Here's a neat picture of Elijah taking a nap on my chest as I'm also napping and sitting in the Rocking Chair. I think I published a photo similar to this one recently but since this is one of my favorites I thought it would be ok to publish another one. My chest probably isn't as comfortable as the boppy pillow but he seems to be sleeping pretty soundly here none the less...!
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Taking A Nap With Baby Elijah
Here's a neat picture of Elijah taking a nap on my chest as I'm also napping and sitting in the Rocking Chair. I think I published a photo similar to this one recently but since this is one of my favorites I thought it would be ok to publish another one. My chest probably isn't as comfortable as the boppy pillow but he seems to be sleeping pretty soundly here none the less...!
Friday, August 26, 2005
Connor and Elijah
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Tucked into the Boppy
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Gained Over Two Pounds
Momma's milk must be good because Elijah has gained two pounds and one ounce since we took him home from the hospital...! That doesn't seem like a lot to me but the Doctor was very happy about it. That's why I'm a tennis pro and he's a Doctor (I guess).
Elijah weighed in at 9 lbs 5 ounces yesterday at the Doctor's office. He also got a clean bill of health for his stomach. Dr Kaven reported that we have a very happy, healthy baby...! But... He still didn't sleep well last night, so neither did we...! This photo doesn't show Elijah's hair very much but that's coming in very well, too!
Here's another photo of Monica's baby sling.
It's very comfortable for both Mom and Baby...!
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Baby Einstein...! And Number 17...!
This Baby Einstein play set was a gift from Joe and Dolfina Nagle of West Columbia. Elijah Loves his Play Set...!
Elijah is two days shy of being one month old...! He's going to the doctor today because he's been having a little bit of an upset stomach. Previously we've given him a combination of breast milk and formula but we've taken him completely off the formula now. We'll see what Dr Kaven says...!
Hmmm.... There seems to be a problem with the blogger software. On my tool pad it shows another paragraph above this one but when it's published the paragraph is hidden. Oh well... That's happened a couple of times before in other posts.
The other hidden paragraph described the diaper number 17 statistic. Since my sis has been visiting I haven't had to change any diapers in about a week...! Hey, I'm not arguing...!
Monday, August 22, 2005
Sunday, August 21, 2005
First trip to The Thai Restaurant...!
This is Elijah's first trip to Kanomwan, my favorite Thai restaurant. He behaved himself fairly well. In this photo Monica and Becky are checking on him after he had just awakened. I've been going to this restaurant since 1989 and have become good friends with the owner. Before we left the restaurant that afternoon the owner congratulated us and thanked Monica and I for bringing in his newest and youngest customer. This photo was taken when Elijah was just one day shy of three weeks old.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Mommas' Boy
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Four Photo Day
Below: Another baby boppy photo...!
I thought I'd put in a photo of Peepers because she really loves baby Elijah...! In this photo Monica and the baby are sleeping on the couch and Peeps is sleeping at Monica's feet!
No Baby Photo Blog would be complete without baby furniture photos. Here a photo of Elijah's diaper changing station. Siting on top of it is the Moses Crib. (I'm not sure if it floats or not...)
This rocking chair comes in very handy...! It was a present from Grandpa Arno and Grandma Judy...!
Monday, August 15, 2005
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Wow...! A four Diaper Night...!
Friday, August 12, 2005
Three Neat photos
Here's Mom, Baby, and Peepers.
And last but not least, another exciting action packed baby on the boppy photo.
Here Elijah is nesteled and tucked into his hand made quilt.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Diapers 6 and 7 Successfully Installed..!
I changed two more diapers by myself yesterday! That brings my cummlative year to date total up to 7. That's also my life-time diaper change total, too...!
Monica had Elijah Duty last night. I slept from 9:30 PM pretty much until 6 AM... Boy, was I tired. Tonight I'll get up with Elijah throughout the night and Monica can rest. I don't see how a single parent would be able to keep up with all this. I feel greatly blessed that Monica and I are such a good team...!
Elijah's Bedspread
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Remembering Back 12 Days Ago
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Diaper Number 5
Test Drive
Connor did a good job...!
Elijah slept pretty good last night. I slept a little longer than I thought I would, too. We were all awakened at 6 AM by Connor's alarm clock. He was practicing getting up early for school.
Now, we are all watching the space shuttle landing this morning.
Monday, August 08, 2005
The Baby Swing
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Baby on The Boppy
This is a photo of the first time I ever held Elijah. We were still at the hospital. I was nervous that I would hold him too strongly and maybe hurt him. I feel much more comfortable holding him now...!
3 Diapers in 3 Hours
This morning I got up at 6:30 AM and had Elijah Duty so mom could sleep in...! I started out with a wet diaper so I got to change the second diaper of my life at approximately 6:35 AM... I gave him a bottle of formula and then had to make another one... Between 7:30 and 8:30 AM he had two more poopy diapers. That brings my total life -time diaper changing count to 4...!
And, I changed his clothes, too...! Mom got up about 9:15 AM to take command of the situation. So my morning adventure has come to an end. Mom is more rested now and Elijah has been a very good baby...! He didn't complain at all this morning, even though he was working with an obvious diaper changing novice.
Saturday, August 06, 2005
Baby and the Blue Elephant
NEWS FLASH:
At 8:07 AM I changed my first diaper all by myself today...! And Elijah didn't even cry so I must have done a good job...! Of Course, Monica has been an excellent coach...! So there it is... Now I'm a real dad. I had speculated that I wouldn't be a real dad until I had changed my first diaper. This is a rite of passage for me...!
Now I can start doing a diaper change count statistic...! I'm into statistics you know... :)
Friday, August 05, 2005
Sweet Little Baby
Thursday, August 04, 2005
The Best Photo
Grandma Judy and Elijah
It's interesting that Peepers is very protective of Baby Elijah. The other cats are curious and maybe a little jealous, but Peepers acts differently. Whenever Baby Elijah cries she seems genuinely concerned. She seems to 'stand guard' when he's in the same room with her... And if she thinks you are threatening the baby she'll come after you....!
Grandpa Arno and Elijah
Here's a nice photo of Grandpa Arno holding a very sleepy Elijah. This baby definitely gets held a lot...! Incidentally, Elijah's middle name is Arno... He was named after his Grandpa... So this is really the photo of the two Arnos....!
Grandma Judy and Grandpa Arno are heading back to California in the morning.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
The Brothers Taking a Nap
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Father And Son
Connor's First Time to Hold a Baby...!
I know that one day I'll be called to do my fatherly duty and change a dirty poopy diaper all by myself... But Thank God that day is not today...!