Woche Zwei

It's been a busy week here in the barrel. Elias continues to grow and fill out from his Mama's good nourishment. By Tuesday he was up to 7 lbs and 13 oz at breastfeeding support group. He also has been working on his exercising with daily tummy time. He's able to hold his head up longer, prop up on his elbows on mommy's chest, do a froggy jump off Mama's belly and rolled over from his tummy to his back! All in a weeks time. Mama (being the physical therapist she is) is very proud of her little monkey!


Elias was able to meet another family member, his uncle D. Uncle D is in town to see Phish shows and visit friends and family in Indiana. Elias is jealous that he cannot go to the famed Deer Creek (now known as Verizon Wireless Music Center) to see the Phish show in a week. He very much enjoyed his time in Virginia. Hopefully someone will stream the concert online and we can watch it on the internets.


Also this week, Elias' cord fell off to reveal a most perfect "innie." This event also signaled a "First" of getting a real bath. We were all prepared for him to scream bloody murder and did all the necessary preparations like feeding and getting his bowels all emptied. However, after the initial shock of being lowered naked into the warm liquid, he loved the bath! We think we have a little water baby in our hands...look out Michael Phelps. Since swimming is a recommended sport for those with hemophilia because it is a non-contact sport and can keep his muscles strong to protect his joints, we hope that the love of water continues. His uncle T was a swimmer growing up and still uses it when completing triathlons.


Tomorrow we celebrate Father's day with the Flora clan, so many more pictures will be taken. Elias is a very good model as shown here by his "strike a pose" picture: