One Week Old!

Carter is officially 1 week old! Well actually he is 11 days old as of today but I am just going to cover week 1. I cannot believe how fast time has flown! It has been quite a wild ride this last week. Joey and I are so in love with our son and spend the majority of our staring at him in wonder!!! I dont want to forget this time and I know how quickly it will go by so forgive the long rambling post. I am definitely sleep deprived but it is the most worth it reason to be sleep deprived ever and i wouldnt  change it for anything!!

First of all, I have to say the outpouring of love and support we have gotten from all of our freinds and family has been incredible! The first few days we had about a million visitors and people texting and calling to come see Carter and it still hasn't really died down. It really meant the world to us to have so many people as excited as we are to bring this little guy into the world! My parents and brother and joeys parents were there with us through everything and we cant thank them enough!!

He is so absolutey adorable and sweet. He makes the sweetest little expressions and we catch him smiling at us at least a few times a day- whether he knows it or not!! I finally understand how people are so immediately in love with their children. They really are a gift from God and you immediately have this instinct to protect, love and give them everything they could ever possibly want. I have a feeling I may be in trouble when everything he wants includes candy and ice cream for breakfast, 35 new puppies and to go out in nothing but a cape.

Its been a crazy week beccause it was joey and winstons bday on top of everything but we definitely cut out some time to celebrate which included me baking joey his fav confetti brownies, watching sports and obscene amounts of krispy kreme!!

Everyone keeps telling us  how Carter is a very very very easy baby.  He LOVES snoozing, doesnt cry unless he's hungry or cold, and doesnt get awoken by loud noises AT ALL. Literally Winston can be barking his brains out (which he is not allowed to do anymore but he loves to push the limits) or Joey can be hammering nails in the wall and he doesnt budge. AMAZING!

This means we lucked out that we dont have a fussy baby but it doesnt mean we arent SUPER exhausted. WE ARE! The first week we had to feed him every 2 hours which meant we slept at 1 hour increments. I was pretty much in a complete haze but I still absolultely LOVED getting up to feed him because I got to see his sweet little face- I keep telling everyone it is literally like Christmas morning, where you wake up SO excited to see his sweet little face and hug his little body despite how tired you may be. Then we moved onto 2 hour increments and now the doctor said we can get up when he wakes up hungry which varies from every 4 hours to every 2 1/2. He never wakes us up just to fuss, its always because hes hungry. joey calls him the milk junkie- our little boy loves his milk!

My mom has stayed with us the entire week and  she was a complete Godsend! We literally dont know what we would do without her! She has been amazing with the baby, with advice and just plain fun to have around. You know what they say- it takes a village!! Winston has also been reintroduced to the house as he was staying with my brother and now is sleeping downstairs in the kennel. He lets out a few whines every now and then but overall he doing great and adjusting as the older brother.

Having a baby together has brought joey and i even a million times closer anfd more in love if thats even possible.  we say our prayers every night of thanks for this incredible baby and wake up every mornig with our sweet son on his daddys chest and ramble in our incoherent exhausted talk about how blessed, happy and in love with Carter and each other. I have the worlds best husband and this crazy week has proven it to me even more if that is even possible. He has cared for me and our son and I could not be more amazed by how wonderful of a man he is. There is no better feeling in the world than cuddling up with him in bed with Carter on his chest and marveling in the amazing family we have created.

Carter is just such a sweet babe!!! I love his little fingers, little toes, the back of his head, his crazy hair he got from his daddy and his adorable little lips. ok i love everything! how could i not!!! ive been  working on our birth story but it is lonnnnggggggg so stay tuned...and here is a barrage of Carter love pics. DEAL with it!

immediately after his birth!! our sweet babe!









our first visitors!!

our incredible son!

One of our fav couples Steph and Mark !!

Carter Joseph Cefalu !!!!!

Baby Carter is here!!!! He is 6 days old and the most beautiful sweet perfect little boy in the world. Our whole family is in a state of absolute bliss right now thus the short blog post. I promise to update this asap. Here are some pics of the little guy in the meantime!

