it has been a long time since i have written a post that isn't centered around some pictures... but i just got back from seeing our pediatrician and the boys are asleep in the car (with Serdal - i didn't just leave them there!) so i thought i would share my excitement.
obviously, excitement means the appointment went well. We thought we would be getting some bad news today (about Ari's progress) since, over the last month, we had a case of stomach flu and changed the boys' schedule around quite a bit which impacted Ari's feeding. Well, i was dumbfounded to get the following results:
In the last 4 weeks, Ari has gained 450 grams (almost 1 pound!!). (Comparitively, at our last checkup, he had gained 110 grams (~4oz) in 3 weeks. So we went from 5 grams a day to 16 grams a day!) He now weighs 7.89kg (17lbs 6oz).
Saro continues to do well. He gained 400 grams and weighs 8.45kg (18 lbs 10 oz).
Though we still have frustrating feeding sessions that seem to go on forever, no actual drinking from sippy cups, and no ability to chew anything quite yet... both we and the doctor are ecstatic about their weight gain in the last month. I hope he keeps this up and we see great results again next month.
signing off with a sigh of relief...
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Saro and Ari play together
check out this video of Saro pushing Ari on their new Diego car! Saro LOVES to walk now, cracks up while doing it. (He pushes the diego car or the other walker we have.) Ari LOVES sitting on either the Diego car or the other walker thingy and getting pushed. If you stop, he gets mad and starts bouncing up and down and whining! haha.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
December 2007 Update
December was full of more crawling, standing, and cruising. Ari LOVES to kick a ball around and chase after it (he's very fast now!). Saro just loves to pull up on anything and everything. Unfortunately, we ended the year off with our worst sickness yet. While in Montreal, we caught a stomach virus. First Saro was really sick, then Ari (and mommy). It was NOT fun but we're all better now.
(p.s. don't forget to scroll down to see the Nov 2007 update too)
Dec 2 @ Matthew's birthday party.
December 5 - cute smiles
Dec 13 - cracking up with baba
Dec 22 - JoJo and Ti Genny came over for some fun! They brought the best toy ever - we love it!!
Dec 23 - Lots of babies at Ara & Maral's house
Dec 25 - Christmas Day: getting ready to meet Santa!
Dec 25 - Santa arrived, scared everyone, gave TONS and TONS of gifts, and left. :) Some great family shots (Alepian side of the family).
Dec 26 - Ari still feeling invincible with Raffi dai-dai (he doesn't know he's about to get sick in 6 hours). Poor sick Saro with mommy. Another nice family shot (Derkevorkian side of the family).
Dec 31 - More gifts on New Year's Eve! Saro wearing one of his gifts from Bahamas while Ari unwraps the toys!
(p.s. don't forget to scroll down to see the Nov 2007 update too)
Dec 2 @ Matthew's birthday party.
December 5 - cute smiles
Dec 13 - cracking up with baba
Dec 22 - JoJo and Ti Genny came over for some fun! They brought the best toy ever - we love it!!
Dec 23 - Lots of babies at Ara & Maral's house
Dec 25 - Christmas Day: getting ready to meet Santa!
Dec 25 - Santa arrived, scared everyone, gave TONS and TONS of gifts, and left. :) Some great family shots (Alepian side of the family).
Dec 26 - Ari still feeling invincible with Raffi dai-dai (he doesn't know he's about to get sick in 6 hours). Poor sick Saro with mommy. Another nice family shot (Derkevorkian side of the family).
Dec 31 - More gifts on New Year's Eve! Saro wearing one of his gifts from Bahamas while Ari unwraps the toys!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
November 2007 Update
ok, so i have slacked quite a bit in my blog updates (as many of you have NOT failed to mention...) So i am going to create a few posts because there are way too many pics to fit in one post and i figure it will be easier to view chronologically.
November 4 - having fun at Noah's birthday party
November 11 - Ari playing peek-a boo from the kitchen
November 17 - the boys in action
November 18 - auditioning for a Huggies ad ;)
November 24 - playing together in our jammies, in desperate need of a haircut
November 24 - haircut day! Before pics
during and after
November 28 - we love playing and staring out the window
November 4 - having fun at Noah's birthday party
November 11 - Ari playing peek-a boo from the kitchen
November 17 - the boys in action
November 18 - auditioning for a Huggies ad ;)
November 24 - playing together in our jammies, in desperate need of a haircut
November 24 - haircut day! Before pics
during and after
November 28 - we love playing and staring out the window
