Monday, February 26, 2007

Baby Spa

Cozy warm room, warm organic wool blanket, lots of towels, a comfortable tub, and cozy pajamas are the makings of the DelloIacono Thies baby spa. Eric loves going to his baby spa and getting a bath as long as we do it long enough before hunger hits. He is still trying to figure out what the water is all about. We are still giving him his bath on the floor in his room because the bathroom and kitchen just seem too cold. Mom is probably the only one who thinks this though.





Thursday, February 15, 2007

Love is in the air

We had a fabulous Valentine's Day together. Eric drank lots of milk. Mom ate a wonderful chocolate frosted cupcake with red hearts from Dad, and Dad worked his butt off because ADS is rockin' busy. But he did have time to eat a special dinner ordered with lots of love.



Today Sharon and Spencer came over all the way from Novato. We had a great visit and it was so good to see our friends that we spent so much time with at the hospital. Spencer is such a big boy. So cute and so talkative, even when he is eating.




We took a nice walk through the neighborhood and went to an outdoor deli for some lunch. Sharon had her signature sandwich, a BLT:) I ha know idea that this deli was such as hot spot for mom' and babies.



Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Hellllooo



So for several days we have been walking into the kitchen saying to each other,"what is that smell?" We emptied the garbage, ran the disposal, cleaned out the fridge and still that stank persisted. For a while it was contained to just the doorway of the kitchen. Then one morning I notice the smell was making its way down the long hallway. Finally Aaron discovered the source, pot of water on the stove. We always leave this large pot on the stove clean and empty so we never suspected it. Then Aaron lifted the lid to find oily water in it. It had been in there long enough for us to forget what was last cooked in it. Oops.



Eric has us a too busy to clean up everything. When he is hungry we drop everything to get him fed and often forget what we were doing i.e. the dishes. He keeps us very busy and we love it.

Eric has discovered his hands and is constantly sucking on his fists. Yum, Yum. He is also starting to "talk" a bit and explore the use of his voice to make various sounds. He seems to dig classical music and we have found that so do we. His hair is starting to grow back on the top, but we can't quite make out the color. There are some blondes in there though. He enjoys tummy time on the boppy pillow much more than flat on the floor.



Monday, February 05, 2007

Even more reasons to smile

Today we took Eric to the pediatric surgeon to take a look at what our pediatrician thought was very likely a hernia in his groin. The surgeon gave us happy news, no hernia, which means no need for immediate surgery. Eric and his parents are very happy about this.

Eric gives us lots of smiles when he is in the mood. He has started smiling back at us when we smile and giggle at him.



Eric was disappointed that the Bears lost the superbowl,but definitely enjoyed his superbowl party with Dad. He put back a couple of bottles during the game.



Eric interacting with his friends on the mobile.



Some other fun photos


Thursday, February 01, 2007

New things

Cuddling with his blankie while Mom & Dad eat dinner. Eric sits in his bouncy seat while we eat dinner beside him.


Getting some work done with Dad. Eric likes to hang out in the office sometimes so Mom can go for a run, do laundry, pump, or take a nap.


Eric tries out the baby Bijorn. Like the stroller, this took some getting used to. He cried for the first 5 minutes and then settled in, relaxed, and fell asleep.




Eric loves to check out his giraffe pics from South Africa that GA Kathy sent. His cousin, Mortimer, took all these amazing photos and they are great contrasts and really get his attention, especially when we are trying to change his diaper.



We had our pedi appointment with Dr. McMahan today. Eric is up to 9lbs 11 oz and 21.25 inches long. He was a trooper with his shots, but we already know he is a tough guy. Eric does have a bit of a hernia that has popped up in his groin that is going to need to be surgically repaired. These are very common, especially in preemies. We have an appointment with the pediatric surgeons on Monday. It sounds like a pretty simple procedure, but it is a procedure and it makes Mom nervous.

Dad took Eric out for a walk in the stroller by himself yesterday for the first time. Of course I had to give him important instructions like how to properly cover the stroller so no one could see him but Dad, and how to let a little fresh air through, and what he should wear. They had a good time.