First Day at the Beach

It was another week of firsts for Calvin. He got to meet his Aunty Kathryn and he also had his first day at the beach. It was Kath's first time to this area of Scotland but unfortunately, the weather was miserable except for one day. So Cal got to spend a lot of time indoors getting to know Aunty Kath.

Aunty Kath has the magic touch

The one nice day we had outside was Saturday so we headed over to Tentsmuir Forest Park which we blogged about earlier. There were a lot more people in the middle of summer than when we went in February but I would still say it wasn't the greatest weather for swimming. However, there were a lot of kids running around half-naked and jumping in the sea. Those Scottish kids are of hearty stock! Speaking of which, Nick waded in the North Sea. Cal, Kath, and I stayed on the beach and enjoyed the sun while being wind-blown. We have a lot of funny pictures from our day on the beach that you can look at here.

Cal soaking up the sun with Mom and Aunty Kath

As you can see, we have a new baby carrier since Cal is now over 8 lbs. We are loving the Baby Bjorn and Cal seems to like it too. Don't we look just like the advertisement?

cruising along

Nothing stupendous to report- we've been relaxing over the last week or so as Calvin continues to grow out of his smaller clothes. He's got a lot of excitement in store over the next couple of weeks- his first cousin once removed (probably just go with 'cousin') Kathryn is coming to visit, and next week we're driving to the northernmost extremity of Scotland, hopping on a boat, and exploring the Orkney islands. Adventure! Excitement! A Welsh relative and The Northern Isles!!!

Until we have some more exciting news or stories, here are some pictures of Cal losing patience with me.

8 week checkup

Calvin's stats:
weight - 10 lb 14 oz (26th percentile)
height - 58.4 cm (between 50th and 75th percentile)
head circumference - 40.5 cm (between 75th and 91st percentile)

The doctor said he is doing well and he is on track in his development. He isn't really smiling yet but we've seen the occasional smile and we can see he is going to be quite the charmer. Now if we could just get over this colic!

We'll see the doctor again before we move to Cambridge and then they will refer us to a special clinic down there. He'll need to go to these special clinics until he is 2 years old.

So Cal is doing well even though he still keeps his parents up all night. But that's typical, right?

The Amazing Calvin

I just wanted to share these two videos to give you an idea of how much Cal has changed. The first video was taken when he was just a week and a half old. The second was taken a few days ago and he is 18 weeks old. Behold: the amazing growing Calvin!

PS - If you have the sound on, you can hear what life was like in the NICU for the first video.

Calvin at 1.5 weeks old



Calvin at 18 weeks old