Picture dump!

Comfy in the little hoodie. More comfy looking at mom.


Well he does have Irish Drennan and Ballerini genes ya know.


Always has eyes for momma.


Just lookin' at stuff.


Passed out baby.


Kitty bum.


Momma loves that cat butt.

Hi! Well, since the last posting things have been rolling right along. We closed on the new home, packed up the rental town home we were staying in, and have been S L O W L Y unpacking and getting things in their rightful place. We finally bought all the baby's furniture and have his room set up. That was something we really couldn't do in the town house because it was just more stuff to pack up and move so we're happy to get all that gear settled. A HUGE thanks to Nicky, Michelle, Paul, Mike and Steve for helping us get moved out and moved in. It would have been nearly impossible to do it without you. Momma and baby are doing great, he's sleeping a bit longer at night now which is freaking awesome.

Mom and Matthew

I think this one is my favorite.


Water monster. Relaxin'.




Another nightly picture blitz of momma and baby + one of us giving the little monster a bath. We're SO happy he doesn't scream bloody murder when it's bath time. Hopefully it'll stay that way. In other news, we do the final walk through on our house that's being built tomorrow and we're set to close on Thursday 2/12! Yay!

Nightly Picture dump.

We went in for the 3 week check-up at South Riding Pediatrics today and our little man had a weigh-in at 7lbs/15oz! Now that's some heavy duty weight gain. He was born at 6lbs/8oz but dropped down to a mere 5lb/12oz in the following days when he was barely eating because of the jaundice. It's a good feeling to see the little dude go from barely sipping the formula to chugging down bottles of that stuff. He'll be devastating line backers in no time!


The thinking baby.


Talking to the camera




Sweater onesie's rule.


Momma's little monkey.


I only have eye's for youuuuu.....


Just loves hanging out with mom.

Interwebs

Not really an update, just an misc. post for the fam. He's got the hiccups too!

Buffer Overload...

Already 2 weeks old! Has it been two weeks already???? Next thing ya know, he'll be off to college! The past 14 days have been spent with semi-sleepless nights, blurry days, and everything else that comes with being brand new parents. We're just learning as we go, figuring out what works, what doesn't, and sometimes, what day it is....but we're loving every blood shot eye second of it. Matthew had his little cord stub disengage already so we gave him his first bath tonight. We prepared ourselves for a screamfest but he was as calm as can be. Score. He's sleeping fairly well so we try to snooze for an hour here and there when he does. And I thought I had weird sleep habits before. Well, here's another blitz of photos. Thank God for digital cameras, I remember reading something about "film" in a history book once. How barbaric.




Tattoo blanket. Every baby needs one.


Clean and fuzzy poppa/Clean and fuzzy baby.


First bath. After expecting the worst, Matty did not fuss at all. He truly seemed to like the warm water.


All clean!


Taking a break with momma.



Chillin' with one of his pals.

Back Home (Again)

After being discharged on Thursday, 1/8, we had our first pediatric appointment the following day in South Riding on Friday afternoon. The baby was a little jaundice when we were discharged from the hospital and the docs and nurses assured that it was normal, etc and that it would pass with the standard feeding every 2-3 hours. When we saw the pediatrician on Friday we told her that he still wasn't eating much and she saw the jaundice setting in. She sent us to the Inova Labs in Fairfax to get a blood test for a bilirubin count and it came back elevated, clocking in a 22.3 (evidently anything over 20 is really pushing it) so she called us up and requested that we check into Reston hospital that night. Once we got there, we got our room with it's very own phototherapy machine which helps break down the bilirubin so his little body can pass it normally. We spent Friday and Saturday watching our little dude and by Sunday morning one of his many bilirubin blood test came back at 12 but they said it was probably even lower since it took them a few hours to get back to us with that test result. We are happy to say that he is now eating like a champ and we couldn't be happier. The crew at Reston hospital kicks so much ass it's not even funny. They really do love their jobs and it definitely shows.

Here's one more image from 1/9, our first day back home.

Big brother loves the new addition.


What the hell?

From Beta to Production, Version 2.0 has gone LIVE.

Home for the first time.


Proud grandparents.


V1.0 hangin with 2.0


Sleep mode.


Rendering image.


OH HAI!!!1!!!1!


LOVE that hair.


momma's boy.


Loves of my lifetime.


Warranty card.


Matthew William Drennan was born on January 6, 2009 at 3:31pm. Mom and pop are doing fine, just a bit tired. More pix to come so stay tuned.