'One month' Appointment

Frankie had his one month appointment today at six weeks because they didn't want us coming in with H1N1, go figure! He is good on all his milestones and got his shots today, which has him mostly tired but he was not happy about it!

He weighed 11.5 lbs and was 21.5 inches long. Pretty good growth especially with all the weird sickness and extreme spitting up that he does all the time. He is 90% weight and 50% height but he doesn't look too chubs, so not sure how that works. His doctor was very happy with his growth, and he showed off his skills at holding his head up during tummy time for her too.

Evie weighed in at 37.5 lbs and 41.25 inches, so she is about average for weight for her age and a bit on the tall side, but we kind of had that figured out. She is still loving being a big sister and has been a good helper:). She did not like getting her regular flu shot--but good news Evie, since we had H1N1 no need for another vaccine this year. What a favor, right?

Other news since last post:

• we are all healthy--hard to believe but true!
• Frankie is very aware of his surroundings and has started to smile
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• I am allowed to try eating milk/milk products again per Mr Man's doctor. It has been kind of nice eating dairy free because I can always share with Evie...but I miss cheese. And cream pie...and ice cream...and all that other good stuff. Hopefully his stomach can take this better than it takes everything else. He is such a spitter!

We're just excited to be back on track health-wise so we can all enjoy this time--before it is gone since it goes so fast! Here are more fun pictures:

visiting with Great Grandma Tin cutie bear ear coat that Evie picked out for him
listening to Evie read him a story

Can't catch a break!

It has been a crazy week at La Casa Treboni. Last weekend, mommy contracted swine flu of all things and was out for the count for a great part of the week, then when she finally started to get better, Evie got it. Daddy and Frankie have dodged the bullet on this one--you go gentlemen!

As a result, I was housebound for a week and didn't have Frankie with me for quite a bit of that time to keep him from getting sick. My breast pump broke while Frankie was at nannygrandpas but I managed to borrow one from work and order a replacement one for myself for cheap, so that wasn't the tragedy it initially looked to be. Every surface in my house has been sanitized and cleaned multiple times and I have done more laundry than I ever would have thought possible. Not terribly relaxing but my understanding is that Evie and I are now safe from getting H1N1 again since we already had it. Small favors, right?

We had to miss my first family wedding ever, which was a total bummer, but giving this to other people didn't seem right. Frankie will have to meet his peeps a little bit later on in life. We also had to cancel his one month appointment so no clue how much he has grown but my spidey sense says he has grown lots! He is such a cutie and a really good-natured baby even when he spits up--which he does a lot. He just sits there and looks at you while stuff pours out his mouth and nose, poor little guy.

Today was my first day out and about since piggy flu hit and wouldn't you know, I was at the pharmacy to pick up Evie's prescription and there was a problem. Apparently, when the insurance company added Frankie to my health insurance they thought Evie should get a new birth date--instead of listing her as April 11, they had her in their system as June 11. So anyway, Evie is fixed (insurance and personal health wise), I am better, and we can finally move on from catching pandemic flu. This has been the weirdest!

In Frankie land, he slept 4 hours in a row/5 hours between feedings over the weekend which was amazingly awesome! He also is starting to show an interest in checking out life around him and I think he is starting to get the hang of smiling...he is super gassy so we get the pre-gas smiles lots but he has been smiling other times too which is very fun. I ordered a sling and we went for a short walk around the neighborhood with it and he did great. I think that's it for now?!

Introducing... Frank August!

T2 is here...

Frank August
born August 22, 2009 @ 1:35pm
Weight: 6 lbs, 14oz
Height: 19.5 inches

After last Monday's fake-out, we were a little hesitant to head back to the hospital again, but Friday night at dinner, Amy's water broke. She wasn't sure if this was the real deal or not, but we had to head in to be safe. Both of us were feeling like we'd just be sent home again, so other than the pre-loaded car, we didn't even do much prep - after all, she wasn't even in labor.

But it only took a few minutes into the triage room to confirm that it was the real-deal, and we weren't going home this time. We got moved into the Labor & Delivery room, and they got started inducing labor.

Things were fairly slow going at first, but by late morning things were well underway, and Amy & I were both thrilled to meet Frank when he finally arrived!

Happy Mommy & Baby

The whole experience was much better for Amy this time - no preeclampsia, so no magnesium sulfate - she was aware & bounced back after birth MUCH faster without all that crap in her system.

Frank with his namesake - his grandpa Frank!

Happy to meet big sister!

Because of his timing, we still wound up staying until Monday, but we were able to head home fairly early Monday morning.


More pics are at Nana's site, and on Facebook (under my (Max's) account - visible to friends only).