Happy 8 month birthday Sean!

Happy 8^th month birthday Sean!

Mommy stayed home from work yesterday with Sean.  When Daddy walked in from a hard day of work, Sean couldn’t take his eyes off him.   Sean loves being held and played with by his Daddy.

Sean is doing well.  It’s hard to believe he is already 8 months old!   Only 4 months away from his 1^st birthday! 

We are enjoying Sean’s baby stages.   He’s been so much more active and responsive. 

Developmentally Sean is almost 5 months old.  According to wedmd.com, this is what we can expect:

Baby Development: Four to Six Months

During these months, babies are really learning to reach out and manipulate the world around them. They’re mastering the use of those amazing tools, their hands. And they’re discovering their voices. From 4 to 6 months old, your baby will probably:

·         Roll over from front to back or back to front. Front-to-back usually comes first.

·         Babble, making sounds that can sound like real language.

·         Laugh.

·         Reach out for and grab objects (watch out for your hair), and manipulate toys and other objects with her hands.

·         Sit up with support and have great head control.

Sean babbles a lot, we babble back.  He laughs and loves it when we laugh with him! 
Sean begins eating solids this coming weekend!  We are starting with baby rice cereal.  We are hoping he likes it and doesn’t have any allegic reactions.

We love our baby boy!

Sweet Sean

It's hard to believe that Sean is almost 8 months old.  Time is flying by.  Daddy & Mommy are enjoying each moment with Sean.  We are looking forward to the Spring and Summer to take Sean on some day trips. 

We had a good weekend, but like all weekends it went by much too fast.  We took Sean on a walk both Saturday and Sunday.  He loves going for walks in the neighborhood.

Cousin Roger came by for a visit today.  It was great to see him and great for him to spend some time with Sean.

We give Sean some tummy time each day.  His neck muscles are becoming stronger and stronger. 

Daddy gave Sean a bath tonight and we weighed him.  Sean now weighs 15.5 lbs! 

Sean goes to Chili's

Sean had a great weekend!  We all did.  On Sunday, we spent the afternoon with cousins Derek and Bryce.  We went to Chili’s for lunch. 

On our way to and from Chili’s, Bryce and Mommy sat in the back seat with Sean.  Sean loves having company in the back seat.  He smiles, coos and laughs.  Bryce took several pictures of Sean. 

Sean likes restaurants.  Sean is not yet eating solids, so he waited patiently.  He got a little tired of waiting for us to finish our lunch, so he fell asleep. 

We are all enjoying Sean.   He is doing well.   We enjoy watching him roll over, laugh, smile, coo, and “play” with his toys. 

Sean loves attention and interaction.  We do our best to have active interactions with him.  We play and read to him. 

Sean loves taking walks.  He looks up at the sky and listens to the birds chirping.  

Mommy is not a big fan of T.V., so Sean spends very little time (if any) watching T.V. 

We love weekends!

We love weekends!  The best part is that we get to spend so much time with Sean.  Weeknights go way too fast.  As much as we love weekends and our time with our baby boy...it makes Mondays especially difficult to leave Sean, but each day gets a little easier. 

We had a good weekend!  On Saturday, Mommy, Daddy & Sean visited our friends in the NICU.  Yes, the very special RNs who took extremely good care of Sean.  What a wonderful staff!   Sean enjoyed his visit.  He laughed and smiled a lot at his "Primary RN" Gloria.  We would love to stay in touch with the NICU staff as the years go by.  We will never forget what they did for Sean during his 2.5 months in the hospital. 

On Saturday afternoon, Daddy & Mommy celebrated Valentine's Day by going to lunch together.  Grandma Harriet and Grandpa Richard stayed with Sean for a couple of hours.  It was nice to have a date.   And it was especially nice for Grandma &  Grandpa to have some time with Sean.

The highlight of our day today (Sunday) is that Sean is now over 15 lbs!   Yep... we weighed him tonight and he now weighs 15 lbs. 3 oz.!    What a big boy!  

We love you Sean.
Mommy & Daddy
xoxoxoxo

"You think I'm cute, you should see my Daddy"

There is no question that Sean looks like his Daddy. 

• When people meet Sean and they haven't met Daddy yet, they say, "He looks like you (Mommy)".  Mommy answers, "you should see his Daddy". 
• When people say, "Sean is cute".  Mommy says, "You should see his Daddy."
• When people see Sean and Daddy together, they say to Daddy... "He looks just like you."

When Mommy & Daddy took Sean to Babies R Us to purchase a few items... Mommy is at the register and asks Daddy to please go and pick out a new bib.  Daddy comes back with a blue and white bib that says "You think I'm cute, you should see my Daddy."

When Daddy is holding Sean...Mommy often chuckles and says...."Sean sure does look just like his Daddy". 

Sean is handsome...like his Daddy.  

Sean's Mommy loves Sean's Daddy

Sean receives his 4th of 5 Synagis injections

Today Sean received 4 of 5 Synagis injections.  Sean has been in good health this Winter.  Other than the one cold he had, he has remained healthy.  Thank God. :)

He was weighed at the Synagis clinic today... 14 lbs. 12 oz! 

Today Sean met a new baby friend named "Maria" (10 months old).  She too was born premature at 30 weeks.  She is doing well now, but has already had two heart surgeries.  You wouldn't know by looking at her that she has been through so much. 

The RN at the clinic was also surprised at how "big" Sean is.  She said he looks really good for a "26 weeker". 

We are proud of Sean.  He is doing well and growing. 

We are looking forward to good Spring weather to get him out more. 

Instead of watching the beginning of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Mommy took Sean for a walk.  It was a beautiful day. 

Sean's Mommy & Daddy

Corrected Age Four Months (Post-Term)

Sean is now 4 months corrected.  He is doing great!
We met with the Physical Therapist this week and she said he is doing well. 
Sean does have a preference for turning his head to the right more than the left, so we are working with him on that. 
P.T. encouraged us to continue tummy time with Sean.  We are doing our best. 
Sean is laughing outloud especially in his sleep.  He smiles and "talks" to us a lot more now.  He's not yet holding his bottle, but pats bottle with both hands. 

We weighed Sean this week.  He's over 14.5 lbs! 

Daddy, Mommy & Sean got out of the house early this morning.  We headed to downtown Campbell.  It was a beautful morning. 

Tonight, we went to dinner to a local Japanese restaurant.  Sean was well behaved and fell asleep during dinner. 

We love our baby boy!

Sean's Mommy & Daddy