Guess What!

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500

This morning, Mommy discovered two seperate lines on the stick. It can only mean one thing... Laci is going to be a "Big Sister" at the end of August.

Daniel's First Sonogram

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Today, the new baby had it's first picture taken! He is about 1 1/2 cm long, and the technician estimated him to be 7 weeks and 6 days old. That makes his projected due date September 10th, 2005. Mommy, Daddy and Sister Laci all got to see the new baby's heartbeat fluttering inside Mommy.

The Second Sonogram

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Today, Mommy had her second sonogram. This time, not only was the heartbeat seen, but the technician got excellent views of the hands, feet, face, and... the genitals. It appears that he will be a boy! Be sure to check the photo gallery for the newest sonogram images - including image leaving very little doubt as to the sex.

Daniel is Born

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 03:34:00 -0400

This morning at 3:24 AM (EDT), Daniel Alexander Dezern was born. At birth, he weighed 7 pounds and 4.7 ounces, and he measured in at 20 inches. The delivery went without problem, and Mommy was thrilled to be able hold her new son immediately after he was born.

Attempted Abduction!

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:02:54 -0400

Today I had the scare of my life, a lady tried to take my baby. I was shopping at Costco and Daniel was in his car seat which was attached to the cart. As I leaned over to look at meat in the meat case, I realized my cart was rolling away. I tossed the package of meat that was I was inspecting and went running after my cart exclaiming " Excuse Me". An older lady was pulling my cart from behind her (the opposite end from where you push). As I reached the cart and grabbed hold, I finally attracted her attention. As she turned around, she realized the

1 Month Check Up

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:09:11 -0400

At 1 month old Daniel:

Weights 9lbs

Length 21 inches

Head circumference 37 cm

Beautiful Baby Smile

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:23:23 -0400

Today mommy took Daniel to the grocery store to do the weekly shopping and as we were waiting for our deli order, Daniel gave mommy the most beautiful baby smile. I know at this age everyone says that it's not a smile but a gas bubble, but I believe this was a smile. Trust me when I say that if it were gas I would have known right away, Daniel is not embarrassed to let them rip loudly no matter where we are. However just the same it was Daniel's first smile and it was a beautiful baby smile.

Tongue Twister

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:00:40 -0400

This evening as Daniel lay on the couch beside mommy; daddy came and sat on the other side of Daniel. After a few minutes of Daniel grasping daddy's finger and staring at him, daddy started to make faces at Daniel. Daniel was very amused by this and began making faces of his own. Then daddy taught Daniel the first trick that daddy also taught Laci. After a few times of daddy sticking out his tongue at Daniel, Daniel then started to imitate daddy. It took Daniel just a few times of watching daddy before he figured out how to do that too. Daniel was very happy to stick out his little tongue staring back at daddy. It all happened so quickly but it was very endearing.

E.R.

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:48:00 -0400

This evening was quite an adventure; we discovered at 4pm that Daniel had a fever. We took him to the closest hospital for evaluation. After waiting in the emergency room waiting area for two hours to be seen his fever was 101.9 and daddy and I were very concerned. Daniel was so pitiful his little head was so warm and his kept making almost quiet squeaking noises. He was such a trooper when they took blood and cathed him for urine, he didn't even make a peep. It was when the procedure was all over that he cried. Needless to say all is well but what

2 Month Check Up

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:16:50 -0500

Daniel's growth measurments now are:

Weight 12 lbs (50%)

Height 23 inches (25%)

Head circumference 39 1/2 (25%)

2 Month Check Up

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:19:32 -0500

At 2 months old Daniel:

Weights                             12lbs 9oz
Height                                23 inches
Head Circumference      39.5 cm

My First Laugh

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:02:57 -0500

This evening Daniel was in his pack-n-play watching the toys that dangled with in his reach; when he looked up to see that daddy had positioned Daniel's favorite leopard to look down at him. As Daniel gazed at the leopard he smiled and then he giggled. Mommy wasn't sure that this was a laugh at first, but apparently that leopard was very funny because Daniel giggled several times at it.

3 Month Old Check Up

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:22:14 -0500

At 3 months old Daniel:

Weights                               17lbs 1oz
Height                                  25 inhces
Head Circumference        41.7 cm

4 Month Old Check Up

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:22:14 -0500

At 4 months old Daniel:

Weights                               17lbs 1oz (90%)
Height                                  25 inhces (50%)
Head Circumference        41.7 cm     (85%)

First Food

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:22:37 -0500

Tonight Daniel had his first taste of solid food, he had some baby cereal. Daniel was not quite sure what to do with the cereal after the first time I put it in his mouth, but it didn't take him long to figure it out and now he loves his cereal. He has also tried baby apples, bananas and mango's; all of which he really enjoyed. Not too surprising since big sister Laci loves fruit too.