we discovered Kio had gained his first kilogram! As a scale is something that I feel does not add anything ascetically or mentally pleasing to a household, we don't own one. Also, my idea of putting Kio in a mixing bowl and weighing him on the cooking scale was thwarted by the fact that it only goes up to two kilograms. So when we came across a scale at the baby changing station we plunked him down and were surprised to see the numbers shoot up over 4500 grams. Friends had warned me that they grow so fast but I didn't think that it would be in only two weeks!

Kio got his first overseas package when his new best friend the octopus arrived from England. Thanks to Becca, Ed and Henry for putting a smile on his face!

Finally, there was the highlight (for me at least) of Kio's first week at home, and that was the debut of his Yoda costume. To celebrate turning one week old, the Sugar Fairy completed the Yoda outfit that she had started when she gave me this adorable hat for my birthday.

The outfit includes matching mittens, boots and even a hand-dyed tunic to add to the overall authenticity. And as you can see for yourself, it's just too damn cute!

 

When my age you were look as good you didn't!

- Master Yoda                  


Although we had our ups and downs I can honestly say that our little family came out on the other side of our first week together with smiles on our faces.

Mostly.