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Monday, August 13, 2007

First Month Reflections

It's been a busy first month and it has all gone by so fast.
There were definitely some challenging moments- mostly, those familiar ragged-tired ones all new parents go through and then somehow (maybe b/c lack of sleep...) forget about.
Andrew has been such a wonderful love, and as we say repeatedly, "A very good baby!"
His challenging days (today was one of them) are when he eats a lot- it was every hour!
I voluntarily cancelled all plans for leaving the house to pay attention to his growth spurt.

Let's see- just in the first month we've been out to eat... How many times?!!
We've had sushi lunch at Asahi (our debut), lunch at Legal Sea Foods and the Sea Dog Brewery, and dinner at Henrietta's Table and at Fire & Ice.
It seems most of his outfits have been worn only once or twice-
Hey, he is Mom's dress-up doll, after all! ;D
But really, he's growing so fast,
right before our eyes!
We weighed him on my parent's digital scale: he's 12 pounds now!
I grabbed the camera quickly for this one- the t.v. caught his eye for the first time!
If you read the t.v. screen you'll see it was a news clip about poison ivy.
I hope he paid very close attention!

Our 3rd visit to B.L. Makepeace. Michelle Doherty finally gets to meet Andrew!
He was very comfortable with her- in fact, with Cathy, too!
They have the mother's touch and he could sense it~
Little froggie!

Happy 1st Birthday Vivien! & Our 1st trip to Maine.

On our way up , we stopped in Kittery to visit with friends
Todd, Erica & Madison
at their beautiful new home.

Grandma (GiGi) got to spend some precious time with her grandson.
Vivien noticed Andy's binky right away!
Viv and Andy are already buddies -getting into mischief soon enough...
Raiding the beer cooler!

Let's get these open...
Take a sip first...

Sharing with Andy.... Busted!
Viv's birthday festivities started the day before at GiGi and Grandpa's.


Grandpa spent lots of cuddling time with Andy~
Mommy even got to spend the night by the fire pit with Daddy, thanks to Grandpa!
We saw lots of shooting stars (Perseids Meteor Shower).

On Sunday, Wendy & Matt had a birthday party for Vivien, friends & family in attendance.
4-year old Evan liked baby Andrew. He and the baby have the same color hair!


Vivien couldn't wait to get her hands on this present!Vivien got some ca$h for her birthday!Aunt Wendy got to spend some time getting to know Andy.
Vivy looks on: Mom? Holding a baby?
Andrew had Auntie feeling a little uncomfortable
as he checked out "a different restaurant." Look at that grin!