Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
The McKennas Visit
...the other exciting part of our Sunday included a visit from Aunt Angela, Uncle Ed (from Queens), and Elizabeth (from Boston, MA). They came over to visit a little before 4:00, perfect timing as he was going to be awake the entire time they planned on visiting ('til about 6:30).
They were so enamored by him, and he by them. Elizabeth got an opportunity to give him a bottle, and then another! He polished off 6 ounces in less than 15 minutes, and seemed like he would take some more...and after thawing more milk, he took 3.5 more ounces. Mommy is a little disappointed (because it means that her son is getting so big so quickly), but we are going to start moving toward the 9-ounce bottles.
After his 9.5 ounces...he was in a very happy place and remained there for the rest of the evening. He was so great!!! It was nice that he was able to show them how happy and fun he can be to play with after he was in a state of "discontent" when they came to visit prior to the new year. Everyone got to hold him, lie with him and play with him in his exer-saucer.
Although their time spent was brief (Liz had to catch a train back to bean-town), it was perfect (he started to get fussy and tired a few minutes after they left) and we wouldn't have changed anything about their visit! We are looking forward to the next one...
Technology ROCKS!!!
Sunday was an eventful day...starting with our first ever internet video call to Grandma and Grandpa Waldron in Hannibal. Grandma had purchased a webcam earlier in the week and installed it on Saturday, but Grandpa wasn't around and Austin was sleeping when she installed it (with Keith's assistance remotely , again via the internet)...so today was the big day.
We knew that Grandma and Grandpa would enjoy watching Austin play, but we didn't expect Austin to be so interactive.
With Grandma and Grandpa "full-screen" on the 46" LCD TV in the living room, Austin was able to see and hear them, and really looked at them, smiled, squeaked, and interacted with them! It was a pleasure to watch it all happen the way that it did.
Once Austin woke up from his long afternoon nap, we figured, "Why not try again?" So, this time, Uncle Kevin and Aunt Peggy came online, and wouldn't you know it....a similar reaction from Austin. We say similar because he still spent a lot of time looking at the TV and squeaking at Kevin and Peggy...he was just less attentive than in the morning. It was an unintentional game of peek-a-boo: he would look up at the TV, see them and smile and say something. Then he would be distracted by his toys for a little bit, only to look up and be surprised and excited by their presence again!
Technology definitely gets a bad wrap for how it has made all of our communications less personal (i.e. IM, and text messaging), but it was nice to see it work in one of the most personal possible ways for us today...bringing our boy closer to distant family.
We knew that Grandma and Grandpa would enjoy watching Austin play, but we didn't expect Austin to be so interactive.
With Grandma and Grandpa "full-screen" on the 46" LCD TV in the living room, Austin was able to see and hear them, and really looked at them, smiled, squeaked, and interacted with them! It was a pleasure to watch it all happen the way that it did.
Once Austin woke up from his long afternoon nap, we figured, "Why not try again?" So, this time, Uncle Kevin and Aunt Peggy came online, and wouldn't you know it....a similar reaction from Austin. We say similar because he still spent a lot of time looking at the TV and squeaking at Kevin and Peggy...he was just less attentive than in the morning. It was an unintentional game of peek-a-boo: he would look up at the TV, see them and smile and say something. Then he would be distracted by his toys for a little bit, only to look up and be surprised and excited by their presence again!
Technology definitely gets a bad wrap for how it has made all of our communications less personal (i.e. IM, and text messaging), but it was nice to see it work in one of the most personal possible ways for us today...bringing our boy closer to distant family.
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