Having a conversation

 

"How is your day?"
"What would you like to do?"
"Eat? All day long? Well that's no surprise, you are your father's son after all."

Post-Thanksgiving with the Marforis

Thanksgiving

Click on the photo above to view the Picasa album of Derek's first trip to the Dapple Gray house in Woodbridge to see the Marforis.

Sling Baby

I've been attempting to "wear" Baby Derek around the house as much as possible when he is fussy and refuses to sleep on his own. Lots of other cultures rely on slings to carry, feed, burp and nurture babies while they go about their business. We inherited the NoJo and Baby Bjorn carriers from Mike's mom. This is the Moby Wrap that we also have. So far its worked the best since it hugs Baby close to the body.

Some days Derek HATES the sling - even though it does help with his reflux. The other day though he took a 2-3 hour nap in it and it worked out ok even though he seemd a bit slumped over. As long as he's breathing (and sleeping!) - I'm a happy camper.

Thanksgiving at Bac Uyen's House!

Though he didn't get very much turkey, Baby Derek did get a big dose of family on Thanksgiving. Great times! Thanks to my sister Uyen and brother-in-law Joe for hosting so I could lay in one place like a lump. They have this awesome massage chair that I took advantage of. Dinner was delicious and it was just down the road which made it even easier on us. Hope everyone had a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving.

All clean

Ah, here's Derek after finishing a refreshing bath. So far, it doesn't seem that he minds being bathed too much. He enjoys being sponged down and getting all squeaky clean. I don't know how people manage to do this on their own, its like this intense operation that Mike and I undergo to get him properly washed. We're probably making it more complicated then need be. "Watch the neck!" "There's still shampoo on the right side!" "Cover him up, he's shivering!" I'm sure we'll get better at it soon (hopefully).

Another sleepy baby photo

Here is Derek doing what he does best (though it seems he is doing less of it). Sleep! He's taking a nap in his car seat before we head out.

Sorry for lack of updates, we're under this massive project to reorganize photos in the last 10 years into a media server that all the computers are networked too. There are two people that can use computers in my house (Mike and I), yet we have like 8 computers - and A SERVER. Its out of control.

I had photos spread out all over the place on memory cards, various laptops, the netbook, SD cards, videos on the FLIP - so we're consolidating and organizing. Remember the days when you had 24 or 36 pictures per roll and that was it? Yes, I miss those days now I'm trying to go through albums of 200 photos and figure out if these are the same baby shower photos or different ones...

Anyway, Derek weighed in at the Breastfeeding Center at 9 lbs yesterday! He was wearing a diaper and shirt - so probably closer to the higher end of 8 lbs. but weight gain is going well. Some nights he is waking EVERY 2 HOURS to eat (hearty appetite) which is great, but exhausting. I know I should give in and just give him a bottle, but the nazi in me wants to wait a few more weeks. I selfishly like being the only one who can feed him.

In the meantime, for those who care, the Breastfeeding Center in DC is an AMAZING resource for new mommies (snore for others), but they are a great non-profit doing awesome work. I don't know if I would have survived the last few weeks without their classes. The director of the center, Pat Shelly, was actually featured a few years back in the Washington Post as the "breast whisperer". I kid you not.

Here is their website since I'm waxing on about them http://www.breastfeedingcenter.org/. They do take donations so they can help out needy/low-income folks who can't afford very expensive consultation appointments. I just went again yesterday and it was great to link up with other folks and get some "instruction" on how to handle feeding a small human.

Refusal to Nap

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Though I could stare at this face all day long, I really need to sleeeeeeeeep.