Henry is 1 month old!

Henry is one month old today! At his 4 week check up he weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 1/4 inches long. His weight is now in the 10th percentile! We are so proud of him and all his growing. He is learning how to make eye contact and is starting to follow objects with his eyes. He loves the black and white photos of Chicago in the living room. He had a great time with Tutu last week--she visited from Cleveland to see Henry and help me while Mark worked late. Henry also enjoyed his first trip to Starbucks last week. He is getting better about sleeping in his crib at night and only wakes up to eat every 2-3 hours.

Henry's first Christmas

Henry had a wonderful first Christmas! He started off by letting Mommy and Daddy get a pretty good night's sleep. He got many great presents thanks to friends and family. He even went for a walk in the snow.

Henry is 11 days old!

Henry is going great! He's been eating and sleeping well. At the doctor yesterday we learned that he has gained a ton of weight (and that is a good thing!). He is up to 6 lbs. 9 oz. Everything else looked good, too. Right now Henry prefers to sleep in his car seat, but we're working on the bassinet and crib.

Henry is here!!

At 6:12 am on Friday, December 10, 2010 Henry James Dillon made his entrance into the world! At birth he was 19.7 inches long and 5 lbs. 14 oz. He immediately showed us that he has strong, healthy lungs! We think he's the cutest thing we've ever seen and we feel so lucky that he is part of our family. During our short hospital stay we were lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Foster, Laura and Shelly Day, Nicole Gilman, Jim O'Connell, and Nicole Kordos visit us. Henry came home at about 3 pm on December 11. He was happy to meet Gracie and to see his home!

38 weeks

We're almost there! Baby is expected to make his arrival in 2 weeks. Yesterday after going to a routine doctor appointment, we were sent to the hospital for a nonstress test and ultrasound to estimate the baby's size. The doctor wanted to make sure he is growing the way he should be. We listened to his heartbeat for 20 minutes, and the doctor said he sounded great! The ultrasound predicted that he is currently 6 pounds. He's a little on the small side, but is expected to be nice and healthy at birth! His nursery is now complete as well!

35 weeks

We are getting close to Baby Dillon's due date! It's hard to wait. At our last doctor appointment we had another ultrasound because she wanted to see for herself that the baby is a boy. She agreed with the other doctor, that it is 100% boy! We, of course, have pictures to prove it! The "new" nursery is coming along and hopefully everything will be finished in time.

Baby boy Dillon--growing strong!

Today we had another ultrasound to further verify that Baby Dillon is male. HE SURE IS! Last week his estimated weight was 4 lbs. The doctor is predicting that he'll weigh about 6 lbs, 10 oz. at birth. His heart rate is 143 BPM and his organs all look good. We only have 5 weeks to go and we can't wait to meet him!