El Nino's Big Adventure

This blog began as an update for family and friends during my pregnancy. Now I will be writing it about El Nino's adventures outside of the womb. And in an effort to protect his privacy I will be referring to him as "el nino" or "el" for short. I will attempt to refrain from posting pictures of "el" as well. But the one here seems anonymous enough.

This is "El" on his birthday being helped by his nurse. El came home from the NICU earlier this week. We are all grateful and excited to be home together at last.

The NICU doctors told us to expect El to come home at the end of November. But El was in a hurry to come out into the world and in a hurry to come home too. So after 3 weeks in the hospital, mommy and daddy brought el nino home. Our daugh (we think of our dog as a full member of the family. She is a bit of a daughter to us, thus the "new" way to spell dog) was not sure what to make of el and proceeded to ignore him for the first several hours he was home. Then she was ready to sniff el, but Dad had other ideas. So the full sniff has yet to take place between them. I will keep you posted.

El had his first appointment with his pediatrician. He has now reached the 5 pound mark (Yipppeee - mom had set that particular weight as a significant milestone), and he has lengthened by an inch and a half since birth. So El's appetite has proven advantageous.

I apologize for the lag between postings, but I'm sure you can understand how hectic the days and weeks have been between our last posting and this one. I look forward to updating you on el's (and our) progress. All our love.