Field Trip

Mom, Dad, Flounder and Lolo went on a field trip across town to the Embarcadero this week.  The weather was spectacular all week and we took advantage of the sunny skies to head out for a family picture.

The lady that took the picture asked how old Stanley was and when we replied, "ten days", she said, "Wow!  We were all wrong."  Makes you realize just how new he really is still.

Bath Time

We gave Stanley his first bath the other day.  He was starting to smell of rotten milk and such and since his umbilical cord fell off the doctor said we could start giving him more thorough cleanings.  We used a small "lounge chair" that fits in the sink to prop him up and then just wiped him down with a wet soapy rag.  He didn't seem to like it very much.

Hurry, Mom!

After this we dried him off with his favorite, the hair dryer, which he appreciated.  His hair was certainly in good shape after the blow dry.  Nice and fluffy.  I'm sure he will get used to these things.

Hidden by Uncle Geoffrey

Flounder took wonderful care of Stanley while he was here for 4 days. He was always making sure that Stanley was warm in cold SF.

If you look carefully, there is a
baby in there someplace. 

Stanley's friends

Steve and I are lucky that many of our friends have had or are planning to have boys within this year. Stanley has some instant buddies. 

Ronan is 6 months older, but will keep good tabs on little Stanley.

Ronan and Stanley (though yet to be named at this point)

And, here are Andrew and Stanley together before birth. We wish Andrew lots of support as he heals in the NICU.

Andrew and Stanley before birth (2 beached whales)

See's Candy

Stanley went with us to See's candy today (a required outing every time Lolo is in town). This will be the start of many trips...Stanley partook in the free samples courtesy of Geoff.

Stanley inadvertently partaking in the See's sample

Air Dry

Today Stanley visited the doctor's office for his second checkup.  We met with Dr. Schwanke and he checked out Mr. Stanley from tip to tail.  Stanley has gained 9 oz since his last checkup and is now heavier than his birth weight at 8 lbs 8 oz.

Dr. Schwanke also said that Stanley is starting to get some diaper rash on his legs and tush and suggested that the best remedy is to let the guy air dry with no diaper.  The challenge here, though, is that he could go off like a loaded gun at any moment, spraying pee in any direction.  We decided to build a "catch zone" to let him frolic without any pesky clothes for a while but keep the carpets and furniture dry.

We needed every square inch of that quarantine zone.

This worked pretty well, but the little guy did manage to pee three times (in just about every direction) once we got the diaper off of him.  Something about the free breeze, I guess.  We also found that he was getting cold, so we followed another tip from the doctor and used a hair dryer to warm him up while he basked in the open air.  Quite a sight. 

Typos

Julia and I are doing pretty well considering how much Stanley likes to be awake during the night.  However, there are still some indications of just how tired we are, even if we don't want to admit it.  Yesterday we spent a long time on the Costco website putting together a fairly simple greeting card announcement to send out to family and friends.  It has a couple pictures of Stanley and us on it along with 4 lines of text.  Ten words, total.  We put this all together, proof read it and double checked everything and then put in the order for 200 of these cards. 

Needless to say that when we got the cards home and opened them up, we saw a glaring typo on line 3.  It should have read, "Watch him grow at:" and then the blog address.  Instead, it read, "Watch him grown at:" and then the blog address.  Yikes. 

After some cursing and trying to salvage the cards with whiteout, we decided it was hopeless and just ordered another batch with the typo corrected.  Look for this card in your mailboxes sometime in the next year...