February 16th

The flash made him a grump

The milk I've pumped

The bottle looks larger than life!

Yesterday, Adin and I went grocery shopping with our friend Anna. We went to Trader Joes (which if you've read previous posts you know that I LOVE TJ's). He did great on the car ride and awesome in the grocery store. His car seat couldn't perch on the tiny shopping carts at TJ's so he literally got his own shopping cart which Anna graciously agreed or offered to push...not sure which. Pretty sure she didn't mind :) He got tons of attention as any baby would, but maybe a bit more because he's so little. So many people that commented on his size had their own story about a preemie in their family - and each one was a success (pretty sure no one would tell me a story that didn't end in success given how young he is). We got home just in time to eat and sleep!

Today the visiting nurse came again. Adin weighed in at a whopping 4 lbs 15 oz! He is officially gaining an ounce a day - so tomorrow when we have his weigh in at the ped's office he may be 5 lbs...such a chunker! His umbilical cord fell off one night this week - couldn't tell you which night because they are all a blur. His circumcision is SO close to being healed, there's just one spot that is still a bit red so we don't have to put on a full dressing, however we do still need to put on some vaseline. Now begins the task of pointing his penis down before sealing each diaper. That will be something Jesse and I both need to remember to do!

So I mentioned him being a chunker...he is literally drinking everything I have to offer him and is STILL hungry. I'm having to throw a bottle in at the end just to suffice his appetite...which takes feedings that used to be 25 minutes, that have become 40 minutes, and are now over an hour! I don't know if I can keep up with hour long feedings every 2 hours at night and stay sane...I'll talk to the pediatrician about it tomorrow.

Now I'm going to check out a blog that Anna recommended to me yesterday! Enjoy the below pictures. I don't take too many when he's lounging all day because they'd literally all look the same - on the boppy lounger, swaddled in a blanket, with a hat on.