Heather | January 29, 2009
Melanie is more than 2 and half weeks old, and we all are doing great! Most of the relatives have now paid a visit, and it’s just Mom, Dad and Melanie now. And of course Ty the dog and Giga the cat. Ty is pretty protective already, and doesn’t like Giga coming close to Melanie. [...]
Heather | January 16, 2009
Here’s some recent pictures of Melanie with her eyes open! She seemed pretty content in her chair and in Grandma’s arms. At her doctor appointment on Thursday she weighed 8lb 7oz, so she’s gained 4 oz since leaving the hospital! Last night she slept for 3-4 hour shifts, which was really nice. Angelo and I [...]
Heather | January 16, 2009
Thank you so much for all the congratulations, flowers, and gifts!! Here’s a picture of all the beautiful flowers and some of the gifts we received in the last few days.
angelo | January 16, 2009
Stork Craft, the biggest brand of home assembled cribs and other baby furnishings has recalled all of their cribs made from May of 2000 through November of last year. The support bracket has a defect which can result in the crib floor falling out along the front of the crib. Details are available on the [...]
Heather | January 14, 2009
Melanie had her first photo shoot Sunday the 11th while in the hospital. The pictures can be found here at the OhioHealth Peekaboo Babies website or by going to http://www.our365.com/ and searching for babies by birthdate (Jan 10th), ‘man’ as first 3 letters of name, and OH for state. I don’t think we’ll be buying [...]
Heather | January 11, 2009
We are happy to announce the birth of our new baby daughter Melanie Gail. Early Friday morning I woke up with regular contractions and decided not to go into work. But the contractions went away for most of the day, and I did a little work fom home, and we had the piano tuned as [...]
Heather | January 4, 2009
Initially we’ll probably have Melanie sleep in our room in a bassinet, but I’m sure she’ll love her room too! We now have a crib (with mobile), twin size bed (for guests when she’s sleeping in our room, late night feedings, or when we pass out after trying to get her to sleep), changing table, [...]
admin | January 2, 2009
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