Daddy and David are so silly ...

Where's the "I love Daddy" onesie?

As the fashion coordiantor was getting his son ready for the day he said, "where's the 'I love Daddy' onesie?" Mommy had to inform him that there wasn't one. Poor daddy. So mommy went off to locate one for daddy. Because it's so true ... David LOVES his daddy. We had to tell the world ... good mommy ... you found it so quick and it's so cute.

1 Month Birthday ...

It's official ... David is 1 month old. Time has flown by so fast we just can't get over it. He continues to hold his head up more and more and is showing us signs of full REAL smiles. So excited. His checkup isn't until next week but he's definitely been growing. We just don't know by how much.

David is even putting tension in his legs when you "stand" him up on you. It's amazing how much body control he has. And it's going to be more and more and more as we go!!!

Here's a photo of David with Ralphie and my Red Monkey that I got from Mike ions ago. We're going to take photos of him with these two as the months go by so that we can show his progress.

Also ... here's a photo of David's footprint from just a few days old to a month old!! He's grown so much already ...

Life at home is great. We have good days and bad days and getting everything done that we can. I try to get out of the house at least every other day. Whether it's to the mall or Babies R Us or on a walk to Safeway with Nicole. It's been nice to get David out with me and we really enjoy our time together. But he REALLY loves his time with daddy. And I love seeing it. Mike loves his little man so much it melts my heart ...

***UPDATE: After David's appointment ... here are the stats***

Height: 23 inches (90-95%)

Weight: 11lbs 0oz (75-90%)

The doctor is so pleased that he is thriving on breastmilk and that I'm able to get the job done without any supplementation to nursing David. Yea!! Mommy and David make a great team!!

First few weeks home ...

The new Civello family is adjusting to our new life pretty well. We have our good days and our not so great days just like any family. But we've had a few nights of sleep and a few sleepless ones. We've been pee'd and pooped on; several times. We've had a few truly fussy moments ... and yet with all of this ... we've survived.

David is truly a blessing and a beautiful baby. He loves lying on your chest and will crawl up you if he's not comfy. He's holding his head up pretty well on his own and lifting it up on his own quite often (more and more every day). He's already rolling on to his side. And doesn't favor a side. He likes being swaddled in a blanket so long as his arms are free. He likes his bouncer when he has the hiccups. And the swing when he wants to chill out. And passes out every time he gets in his carseat.

It's been hard on Mike going back to work, he misses David all day. I try to make sure that David has nursed before he comes home. So that when he gets home and changed, he can have some father-son time with David. I *LOVE* having Mike home and spending time just the 3 of us. Whether it's running around and getting errands done as a family or spending the whole day doing nothing in our PJ's.

At David's first checkup (2week) he weighed in at 8lbs 2oz. So he's on track and healthy. In fact the doctor called him "perfect". She couldn't believe how relaxed he was the whole appointment. Even while you could tell he it was almost time to nurse again. So the doctor left us to nurse in the room before we moved on with our day ... when a nurse knocked on the door and asked if we could hear the alarm. Alarm? What alarm? Well the fire alarm was going off so we now had to leave as quickly as possible. A great team we are and we packed up and rushed out. Outside all the nurses came to see David. Even though there were two other newborns outside with us. :) So at his first doctors appointment ... we survived an evacuation.

We're waiting on his one month appointment (which will be at 5 weeks) ... we'll keep you posted.

~ danielle, mike and david