Play Time

This past week, Gavin has been more alert and awake, although he still sleeps away most of the day. He enjoys play time in his new Boppy play gym. And with the weather becoming more spring-like, we've been able to get the jogger out and take a few walks. I'm getting an itch to go for a run, but I have to wait until my six week postpartum check up. Hopefully I'll be able to hold back until then with the nice weather tempting me. I'm really feeling ready to dust off the running shoes.

In other news, I took Gavin to his 3 week well child visit with Dr. Quiroz today. Again, the highlight of the visit was his weight. He weighed in at 7 lbs 1 oz. So, he is certainly gaining at a great rate! He was 6 lbs 14 oz on Monday at the breastfeeding support group. For me, it's such a gratifying experience to know that he is eating well. Feeding him is one of my favorite things about being a mom--a true bonding experience. All else checked out well at his visit--still waiting for his umbilical cord stump to fall off. Then he can have a REAL bath. I think he's going to like spending some time in the warm water. I'm predicting that we have a swimmer on our hands. We'll have to test it out this summer in Grandma and Grandpa's pool. If he's anything like his mom, we won't be able to get him out of the pool in the years to come. Good training for all those future tri-athelons!

We've been getting out of the house more this week as well. I've been reluctant to take him out too much with the cold and flu bugs out in full force. Gavin made his first visit to Grandma Mary and Grandpa Fred's house on Sunday. And we went to Babies R Us on Thursday to buy a gift for second-cousin Blaise who was born this week. Then, tonight, we ventured out to a restaurant for the first time. Gavin slept the entire time we ate. Such a good baby! Our big trip to Florida is fast approaching--just 3 more weeks!

Here's a picture update...

Visiting Grandpa and waving to the camera.

We introduced a bottle this week (and started pumping) to get Gavin ready for my return to work in May. He did really well with it...and Dad enjoyed getting to feed him.

Relaxing in my "short, bald, and toothless" outfit from Aunt Nancy.

Playing in the Boppy gym. Those bugs are so silly!

Big blue eyes--time will tell if they stay blue.

My first walk...which I slept through. And mom fits into her favorite running jacket again! Yay!