Wednesday, December 30, 2009

first solid food

Chris had his first taste of rice cereal this morning. I don't think he actually swallowed any of it. We took a video but it won't upload.















He also had his six month doctor's appointment today. He is now 13 lb 11.6 oz! That's a gain of 11 oz in 14 days, which is great! He is a little behind in gross motor development but the doc isn't worried about it. He will reach his milestones on his own schedule.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

the trip back

Our trip back to Denver was uneventful. Chris was a perfect little baby on the plane. He even took a nice nap in my arms!

first restaurant

This was the first time we took Chris to a real, sit-down restaurant. He was well behaved! We went to Pompeii's Grotto in downtown San Francisco and had some tasty fresh seafood. I had linguine with clams and a bowl of clam chowder. Doug had a half crabcake sandwich as well as chowder. Chris got to meet his great aunt and uncle Janice and Paul.

with great grandma



doug's crib

Chris slept in the crib that Doug and David used when they were babies!

with grammy



christmas day


There were lots of presents to open! We opened presents from 9 am to 2 pm, with a break in the middle for a nap for Chris.

christmas eve

Doug read Chris "The Night Before Christmas" from the pop-up book that he had as a child.

grammy and grandpa








first plane flight

We're back! We spent Christmas in California with Doug's family, and had a wonderful week. Chris had his first airplane flight and did really well. On the way out, he was awake for the whole trip except for the last 15 minutes of the flight. He did need constant entertaining, but he didn't cry or fuss. He took his Nuk pacifier well. There was some drama in the airport. We got to the airport two hours early and checked our bags. We got through security without any problems. We sat down for lunch when Doug got a phone call from an 800 number. He looked at it and decided not to answer it. However, a couple of minutes later, Doug got a worried and surprised look and said he thought he knew what it was. He checked his voicemail, and the 800 number was United notifying us that our flight had been cancelled. That was less than two hours from when our flight was supposed to depart. All of our stuff had been checked except for his backpack, the diaper bag, and the stroller. Doug then abandoned his lunch (and his beer) and scrambled to get us on another flight, which he was able to do. However, the alternate flight went to San Jose rather than San Francisco. When we got to San Jose, our bags had arrived, but our car seat had not. It turned out the car seat went to San Francisco. United gave us a loaner, and then they dropped off the seat at the house the next day.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

opening presents

We opened Christmas presents today, as Doug has a full day of work tomorrow and Chris is usually asleep by the time he gets home. Chris didn't know what was going on, but he held his new toys and it sure was cute!






Saturday, December 19, 2009

small size

I am going to retire Chris' 3 month old size cotton sleepers. He is getting too long for them. They are still plenty wide. It's about time, as he is now six months old.

Friday, December 18, 2009

baby doping

Today I did a trial run of children's Benadryl with Chris to make sure it's sedating for him and doesn't make him go bonkers. Sometimes Benadryl can do that to kids, and it can make the elderly wacky as well. So, I gave him 2 mL of liquid children's Benadryl this morning at 9:15. He had just gotten up from a nap. He started getting drowsy within fifteen minutes and he was asleep by 9:45. This is not a usual nap time for him. He slept for 45 minutes and hasn't seemed unsually tired since then. However, his nap schedule is all off now. We are good to go on baby doping for the airplane!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

what was that?

old

Yesterday was my 30th birthday. I spent most of the day in Denver with Angie and Johnathan and at Chris' doctor appointment. I came home and put Chris to bed, and Doug cooked a delicious wild game dinner for us- venison wrapped in bacon. Thanks Katie for the venison! Yeah, I feel older. Goodbye 20's!


dr visit

We saw Dr. Bunik again yesterday, and Chris is now 13 lbs! All of his blood work was normal. We are just going to keep on doing what we're doing and follow his weight. Once we start solids, I'll add butter to his food to increase its caloric content.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

the va called!

The VA called today and said I'm hired! I'll have to head over there sometime this week to sign some paperwork, and I will start after the new year. Back to work!

the boys


grandma visits