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Well, I haven’t posted in a while but it’s ’cause I’ve just gotten over a cold. I’m not blogging about having a cold, I’m blogging about how I got cured. See, I used this brand-new super-medicine to heal myself. It’s not even FDA approved, but man i”m telling you… if you can get your hands [...]

Our good friend Katherine pointed out that there is a glaring omission on this blog. We still haven’t really said why Jack showed up so early.
So in the interest of full disclosure I am telling you that the “story of Jack’s arrival” will be complete by the end of the month. Why? I am [...]

Man down

No. Not Jack. He’s totally cool. In fact, right now he is rockin’ it on the lap of our part-time sitter in the living room.
I am referring to me - and my broken second-to-littlest toe, you know, “the little piggy that had none.” Well that toe was broken in a tragic 3 AM feeding incident [...]

Not much to report

Well, today was a pretty much totally average day. Really. Jack ate, pooped and slept. His eyes are recovering nicely and they upped him to 40cc’s of milk per feeding. He’s getting the hang of the eating/breathing/swallowing thing, so the he’s having fewer desatts while he’s eating, which is nice.
This post is lame, so I’m [...]

The day in photos

Jack weighs 5 pounds and 3 ounces. He had his vaccinations. His eye exam is tomorow to check on ROP. I am nervous about it. Here is a photo essay on Jack’s afternoon.
1. Sneak peak.
2. Cross-eyed bottle action.
3. Milk drunk.
4. Stinky diaper.
5. The Nuk!