Henry Turns 2 weeks

A couple of days after Henry was released from the hospital, we went to the doctor.  She was concerned because he hadn't been gaining weight like he was supposed to.  We redoubled our efforts to get him to eat better and when we went in again, he had gained 5 ounces in 5 days!  At two weeks, our little boy is 7 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches.  

These two pictures really illustrate the difference between Olivia and Henry.  Yes, this outfit is on the girly side, but it's the most boyish tiny newborn outfit we have that Olivia wore, so it serves a purpose.  Olivia is four days old in the top picture, Henry is two weeks old in the bottom picture.  (And yes, he is laying on Olivia's pink blanket; deal with it!)  The outfit is tight on Olivia, and quite short, it fits Henry quite well, though is a little bit baggy on his skinny little frame.

Also, remember how we had to keep gloves on Olivia constantly to keep her from scratching her face off?  Henry never had this problem.  In fact, we've never put gloves on him and the only scratches he does have on his head are from when we failed to stop Olivia's scratching hands fast enough.

Henry is a sweet boy with a great disposition.  He's sleeping quite well at nights, just getting up once or twice to eat.  He is currently sleeping in with us (and the dogs) in our room in his bassinet  -- poor Olivia is all alone in the nursery.

He gets a funny cross-eyed look and we call him 'Governor Patterson' as in the legally blind governor of New York.  We never get tired of jokes equating the contents of his diaper and New Jersey.

We took him with us this week to the temple to watch Olivia be sealed to us.  He was a good sport and slept most of the time.  At one point however, he had to express his satisfaction with the proceedings by letting out a giant belch.

 It was a beautiful moment to stand in the temple in front of the infinity mirrors dressed in white and look at our beautiful family of four.  We are blessed to have such precious and adorable babies and we look forward to every incredible day with them.  (Even if they are a huge handful at times!)

Finally, his cord finally fell off after nearly four weeks!  He was quite ready for a real bath at this point, we were jiggling that thing like crazy at every diaper change.

Most photos can be credited to Michelle our mother's photographer friend.