"Love you, Aunt Kelly!"
(Thanks Kel, for the adoable shirt! Love the ants!)
April 19, 2012
Happy Easter!
We spent a very nice Easter Sunday at home, with Nana and Pop-pop coming to visit!
Eli discovered his first Easter basket, watched baseball and ate some cereal. Eli really loved his bunny ears, his cute outfit (thanks Nana and Pop-pop), his easter bib and toy gift card (thanks Grandma), and all his toys from his girlfriends (thanks Aunt Kimmy and Aunt Anna for the awesome toys).
A very nice holiday, indeed!
Eli discovered his first Easter basket, watched baseball and ate some cereal. Eli really loved his bunny ears, his cute outfit (thanks Nana and Pop-pop), his easter bib and toy gift card (thanks Grandma), and all his toys from his girlfriends (thanks Aunt Kimmy and Aunt Anna for the awesome toys).
A very nice holiday, indeed!
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| Easter basket from Nana and Pop-pop! "Who is that chocolate bunny for? Oh, Daddy!" |
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| Happy Easter 2012! |
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| "I found my basket from the Easter Bunny! He hid it right here on the couch, next to me!" |
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| "Yum! Easter dinner!" |
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| Seriously loved the ears! He is so funny! |
We also went to see the Easter Bunny at the mall with cousins Hannah and Sophia. Obviously, not a highlight of Eli's holiday.
April 16, 2012
Eli is a Yankees fan too!
Despite being a Mets fan, Eli wanted you to know that he is also a Yankees fan.
Obviously, cheering for a team is genetic. He gets the Mets gene from Ryan (sorry dude) and the Yankees gene from my side of the family (you're welcome!).
Good thing we live in NY! Eli will definitely be at some baseball games this summer!
Obviously, cheering for a team is genetic. He gets the Mets gene from Ryan (sorry dude) and the Yankees gene from my side of the family (you're welcome!).
Good thing we live in NY! Eli will definitely be at some baseball games this summer!
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| "Yo! I am a Yankees fan and it's their opening day!" |
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| "Let's go Yankees!" |
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| "Boo! Yankees lose." |
A Long Island visit
Though Eli has made it out to Long Island when he has had to go to work with me, we decided to make a social visit to the Long Island to see our friends Natalie, Emilio and Dahlia! Easter weekend, Dahlia was in town celebrating her first birthday! (Normally, they live in Western PA) Sadly, we couldn't make the big party, but it was actually really nice to head out the day before the crazy celebration and enjoy some time catching up and just hanging out with the babies.
Eli is looking forward to another playdate with Dahlia soon (hopefully in Niagara Falls this summer!)! She is such a cute one-year-old and it was so nice to meet her!!!
Eli is looking forward to another playdate with Dahlia soon (hopefully in Niagara Falls this summer!)! She is such a cute one-year-old and it was so nice to meet her!!!
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| Happy 1st Birthday Dahlia! |
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| Eli and Uncle Emilio! (Another dad that is married to a full-time professor and spends LOTS of time with his child!) |
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| Dahlia joins in! "OMG- she's touching my arm!!" |
April 10, 2012
Happy Birthday Hannah!
In March, we celebrated Cousin Hannah's 5th birthday with a big luau! We can't even believe Hannah is 5 years old! I still remember meeting her for the first time when she was about 18 months old. She was so tiny, and didn't walk yet, barely spoke! Now she's 5-going-on-25! But still so cute, all dressed up in her luau outfit!
It was Eli's first big birthday party, and I think he had a good time celebrating with his big cousins.
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| Hannah, the luau birthday girl! |
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| Little Sophie, luau princess! |
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| The 3 cousins (can't you see the family resemblance?) |
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| Hannah just loves holding Eli (by herself!) |
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| Hawaiian family fun! Almost like our honeymoon! |
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| Happy Surf Dude! (Thanks for the outfit and shoes Natalie!) |
April 5, 2012
Another summary of Eli's doctor appts Weeks 3-16
Eli is actually a very healthy baby. He eats well, hardly spits up, only cries when he is hungry or over tired. Never ran a fever or been sick. Despite this, we've been to visit the doctors quite often!
After the excitement of the first 2 weeks of weigh-ins and ER visits, we avoided the pediatrician's for a whole 2 weeks and only went in for his 1-month check-up. He did pretty well and weighed in at 8 lbs, 8 oz.! We were all pretty excited about this. He was still "small" (20th percentile), but at least he had gained weight. At this appt, the doctor signed us up for another kidney ultrasound, just to keep an eye on his left kidney.
During his second month of life, Eli had his second kidney ultrasound and then his 2-month doctor appointment. Turns out he officially has Renal Hydronephrosis, which basically means that the left kidney is slightly enlarged where it connects to the tube that carries urine to the bladder. This likely means some fluid is building up there. This wasn't noticed during the many, many prenatal ultrasounds that we had, and seems to be minor. We have since gone to see a pediatric urologist and she doesn't seem too concerned yet. He'll have another ultrasound when he's about 6 months old. It will likely correct itself and everything should be OK.
