Angel Eyes

After quite a few days of eating, sleeping and getting changed, Oliver has finally decided to show us his eyes more often. It took his Gran 3 days just to see what they looked like but now he is more wakeful each day. He cranes his tiny little head and neck all around, checking things out. He is such a quiet and solemn little guy pretty much all the time, making squeaky sounds when you hold him. If we could get one of his sneezes on video, you would think it was the cutest thing ever! He has been for his 48-hour check at the doctor and got the thumbs up on all scorecards. Next week he sees his own doctor, who was away this week, for his next weigh-in and checkup. He is eating very well so we expect he will do just fine.


Big surprise, but the boy has no shortage of clothes already, thanks to some very generous gifts plus a hockey bag of stuff that arrived from Halifax. In good time Oliver will strive to follow his sister's footsteps to the runway. For now, he is a limited to clothes small enough for dolls! We bought some preemie sleepers for him last month and when we got home, we looked at them again and questioned our judgment, these things were way too small, we should have bought the newborn size. Turns out that we were right in the first place and luckily we have something to keep him warm that doesn't look like a tent!


Last week when we came home from the ice slides, Isabelle's mommy came to the door with Oliver to greet us. Isabelle saw the baby and said "Is he still here?". We got news for you, kid, he's here for good! Not to worry though, Isabelle continues to hug and kiss him every chance she gets and is asking lots of questions about his feeding. Whenever we buy something at the grocery store that isn't for her, she says "Is that for baby brother?". In cases where she wants a specific one of us to do something for her, she simply tells the other one that it's "their turn" to hold the baby.


Happy one week birthday, Oliver! Just a week ago today your Mom and Dad were arriving at the hospital, unaware that in less than 2 hours, you would be here!