Happy Thanksgiving!

5lb 60z Christopher takes on a 12lb bird...and sleeps to tell about it.

Ahhh...thanksgiving. The holiday that is about giving thanks, and we have a lot to be thankful for indeed. We had a bit of a scaled back holiday, all things considered, so that we could still celebrate but not be overwhelmed. Grandpa D. came down along with Auntie Meg, and somehow we managed to cook enough food for about 35 people. It was a great and relaxing weekend. I'm not really used to the slow pace of weekends/holidays now that Christopher is home. It basically entails sleeping in as long as possible because we're exhausted, and then chilling out all day long, passing him back and forth while he sleeps on people and feeding him every 3 hours. He's eating really well now, just so fast that we have to pace him or he throws up. Good problem to have, I guess.

Starting about 4 days ago, Christoper started to "wake up", staying alert and interacting with us for longer periods of time. Before then, he would wake up to eat and then just go back to sleep until his next feeding. His doctor said that as he nears his due date (still December 9th!) this will be more and more the case. It's fun to be able to interact with him more and to see him start to hit some developmental milestones. It's a bit confusing in some ways, because some 2 month old milestones he's hitting (tracking objects with his eyes, waving his arms around like he wants your attention) while others he's behind on (smiling, etc.) because he's technically not supposed to be born yet. Everyone says that he'll catch up right around 2 years old. I disagree with them; I'm pretty sure that he'll be way ahead of the curve by then =).

















Being held for the first time by Grandpa Didyk. He was so proud! And he also took the opportunity to inform me of a Didyk tradition that I was not aware of: Grandpas don't change diapers.















Auntie Meg holds her first nephew. They had fun together mumbling and watching football. We even let Megan warm up leftover Turkey with gravy by herself!
















Our first Thanksgiving family picture. I'm confident that every dish we made weighed more than our son.


















I almost forgot to mention this, but my brother Tony and I kicked off the holiday on Thursday with a rare get-together to play some Axis and Allies D-day. For those of you who aren't giant nerds, Axis and Allies is a series of strategy board games based on the historic events of World War II. Because each game takes between 4-7 hours to play, Tony and I don't get to play that often. This was a nice break from routine and you'll be relieved to know that in the first game the Allies indeed defeated Nazi Germany. However, the second game ended at a draw due to time.

Christopher gets another shot on December 7th that will help with his fragile immune system. Maybe after that we'll get the green light to relax things a little around here...I'm tired of inadvertently eating hand sanitizer =). He hasn't had an apnea spell in a couple of days now, so that's some good progress, too.

Happy Turkey Day, and here's to Christmas!!!!!

Love,

Andy