Survivor Night!

It's not the same without Christi and Greg here in Charlotte, but ... we will manage to enjoy Survivor tonight. I have already eaten (usually we like to eat during Survivor, while the survivors are starving because they are running out of rice!), and I started Weight Watchers Tuesday again, so probably I will not have dessert ... we'll see! Dion got some pumpkin cheesecake from Brixx the other day, and I have been making my way through it. A bite or two can't hurt, right??

Today Dillon and I had another good day! He actually spit up in his bassinet around 7am this morning, and instead of going to his room to get another sheet, I just placed him on my chest and back to sleep we went. When I woke back up (around 10am, thank you!), he was sucking his thumb! How precious! I really hope he's a thumbsucker, at least for a little while! This afternoon we visited Dion at work. He was showed off a bit, then he zonked out! Pretty much he has been eating or asleep since we got back. He should be good and ready for Survivor to come on in less than an hour!

Tomorrow we may venture out to Trader Joe's. I haven't been since it came to Charlotte. I think Dillon will be up for it! I'll let you know!

Dillon's Entertainment

Dillon has found entertainment ... in looking at himself! Yesterday we put him in this play mat thing and set the mirror up to the side so he could see himself and he has been totally content looking at himself ever since! (No, we did not leave him in there since yesterday, but we have put him in there a couple times since! And we take him out before he fusses ... he maybe would stay in there all night!)

Other updates - things are going great! Dillon is right on with days and nights. He is so smart for such a little guy! Right now it's 10:30am and he's been awake since about 9:30. He has been staying awake from his "breakfast" (between 8am & 10am) until afternoon, and then staying awake again from the time Dion gets home until about 8pm or 10pm. And at night, for the past week or so I'd say, he has been falling right back to sleep after we feed him. Things are going much better than week 2!! Everyone who said things would get better - they have. Thanks for the encouragement.

The Bank

With the economy constantly in the news lately, and the fact that I work for Wachovia, you are probably wondering why I haven't mentioned this topic sooner. Here's the reason ... it's not a fun topic! But the bank in my backyard is becoming a positive topic! Check out the GREAT PROGRESS Dion and Mom have made lately! Bad to best ...

Missin' Boone

This weather really makes me crave Appalachian, Boone Bagelery, walking the loop (okay, in theory), Los Arcoslkasjdf, Ghost Train, shopping in Blowing Rock and sitting outside at Klondike! I LOVE this weather! It's perfect! Too bad I am stuck inside most days lately. Dillon and I did venture out a little this morning. Mom is digging weeds on our bank and Dion is cutting the grass ... I have been inside paying bills. Not sure who has the worst job right now! The best is probably mowing because Dion is jamming to his iPod.

ANYWAY - Just wanted to post about good ole Boone. We haven't made it to a football game in years ... actually since the weekend before Dion and I got engaged. Julie - do you remember that? We stayed at Geno's! Aahhh, good times. We didn't even make it to Boone this summer with the kids. It's been over a year! I need a Boone fix ... any takers for a day trip? I think I can do it in a couple weeks!

PS - Ash - how are we doing "bringing [sexy] blogging back?" ... Since your post "challenge", I think Julie and I have been pretty on it!

Daddy and Dillon

Here are the boys watching the race ... good times!

Dillon had another great day at Meg-Art! Mom and I painted for a few hours and he slept, ate, pooped and then looked around for a while! Wonder if he'll always be this easy ...

Day 17 - A Great Day So Far!

Today we had our follow up Dr appt and our first outing other than running into Target for one thing. Dillon did great at both! We have the sweetest baby!

First, the appt update - our little boy now weighs 6lbs 14oz!! He surpassed his birth weight! Yeah! And, for those doing the math, yes, gained almost 10oz since Monday! We are finally on thw right track and feel very good about it! Go Dillon!

For the outing, we ventured out to Meg-Art to get some prints done. They turned out precious! Christmas presents in the making! We had a lot of fun! The next thing I need to do though is scrub that little thing clean! Who knows what all germs are present there! (Do I sound like one of those Moms now??)




Good times! I think I am actually getting the hang of this!

OK - now we are all scrubbed up and taking a little nap! How precious is our little "super baby"! He sure loves to sprawl out! He is actually fine now sleeping not being swaddled ... it was fun while it lasted! ha ha



And here's THE PROGRESS! These are all the handprints and footprints we did today! We did a lot, huh? It really was a lot of fun ... I have a feeling we'll be back for more before you know it! Now I just need to clean these up and then finish painting them ... should be done before I go back to work ... HA!

One LONG Week

Hi! Sorry I have not posted in a week ... it's been a LONG one! Let me start with last Thursday ... we took Dillon to the Dr to make sure he had stopped losing weight the day after we came home from the hospital. All was well - he weighed 6lbs even Friday (weighed 5lbs 15oz Wednesday when we left the hospital). Then we had another appointment Tuesday just to make sure all was still well and he was gaining ... he weighed 5lbs, 15oz again. YUCK! So that same day we met with a Dr who is also a lactation consultant. She put us on a strict "nurse every 2 hours" schedule and wanted us to come back Thursday. That was rough to say the least ... feeding every 2 hours start to start was more than I bargained for! BUT - it was only until Thursday, so we could do it! Went back Thursday ... he weighed 5lbs, 15oz ... DANG! NOT GOOD! What in the world? SO now ... she put us on a strict "nurse every 2 hours, then pump, then feed him the expressed milk" (through a syringe, no doubt - have you ever tried that?) schedule and wanted us to come back Saturday. That was super rough ... and super stressful! Went back Saturday ... he weighed 5 lbs, 14 and 3/4oz ... OMG! HOW CAN THIS BE?? So then Dion and I were going into super stressed mode. What in the world were we doing wrong, and why was our baby boy not gaining weight? We couldn't possibly do anymore than we were already doing. It felt like he was eating around the clock as it was! So ... what did she say? Well, she prescribed 2 pills for me (of which, one of them has a side effect to make you tired ... nice), and put us on a strict "nurse every 2 hours, then pump, feed him the expressed milk, and supplement with formula ... 2 ounces of supplement for every 2 hours" schedule. When I went in Mom's room at 5:30am this morning to get Dillon (yes, that's where he has been sleeping in the bassinet!), my poor Mother just sighed and said this was hard! Poor thing! She has been doing most of the feedings that don't require me. BUT - this time, GOOD NEWS! Little Dillon weighed in at 6lbs, 4 and 3/4oz this morning! He gained a whopping 5oz over the past 2 days! WHOO-HOO! We are not on the home stretch yet; his birth weight was 6lbs, 10oz, BUT we are definitely not as stressed as we have been.

I will take this time to apologize to all our friends who have called over the past week and we have not returned your calls. This is why. When we are not in the middle of a feeding session, we are trying to catch a nap, or just plain going crazy! We have to keep on this schedule for the next couple of days, but the Dr did say we could go 3 hours if needed ... sweet! We go back to the Dr Thursday. I will surely post an update at that time.

Thank you to everyone who has been checking in on us, and sorry again for not updating everyone sooner. It was a little too stressful around here to talk and post! We were worried about our little one - and not doing too good ourselves sleep-wise in the meantime!

Love you all! Hopefully we'll be back in the "real" world soon!