3 Days Old

It would seem there is a lot of interest in the blog since Brandon arrived. Prior to Brandon's birth I think the highest hit count in any one day was 12 people. Thursday we peaked at 16 and I think that yesterday may have been higher still.

Anyway Brandon is now 3 days old and his first night at home last night was pretty good indeed. Its hard to imagine, but so far Joshua's little brother seems to be even more content and placid than he was. 90% of the time we don't even know he is there as he is so quiet. The picture below was one of the rare moments where Brandon had his eyes open.

Today we gave Brandon his first ever bath - I was a little rusty with my new born bathing techniques but I am sure it will soon come flooding back. Fortunately Brandon did not scream too much during the bath. And here is a little bit of playtime with Dad.

As a gift to Tina I bought her this rocking nursing chair so that she is nice and comfortable feeding the new baby and can rock the little guy back to sleep. Thanks to Uncle Dave and Cousin Matt for picking the chair up earlier today.

So far Joshua has exhibited lots of mixed reactions to Brandon. Initially he reached out to try and grab something, but he seems to have now learnt to be more gentle. Joshua has been very inquisitive and curious and can often be found peering into the moses basket. When Brandon cries Joshua seems to be a bit confused and often backs off looking for Mum or Dad. But the best moment so far was the family snap below which caught Joshua giving Brandon a nice kiss on the head.

Here's another nice shot of the new family all together.

And lastly for today here is a picture of Grandad with the little dude. Joshua and Brandon's Nan and Grandad came over today to help Tina out looking after "my boys" whilst I went off for a couple of hours to visit Mum in hospital. Brandon also had visits from Shahinah & Mia, Lisa David and Matt, and from Nelson and Amber today - so a busy day.