Dalya Joy's World

Today I took my doggie Yogi to the dog park along with mommy and daddy.  It was soo much fun.  I got to hang and stroll along the beautiful park and watch yogi play.  It will not be long before I am throwing the frisbee to her!

Today I went to the doctor for a checkup.  I got weighed, measured, and vaccinated.

After almost Three 1/2 months I finally made it onto the GROWTH CHARTS.   The charts I speak of are a scale that the doctors use to mark down and measure my growth compared to a average full term baby. Before, my weight and height were not even on the charts.  I was plotting in the negative percentiles.  But today I am weighing in at 10lbs 15 oz, putting me in the 10th percentile of where a FULL TERM Baby would be.  And at 23 inches long I am in the 20th percentile!!!  This is really great news especially since I was born 2 and 1/2 months earlier then a full term baby and weighed 3lbs 2oz!!  I have come a long way.

I am catching up nicely and getting lots of fat for my family to pitch and kiss.

Unfortunately,  right after mommy and daddy got this good news I got 2 vaccination shots. 🙁  So much for being rewarded for my good work.

Apples dipped in honey for a sweet new year!  Now that sounds good.

Today was my first Rosh Hashanah.  Although I did not get to go to Temple ( daddy went and prayed for Mommy and Me) or eat Apples and honey I had a great time hanging out with the family and got to meet a new cousin,  Jason.  It was great.  We had dinner the first night at my house with Nanna, Uncle Seth, Aunt Addie, cousin Sammy, cousin Hannah, and cousin Jason.  The next night Nanna made a great dinner at Uncle Seth and Aunt Addie’s house.  I played with my first cousins Hannah and Sammy.  I got to participate in my first lighting of the candles for Rosh Hashanah.  I am on my way to being a nice Hemisha Girl.   And for this year all I have to ask forgivness for are my stinky diapers.

Next year I can’t wait to eat some apples and honey and go to temple.

It is true.  Sometimes daddy does put down the camera and lets mommy take some pictures.

Even though daddy is scruffy and his arms are hairy…….One of my favorite places in the whole world to be is in the strong arms of my daddy!

While mommy was at some work meetings today Daddy decided to take some pictures of me with a Lensbaby ( a special plastic toy lens.)  I tried hard to work it and give him my covergirl looks!!

This weekend I got my first out of town visitor ( besides my grandparents).   Daddy and Mommy’s great friend Amy W.  flew all the way from NY to come and see me for the weekend.  We had soo much fun.  We got to hang out, go to the park, and even get the famous Jackson’s Ice Cream.  Well, Daddy and Amy W had ice cream shakes and I just went for the ride with my doggy Yogi. I can’t have regular food for a while, but Jackson’s sure looked good.

Today mommy went to work and I had the whole day with daddy.  One of the first things i did was get a bath….because I stunk!!!  You see, I have like 7 little rolls around my neck.  And when I am feeding i don’t always get all the milk in my mouth and it drips down into the dark deep rolls of my neck.  And after a day or so that milk begins to stink.  When it is cleaned it is not a matter of a little water and soap around the neck… it has to be a detail surgical precision cleaning.  And nobody does this better then daddy.

This is one of the little gems that other parents don’t tell you about.  You just have to learn it on your own. Who knew I would actually be a little stinker.

Today I went to the doctor to get my synergist shot.  The synergist shot, a vaccine against RSV.  Well, before they gave me my shot they weighed me and I weighed a whopping 9 pounds 8 oz.  I more then tripled my weight since I was born!!!  My mommy and daddy held me while in the doctors office.  And when I got my shot I only cried for about 20 seconds.  Mommy made Daddy hold me while I actually got the shot.  She did not want to be the bad guy.  And after the shots I got to go home and lay with my best buddy Yogi.  I am getting closer to her size ( length) everyday.  Oh, I am 21 1/2 inch long.