home sweet home

so as you can probably tell, i have been having a lot of fun lately with my macro lens, trying to photograph the cool little details that make up our son. he is very active though, so it is best to try while he is sleeping. several of the pictures above are from a sun bathing episode he had the last evening in the hospital, as we tried to keep him from getting jaundice (an effort we were thankfully successful in).


also the day before we left the hospital, right after i put up the last post, we found ann, the sonogram tech whose son ian was born with a cleft lip and palate, and who has been so supportive during this whole process, despite just having met us a few short months ago. she came to meet isaac, bringing him gifts, and us continued encouragement for the road ahead.

the pace since getting home has been considerably slower, and while it is a nice change from the people who come to check your vital signs at three in the morning just as you are about to nod off, i don't think i realized that everything would come to a grinding halt. we now move at a snail's pace around here, everything taking at least 3 or 4 times as long as it used to. our goal is to get one big thing done a day, which is very humbling for people who love efficiency.

the transformation of our house, on the other hand, has been instantaneous. the freezer is quickly filling up with surplus from ann's copious supply of breast milk, the washer and drier are both on pretty much all the time, and our ceramic top stove has been converted into a staging area, sterile things on the right and diaper changing supplies on the left, which might seem to be an oxymoron of sorts, but somehow it works.

he had his first appointment at the pediatrician yesterday, and he is still putting on weight, which is good and comes as no surprise. one of my unofficial nicknames for him at this point is "big gulp", due to the sound he makes while he is feeding. we are grateful for his appetite as he will need to nearly double his weight by three months old so he can have his lip surgery. we meet for a consult about this procedure in mid-october, so please pray he continues to chow.

in other news, you wouldn't believe the noises that come out of this kid, unless, of course, you have heard the noises that come out of me. the tonal quality and impressive volume of his farts and burps make a father proud. unfortunately, by this point noises aren't the only thing that come out of him. sunday i was the proud recipient of his first spit up, and about two minutes after changing my shirt, his second as well. i didn't even bother to change my shirt the second time, welcome to fatherhood i guess. he has also developed quite a habit of peeing all over the place when we change his diaper, it has happened at least half a dozen times now, and i would advise you to avoid the dark spots on the couch next time you are at our place.