In My Room

I thought I'd share some pictures of my bachelor pad with everyone.

Living with mom and dad is okay but they are sort of cramping my style. It's been nice of them to let me live with them in their room but, eventually, I'm going to have to live in my own place.

Fortunately, I found this great place just around the corner from mom and dad's. Check it out:

I had Stewie come over and check the place out with me. He seemed to like it.

Here I am checking out the bed. It has a long history in my family - it was my grandfather's crib and my dad used it too!!

Someday, when mom and dad say, this will be all mine! :-)

Just Hangin'

I have puppies!

Did I mention I have puppies?! We have two plus I have four cousins.

This is London. He hasn't paid too much attention to me so far.

As long as I don't take away from his chair time with mom, I think he will treat me just fine.

Stewie, on the other hand, is very much into me.

He's been very protective - he checks on everyone who visits and makes sure they treat me well.

He also gets very concerened when I cry. He likes to make sure I'm comfortable and happy as much as possible.

My four cousins like me too. Toffee, like Stewie, is also protective of me. Here he is wanting to jump up and lick me while I cried.

Rhubarb likes me too - but I think she wants just wants to play. I can't until I'm bigger and can play with all of the dogs!

Baptism

Yet another big day in my young life. I turned three weeks old and I was baptized into the Catholic church on Saturday! It was a great excuse to get the family and some friends together. I had a nice time being passed around and meeting new people.

The ceremony was quick and to the point but I decided to cry most of the time anyway. That was until the priest poured the water on my forehead. That helped cool me down for a little while (I thought the fall was suppose to be cold!) but then I started up again. Can't wait to hear myself on the video!

Afterwards there was a very nice party that my mom and grandmother, Mar, put together. I'm told there was a lot of yummy food and drink. I, of course, timed my nap perfectly to start just as the baptism ceremony ended and the party began. As I mentioned before, I met a lot of nice people including family members who I had not seen since I was born.

Finally, after a long day of ceremony and party, I took a little nap. Here I am on the couch in my baptismal gown. FYI - I'm now the 5th generation to wear this gown. It was first used by my great-great-grandfather 104 years ago! Pretty neat, don't you think?

First Dentist Visit

Had my first visit to the dentist yesterday!
Turns out, I was born a little tongue-tied which means I could not fully extend my tongue. This has made it a little more difficult for me to breast feed and could have lead to problems when I got older - including speech issues and troubles licking ice cream.

Well, when mom and dad heard about the potential probem with ice cream, they jumped into action! Just kidding about the ice cream, but they did want to take care of the problem now in order to eliminate it as a potential problem.

We visited a pediatric dentist yesterday and the nice man snipped a very small (1mm) piece from under my tongue and it seems to have helped. It hurt for just a little bit but mom took good care of me and made it feel better.

The good news is I'm still gaining weight and this procedure will only help. I'm right at 7 lbs so I should be back to my birth weight by the middle of the week.

Happy Birthday wishes to my Uncle John!

Busy week two

We've had a great week so far. Mom, dad and I have gotten to know each other better and they are taking great care of me.

I've started getting the hang of sleeping at night. I have slept from 3 to 5 hours at a time on different nights this week. Mom and dad certainly seem happy and relaxed when they pick me up.

I have to give a shout out to Mar. She has been feeding us so well this week with lots of yummy foods. I'm not eating the food directly, mind you, but I get the benefits through mom and I'm lovin' it!

My cord fell off this week so, as a result, I was able to have my first real bath. While I may not have enjoyed it while it was happening, I did enjoy the result of being clean and wrapped in a warm blanket.

Mom and dad got a new game for the Xbox - The Beatles Rockband. I watched them play while Nana held me. I like the songs a lot. I know I have heard some of them before because dad always tuned into Breakfast With The Beatles on Sunday mornings while I was inside mom. That Paul McCartney plays a mean bass!

Received my first piece of mail this week. Thank you to Kelly and Tony for the prayer book. Mom and dad are already putting it to good use.

Today WAS my original due date. Mom's iPhone app tells her to do a test drive to the hospital to get ready for my birth. HA! I took that option away from them two weeks ago. ;-)

First Weekend At Home

I had a great first weekend at home. Technically, it was my second weekend alive since I was born on Saturday the 5th.

Just as I did during the week, I did a lot of eating, sleeping and pooping. Standard stuff for someone my age. In between all of that, I watched my first Grand Prix race with mom and dad - this one from Italy. Nice to see a fellow Brazilian win the race. Go Barrichello!!

Of course, I timed my birth to coincide with the start of football season. Dad and I suffered through a tough loss for Notre Dame on Saturday, heard about the Bears loss on Sunday but got a nice win for the Chargers on Monday. At least ONE of my teams won this weekend! (I say 'my team' only in that I inherited them from mom and dad. :-)

Now on to the second week at home. Can't wait!