38 weeks! Fo real?

How far along? 38 weeks 4 days! 

Total weight gain: Gained half a pound instead of my normal pound to a pound and a half. Hey its progress folks, every single article I read says I should be losing weight or at least not gaining anymore.

Maternity clothes? I have about 5 tops that fit now and about 5 more that are inappropriate and awkward but I wear anyway. 

Stretch marks? Nope thanks goodness. Not in the clear yet though. 

Sleep:? Joey and I literally stay in bed until 11ish on the weekends, I think we are just soaking up as much time as we can before we are running around with Carter like chickens with our heads cut off. Sleeping is super uncomfortable but only because I have to get up a million times to pee and it is SO hard getting in and out of bed. I know boo hoo, at least we are racking up a sleep  surplus! My dreams have been totally insane, especially since we set up the bassinet in our room. I am constantly dreaming about labor, going into labor, the doc telling me I still have a month to go and the baby weighs 1 lb, etc. so fun!

Best moment this week: Getting everything all set up for Carter! His nursery is pretty much completely done and we have almost everything for him now aside from a few things that are shipping as we speak. I am definitely in nesting mode but for me nesting is more like decorating, arranging and online shopping. My mom gave us the amazing gift of having our huge house deep cleaned from top to bottom this Saturday so Joey and I thrilled that we don't have to get down on our hands and knees and scrub anything.

Not only have I been psycho-decorating Carters room but I have also been psycho decorating our room and downstairs. I just want the house to be set up before we are fully immersed in baby. Joey has been amazingingly helpful and calls us the interior decorating team of Cefalu & Cefalu as we spend so many nights hanging things and moving pictures around. We have always been a happy couple that has a blast together but this pregnancy has really made us even more of a team and sometimes I just can't believe I am so blessed that I married a man who cares so much about me, always makes me laugh and I have fun with even at somewhere miserable like DMV.

I have also done a significant amount of Christmas shopping, wrapped and put them under the tree, Joey hung the lights and stockings are up so the Cefalus are prepped and ready for the holidays and Carter to come! 

Miss Anything? Doesn't feel right to complain when this is so close to being over.  But we did buy 2 bottles of champagne for the delivery room and I can't say that I'm not salivating already for that first glass! 

Movement: Constantly moving around trying to get comfy cozy in there but the guy is clearly running out of room. Poor little Carter...but really poor Carters Mommy!

Food Cravings: Fred's is amazing, I am not ashamed to say we ate there 4 times last week.  Frozen raspberries and pregnancy tea are a multiple time a day occurrence.  I am all about hot chocolate and mass amount of whip cream. True Food will always be my number 1.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Waffles with maple syrup. But I love them!

Gender: BOY! We are having a son!!!

Labor Signs: Braxton hicks and/or contractions every day/night. They

Symptoms: Back pain, bloating, my face is officially swelling along with every other part of my body, braxton hicks,  EXHAUSTION, all the super super fun stuff!

Belly Button in or out? outtie 500.

Wedding rings on or off? ON!!!!

Happy or Moody most of the time: I am in crazy land state of excitement for the next few months and basically the rest of our lives. Pair this with the uncomfortableness of being almost 10 months pregnant and I am kind of big emotional nutcase who blasts holiday music every where I go and always has a stain on the belly of my shirt. I am positive I have never been more attractive to Joey between the grunting every time I get up, the inability to directly put food into my mouth without spilling and my refusal to take off my floral grandma nightgown that I wear everynight. But hey- I couldnt be happier!!!  

Looking forward to: Meeting our little man, holding him , kissing him and loving him and seeing Joey be a daddy, although winston would argue that he already is!!  and the holidays, of course! Cant wait to have a christmas cocktail!!

Our adorable stockings and hubby hanging the lights!

 my going home from the hospital outfit!!

 Look how in love Joey is with the beagle! How can he say no!