A morning for the boys

It has been a good week for us all, but this morning was the cherry on top (that is until tomorrow, 2 weeks old). Mom had to go to a meeting this morning from 7 to 9, so that means from about 6:00 until about 9:00 the house is full of boys (and Ashton). Try to make it as easy as possible a few extra events transpired this week, and this morning.
First and foremost, mom has mastered the breast pump. We have a few days of food in the freezer (he only eats about 2 oz per sitting). To back track one second, I am supper glad I dropped the big bucks and bought the top line, double barrel, fast sucker, in a nice briefcase style tote. We looked at some of the hand operated ones, and some of the foot peddle operated one (think old school sewing machine), and some of the "cheep" ones that pumped one breast at a time, or had one setting, no let down/warm up stage, etc. With the first use, I realized that this is one of the things that you certainly get what you pay for, and though it was a investment, it is going to be a good one. The instructions were the length of a small novel, and the machine itself as more nobs and dials then a conventional oven, but it works, and it works good.
Also to help with the am adventure, mom got up a little early, showered and got ready, woke X up and feed him, burped him, changed his dipper, put him back to sleep, and put him back in his crib. This was all in the hope to stave off the next hunger fit until she got home. Well I am sorry to report this was all done for not.
At about 6:30 X woke up with the biggest set of hiccups I have ever seen him with, and he gets the hiccups allot. After that we walked the dog, changed our very full fuzzy bun, picked out our play clothes for the day. We cuddled through a couple cry fits then at about 8:00 I pulled out his first bottle to thaw. This was both a happy and a somber moment.
Firstly , i must admit I am a little jealous of Mommy's roll in X's life. I am am sure it is a pain in the behind to get up every few hours to give Xavier the sustenance that keeps him alive, but this is a mommy thing that i do not get to partake in. That is until today, so that is the happy part. The sad part is that Mommy was not here to see his first bottle feeding. After a 20 minute hot water bath, the milk was thawed and the bottle was set. Thank goodness he took to it with no delay, well a little delay.
We have two types of bottles. The first one came with the medela pump, and they have newborn friendly nipples. I did not understand them, they are shaped oddly and have weird groves and I could not discern 1) how far in the nipple should go and 2) which side was up. Apparently neither could Xavier. With this nipple we had a problem with keeping the milk in the moth, I think half of it went down the front of him. Luckily we also have "Avent Naturally" bottles on hand. These are the bomb. they have simple. soft, straight nipples. No top, no bottom, simply insert and go. Also there were no progressive ridges. Simply insert until he latches and you are set. And we were set. He downed two ounces and passed out. Now he is sleeping on my lap while I type.
Mom is going to be so proud, both because X ate, and because i figured it out.