Tristin and Isabella: Happy one month!

Last Monday, baby T. celebrated his one month birthday (yay!) It's amazing how fast time flies. I know the first few weeks I couldn't wait for time to pass by but now, as I am slowly getting used to my new life and falling madly in love with my little pumpkin, I can't believe how quickly the days and weeks are passing.

Given that he's still small and we can't celebrate his birthday in a big way (we'll wait for the 1-year mark for that!), we did a mini celebration with C. and Grandma Cho. It was very low key. Truth be told, likely more low-key than I would have liked and mostly because I couldn't get my act together. Every time I was meaning to go out to get some proper props for his birthday (e.g., cute birthday hat, birthday napkins, etc.) or was thinking about baking some birthday goodies, I would be either out of time or luck (store would be closed or I would miss my chance to go out/bake). The 2 hour window I would have in between feedings would mysteriously disappear. Thus, I'm embarassed to say that the cupcake was from the local supermarket (gasp to all my epicurean friends!) and his birthday outfit, which was what he was wearing that evening plus his bear hat, totally mismatched in a major fashion faux pas way! Next time, mommy will have to bake him a proper cupcake and/or cake and get a cute well-deserved birthday outfit for this worthy celebration. Shame on mommy!

Also, a few days after his birthday, we also went to see his doctor, Dr. Chapman for his 1-month visit. Things we found out ---

As of his 1-month visit, Tristin weighed 8 pounds and 14 ounces! (yay..given only a month ago he was 5 pounds 2 ounces!) and was 20 1/2 inches long.

He also jumped from the 5th percentile weight to 25th percentile

Doctor said we shouldn't worry about overfeeding -- infants usually know when to stop and there's no way you can overfeed. He didn't seem to worried about T. eating 4-5 ounces/feeding

His newborn screening tests were all normal

During this visit, he also got his second hepatitis shot

Next month, he will be getting a series of more vaccination shots (e.g., Polio, DTP), some of which may have some side effects, like fever. Not looking forward to see the little pumpkin in pain!