Eli's regular two-month appointment went well -- weighing in at 10 lbs 15 oz! Yes -- he gained over 2 lbs in a month! He also had to get 5 immunizations! This meant 4 shots in the legs. He did pretty well (I surely cried more than he did). And even seemed fine when we got home. We gave him some Tylenol, he slept, he ate, he was generally happy. Then we made the mistake of thinking he was fine and taking him to go visit his Uncle Luke and Aunt Natalia. Biggest mommy mistake I have made!! As soon as he woke up at their place, he was a mess. I have never heard him cry due to pain before. By the end of an hour, he and I were both crying and we had to head home (Luckily, Luke and Natalia were very understanding about the whole thing!)!
As I said, the pediatrician also sent us to a urologist. Eli had the kidney issue, but the doctor also suspected that he may be developing a hernia on his left side too. Ryan may have had this as a baby and my nephew did too (actually requiring surgery), so we decided we should probably go check it out. Surprisingly, I actually really like the urologist (a rarity for me to like a doctor!)! She took her time with him, wasn't in a rush, explained things thoroughly but not like I was an idiot, and really examined Eli and pulled up his ultrasound results and went through all of those too. We're going to have Eli checked again for everything at 6 months. The kidney is swollen, but may correct itself and his hernia is likely only fluid and may also just correct itself.
While I still feel like this is a lot of doctor appointments for the poor guy, I am grateful that he is doing so well and has lots of doctors looking out for him!
After the excitement of the first 2 weeks of weigh-ins and ER visits, we avoided the pediatrician's for a whole 2 weeks and only went in for his 1-month check-up. He did pretty well and weighed in at 8 lbs, 8 oz.! We were all pretty excited about this. He was still "small" (20th percentile), but at least he had gained weight. At this appt, the doctor signed us up for another kidney ultrasound, just to keep an eye on his left kidney.
During his second month of life, Eli had his second kidney ultrasound and then his 2-month doctor appointment. Turns out he officially has Renal Hydronephrosis, which basically means that the left kidney is slightly enlarged where it connects to the tube that carries urine to the bladder. This likely means some fluid is building up there. This wasn't noticed during the many, many prenatal ultrasounds that we had, and seems to be minor. We have since gone to see a pediatric urologist and she doesn't seem too concerned yet. He'll have another ultrasound when he's about 6 months old. It will likely correct itself and everything should be OK.
Eli's regular two-month appointment went well -- weighing in at 10 lbs 15 oz! Yes -- he gained over 2 lbs in a month! He also had to get 5 immunizations! This meant 4 shots in the legs. He did pretty well (I surely cried more than he did). And even seemed fine when we got home. We gave him some Tylenol, he slept, he ate, he was generally happy. Then we made the mistake of thinking he was fine and taking him to go visit his Uncle Luke and Aunt Natalia. Biggest mommy mistake I have made!! As soon as he woke up at their place, he was a mess. I have never heard him cry due to pain before. By the end of an hour, he and I were both crying and we had to head home (Luckily, Luke and Natalia were very understanding about the whole thing!)!
As I said, the pediatrician also sent us to a urologist. Eli had the kidney issue, but the doctor also suspected that he may be developing a hernia on his left side too. Ryan may have had this as a baby and my nephew did too (actually requiring surgery), so we decided we should probably go check it out. Surprisingly, I actually really like the urologist (a rarity for me to like a doctor!)! She took her time with him, wasn't in a rush, explained things thoroughly but not like I was an idiot, and really examined Eli and pulled up his ultrasound results and went through all of those too. We're going to have Eli checked again for everything at 6 months. The kidney is swollen, but may correct itself and his hernia is likely only fluid and may also just correct itself.
While I still feel like this is a lot of doctor appointments for the poor guy, I am grateful that he is doing so well and has lots of doctors looking out for him!
Opening Day for the Mets!
Last year, Ryan and I actually went to CitiField for the Mets' home opener! It was freezing cold and cloudy and dark and the Mets were sucking, but I had a beer (I wasn't pregnant yet!) and we toughed it out until the 7th inning!
This year, it was a nice day and Eli and I watched a couple innings on TV while Ryan was at work.
Eli actually loves watching sports on TV. It's crazy how long he will pay attention to the game! He also looks friggin' adorable in his Mets outfit!
This year, it was a nice day and Eli and I watched a couple innings on TV while Ryan was at work.
Eli actually loves watching sports on TV. It's crazy how long he will pay attention to the game! He also looks friggin' adorable in his Mets outfit!
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| "What?! Opening Day! I am so excited! The Mets aren't in last place yet!" |
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| In his warm-up outfit |
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| Sitting on the couch, ready to watch! |
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| Watching David Wright hit! Thanks for the shirt Uncle JC! |
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| A happy Mets fan! The one day of the season that the Mets actually have a winning record! |
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