Changing Every Day

Julian continues to gain weight, and he doesn't look to us like he's changed much. That is, until we go back and look at previous photos and then the changes are obvious and hard to believe they've happened over such a small span of time. Is he really only 7 weeks old? Seems like he's been a part of our lives forever.

Some small but noticable milestones: He mimics you when you stick your tongue out at him and does the same in return, he loves staring at the mobile above his crib, and he seems to be discovering his voice a bit. The latter being almost as amusing as the former. He will emit short little outbursts that sound similar to crying, but they only last a brief moment. He also makes one hell of a crabby face which I have yet to capture faithfully on film, but I'm sure he'll give me plenty more opportunities to do so.

Trip to the E.R. on 2-17-09.

Switching formulas apparently didn't sit well with the J-Man. Hope you're not eating as you read this, but we discovered blood in his stool last week and so that morning we headed off to the E.R. as directed by the on-call nurse. At the hospital we learned that it is a fairly common occurrence, and that switching formulas is often the culprit. Sorry Julian, we had no idea. :-/

No photos for this posting for obvious reasons.


Fast forward to today (one week later) and we thought the problem had corrected itself but it's returned. Dianna has the lovely duty (dooty?) of dropping off 'samples' at the pediatrician's office today. I guess it beats having the job of analyzing said 'samples'. Will post more when we know more.

Mom and Little Tiny

Two Valentine's Day sweethearts!

Custom Made Booties

Julian sporting his high-fashion footware, courtesy of Chary.
Perfect fit, and way cute! (So what if dad can't pick a matching outfit.)

Ready For Some Travelin'

Julian is quite the little fashion plate. Why am I wearing oven mits?

Six Weeks Old Today!

Hard to believe it has already been six weeks since he was born. Yet, at the same time it seems like he has always been here. Here's a bunch of photos of him hanging with mom and dad in bed, lazing on a Saturday morning.

The Other Baby

Nika is fantastic around the baby. Although we're trying to giver her as much attention as we can, she is still feeling a little left out. Here she is trying to monopolize some time with Mom.

Filling Out

Julian is definitely gaining weight now. ~10 oz now! Nice belly, little man!

Feeling Good After A Feeding

Julian is up to eating 6+ oz per feeding now! Eat and sleep, not a bad way to live!

Bath Time

He doesn't seem to mind getting bathed....

I take that back.

Is That All You Got?

You'll have to better than a dangling zebra to impress me.

At Least One of Us is Sleeping

Mom and Baby

Here's the J-man showing off the new weight he's gained.

And of course Nika doesn't want to be left out. Julian is also seen here asking for two more ounces of formula. Either that or he's flashing his gangsta signs. Fershizzle.

Julian is Definitely Loved

Apologies for the single day multi-posting. The little guy has been keeping us busy with more pressing matters, like diaper changes.

Dianna's mother is visiting for the week. It's been so nice to have her here, and helping out so much. And as you can see, Julian loves his grandmother.



Julian with his great grandparents:


And his cousin Lindsay:

Gaining Weight Like A Champ

Julian is finally eating like a champ. He's gone full-time on the bottle now and drinking formula like it's going out of style. He's gaining 1+ oz per day like he should, and we've changed to a fairly normal feeding schedule letting him dictate it a bit more.

Here's a picture of the little champ now...