The other day was Ian’s month old check-up. As you may recall, nurses were pretty happy with his two week check-up, where he had bounced back up to 9lbs and 6oz from his 9lb 3oz birthweight… and we all laughed that somebody must have screwed up his measurement at the hospital for him to have […]
One interesting thing about being new parent is that some pretty average activities become more exciting when you factor in that they are among your child’s first experiences. For instance, our first non-medical outing as a complete family happened on Monday night… we went to Babies R’ Us, the mall and to a sit-down restaurant. […]
Apologies for the lack of updates lately. Here’s a few kind words and then some photos… Ian did go to the doctor’s office last week, and while the doctor is pretty sure the initial measurement may have been in error, he’s now 22″ long; which means Doc’s either right about the error, or the kid […]
We’ve just kept right on trucking over here in Rockford… despite somewhere in the neighborhood of 16″ of snow sitting around in drifts. I guess if nothing else we can all be thankful that Ian wasn’t born this week instead of two weeks ago. During his two weeks on Earth Ian has yet to master […]
… and boy did we drop the ball! No pics! The good news is that Ian is perfectly healthy as far as we know. He’s gaining weight back that he lost after birth, and is even a little ahead of schedule on that front. No other real news, so I want to thank those of […]
Here’s the first decent image of Ian smiling, although this is one of those artificial smiles that comes from gas. This is a still shot taken from a video that shows him hiccuping and making bizarro hand gestures, which will go up later today. To me it looks like he’s saying “Yace, yace, I CALL […]
This video is probably a bit large for your average connection. It shows Ian making asome strange faces and looking around. Dial-up beware!!! makingFaces1 full link: https://www.outoftheirminds.com/media/2007/faces1.htm
Not a whole lot to talk about at this point. Ian keeps sleeping better and better, which in turn means that Melissa and I get a bit more rest. He seems more content while being changed, better able to feed, and better at adapting to his new environment. Cousin Connor, Uncle Ben and Aunt Melanie […]
There’s a lot of news I could give about how much he slept, and how much we didn’t… how the cat sleeps at the foot of the bed (even with the baby screams) despite how the best guesses were that all he would do is run away scared from the baby and urinate all over […]
Grandpa Ray and Grandma Barb showed up the evening of the 22nd, and were happy to meet the little one. No pics of that point, but here are a few we took when Ian made it home. (For that story read on!) On the 23rd, Melissa’s birthday, Dr. Bultje gave Ian the thumb’s up to […]
