Little Canadian....

Liam showed off the fact that he wasn't 100% American today with a t-shirt from his Uncle Craig and Aunt Nadine. This means he will be able to travel the world later in life with a legitimate Canadian flag on the back of his backpack...unlike some Americans who just pretend to be Canadian so that people won't abuse them in foreign countries (blame Bush for that....and the people who voted for Bush).

He had a bit of a rough night last night feeding every hour or so as he seems to be in a growth spurt!

9 pounds 4 ounces!

Liam had his 2 week check-up today at the pediatrician and he's doing really well. His birthweight was 8 pounds 11 ounces but he lost 10 ounces in his first few days of life (this is normal, and attributed to the mothers milk coming in).

Two weeks after being born he's now 9pnds 4ounces - which is great! He has also grown an 1 1/4 inches in length. He is now 22" tall [long] now.

He also had a 'heal-prick' to draw some blood for some common checks that they do here in Colorado for all kinds of things. Obviously we're sure that he is just fine but these tests will show if there is anything to be concerned about. These are mandated tests here in Colorado and apparently they do more thorough and rigorious testing that most states to try and identify treatable/curable childhood 'problems'.

His belly button (dried up cord) also fell off the other day (yuck) so he can now have tummy time and go in the baby bjorn. Annette has taken him for a few walks with it now and he seems to really love it (we assume so given that he immediately falls asleep once in it!)

Weekend with Liam...

We took a drive to see the fall colors in the mountains this weekend. We drove about 40 miles from our house into a state park to see the aspen trees changing color. The views from a panorma point were incredible although it was a little chilly at the elevation - so we didn't really stay very long!

We are becoming pretty adaptable to feeding and changing Liam on the road and timing our stops. We arrived in perfect time for him to be changed before a short drive up to the top of the lookout. However, Annette and I both got a surprise when the little guy decided to time his next pee to the time when Annette was changing his diaper. Before we both knew what was happening, his chest and cheeks (!!) were wet! He didn't seem to mind too much and just stared at us, but we both laughed once we'd got him cleaned up.

Liam turns 2 weeks old tomorrow and we're amazed at how quickly he seems to be changing. He is also much more alert and looks around a lot more than he did previously. We are working hard to get him on a day/night schedule that matches ours and for the most part he's cooperating. Annette is still doing really well with feedings and despite getting up every 1-2 hours for the past 13 days she's holding up really well.

For me it's back to work tomorrow, so I'm already looking forward to next weekend!