Bath Time Fun

Will continues to enjoy his bath time. Yesterday we gave him a bath for the first time using baby body wash, since you are supposed to wait 6 weeks to try and decrease the chances of him getting a rash. He did really well with the body wash. I think bath time is going to be a time that he will look forward to, once he is a little older, and so will mommy and daddy.

Will Enjoying His Bath

During his bath he decided to provide us with some "floaters", so we had to empty the water, clean out the tub, and try again. While mommy was getting bath #2 ready, daddy taped this video clip.

Will Waiting Patiently For Bath #2

Will's Favorite Part of Bath Time

How Cute Am I in My Tigger Bathrobe?

Look How Big I Am

I am continuing to grow every day. I outgrew my first outfit last week. It was a preemie outfit that our friend Julie gave him; it was an Animal Parade outfit and very cute. He is now officially totally in his newborn clothes. He did not have many preemie clothes but he had a few preemie sleepers and the outfit Julie bought.

My 1st Outfit I Outgrew

My 1st Baby Gap Outfit

I Am So Mad

I Love My Dogs

Will Snuggling With Daddy

We have been so impressed with the way the dogs have taken to Will. Both Gracie and Brinley love to lick him and give him kisses, but otherwise they are great with him. They only jump when people other than mommy and daddy come to visit. Sam is still unsure of Will and usually runs away whenever he is crying. We hope Will grows up loving animals as much as we do.

Will and Brinley Snuggling

Will really enjoys spending time laying on his gym mat and looking at all the bright colored animals that hang down from it. He is starting to enjoy belly time more laying on his mat. He likes the music that plays as well. His neck is getting very strong and we think he will be able to hold his head up before we know it.

Will Playing on His Gym Mat

Will You Be My Valentine?

Happy Valentine's Day! It is so hard to believe that Will's due date should have been yesterday, and instead we have a 44 day old baby celebrating his 1st Valentine's Day today. We hope that everyone has something fun and romantic planned for their Valentine's Day. We celebrated ours last night by having a romantic dinner and evening at home (in between feedings and diaper changes).
These Valentine's pictures were taken a few weeks ago so that we could use them for Valentine's Day Cards.

Will You Be My Valentine?

Cupid Is In The House

Will's 1st Super Bowl Sunday

Will got to experience his first Super Bowl today. Grandma and Grandpa Zink and "Uncle" Matt and "Aunt" Rebecca came over for the big event. He was awake for quite a bit of the game, although he had no idea what was going on. Daddy does not route for the Giants but told Will that he thought about routing for them because the last two times the Giants won the Super Bowl the Redskins won the Super Bowl the next year. That is an interesting way to look at it. But he did have to sport his Redskins gear along with his special Super Bowl onesie, which said "Shhhhhh... I am watchin the game with dad." Mommy found the onesie at Target and it was a must buy. Hopefully the Redskins will be able to make it to the big game next year.

Will Sporting his Baby Redskins Hat

Will Snoozing Before the Super Bowl

Will Meets His 2nd Cousin Claudia

Tonight Bill's cousin Brian and his wife Rebecca came over with their daughter Claudia (Will's second cousin) for an evening of pizza and Wii playing. Claudia was very interested in Will while he was in his swing. She took him a stuffed Elmo and even helped push him in his swing until she started pushing too hard and we had to ask her to stop. She even was giving him hugs while he slept. We all enjoyed their visit very much and look forward to watching Will grow up with Claudia, who will only be a year older than him. We can not wait for our next play date with them (and the Wii of course).

What is Cousin Will Doing?

Claudia with Bill and Will

Aren't I so Cute?

Helping Push Will in the Swing

Look How Far He Has Come

Bill and I finally sat down and figured out how to download our video clips onto our computer. We got a new video camera for Christmas and expected 6 more weeks to learn how to use it. Since our "bundle of joy" came 6 weeks early, it has taken us a little longer than anticipated to learn how to do this. These video clips are a little dated but we wanted to share them with everyone; look how far he has come (from the NICU to home).

Will 1 Day Old in NICU
1/2/08

Will 12 Days Old in Nursery
1/13/08

We celebrated Will's 2 week birthday by giving him his first sponge bath. He did not enjoy that very much.

Will's 1st Bath on 1/15/08

Guess Who is One Month Old Today

It is so hard to believe that Will is one month old today. Boy how time flies. What is even harder to believe is that my original due date is not for another 12 days. I feel like we almost cheated the system by getting to spend the last month with Will in the real world instead of him still being in the womb. Will continues to do great.

He went to the eye doctor yesterday for a recheck. With all premies they are concerned about a condition called retina of prematurity, which can lead to a whole bunch of eye problems. He did not care for the eye exam at all but got a clean bill of health. He is going to see a pediatric eye doctor for one more recheck in one month but it looks like his eyes are very healthy!

Will Waiting Patiently
for the Eye Doctor

The last two days he has been eating like crazy, which means he is probably going through a growth spurt. I can not imagine what he is going to weigh at his 8 week checkup. Pretty soon he is going to outgrow his newborn diapers and newborn clothes.