Cookies and Crayons

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Dougie and I went in for my 6 week check-up today. The doctor was pleased to see Dougie and impressed with how much he’s grown already. We talked about his size at birth and she indicated that he must have had a growth restriction at the very end. Apparently, these things happen and it doesn’t mean any future kids will have the same issue (though they’ll watch much more carefully for it going foward).

After the doctor’s, Dougie and I hit Wal*Mart for some grocery shopping. It was our first grocery trip by ourselves and it went quite well. We learned that people are very helpful to a mother and cute baby by themselves.

As promised, here are a few new pictures.

Daddy/Dougie Time

Napping

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Things have been rather crazy here over the last while. Grandpa McCall came out of the weekend to meet Dougie. We had a nice time shopping at the mall and hanging out around the house.

Unfortunately, we got some take-out food on Saturday night that gave both Scott and I food poisoning. We did manage to stager it so we weren’t both sick at the same time but it has certainly taken a toll on everyone’s energy.

Dougie is doing really well. He had been having some tummy troubles. We took him to the doctor and it appears that it is acid reflux. He’s got some medication now and is doing so much better. We’ve been a bit lax in taking pictures but here are a few from the weekend. We’ll get some more soon.

Right Before a Smile

Big Yawn

Making Gurgling Noises

Grandma Marg (we’re still working on what to call grandparents) has come for a visit. She arrived on Saturday to help out and will be staying a few weeks. So far, she is quite enamoured with little Dougie. He is enjoying spending time with Grandma as well.

In other news, Scott has returned to work. Dougie and I are missing him around here but we’re coping. We’re certainly looking forward to seeing him on Thursday again.

We’ve been trying to take more pictures of Dougie and the puppies. Tonight, we worked on getting pictures of Oliver and Maggie. They were mostly cooperative but everyone was right about trying to work with babies and animals.

Oliver Showing Some Love

Dad, Maggie and Dougie

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Dougie had his first doctor’s appointment today. It went surprisingly well. He has gained 1 lb since he was born and weighed in at 6 lbs 5 oz today. That moved him into the 10th percentile for length, head size and weight. Obviously, he’s still small but it’s great to see that he’s grown so well in the last 2 weeks.

Now that the Christmas dust has settled, we wanted to share some pictures from Dougie’s first Christmas. It was relatively quiet but it was nice and relaxing. We had Dougie in a swing next to us for present opening. He wasn’t able to unwrap his own presents so we had to help out a bit. He even had a special Christmas outfit to wear though it ended up being a bit big for him.

Dougie did get to experience his first “Sharabura family tradition” when he received a clementine in the toe of his stocking.

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Our dog sitter dropped off a baby gift for us today. They were so cute I had to include pictures. It’s a set of 5 onsies. The first one has a picture of all the dogs (including Sera and Lancie) and the rest have pictures of each one of the dogs we have now.

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Doug’s official hospital pictures are now available online. You can view them by going to:

http://www.baylormedical.com/locations/grapevine/baylorbabies.htm

We’ve uploaded the pictures as well.

– Hospital Pictures (4 photos)

Little Dougie met the dogs this evening. We arranged it for right after everyone had eaten. They were able to smell him earlier when they came in to eat but they were so occupied with kibble that they didn’t really notice. By the time we actually showed him to them, he was sort of old news. Just what we wanted.