Amici & Aiden

Above are the first photos I have been able to get with Amici & Aiden. Amici has been really good with Aiden. He perks his ears up whenever Aiden cries and looks at me sternly if he thinks I am taking too long to respond (e.g. Aiden just wakes up while in his crib). He kisses Aiden on occassion (especially if Aiden just ate but sometimes he'll do it after a big cry session- I think he is trying to make Aiden feel better). And, if Aiden cries too much and it bugs Amici, Amici will just ask to go outside.

Once Aiden is able to hold his head up I hope to get more pictures of them together. I haven't wanted to put him on Amici because he is so fragile right now & Amici doesn't really like people laying on him or cuddling with him too much.

Welcome Aiden- the newest Pennington family member

Aiden Elias Pennington was welcomed into our family on Wed. August 26th at 12:50PM. We were able to go home on Saturday. Kana and Amici were both here (Shawn- Kana's human was in a wedding so we had Kana for the weekend). Kana left us a present in our room when we returned (poo- ick...which wasn't the nicest welcoming home gift). Shawn and Mary Ellen had brought home one of Aiden's hats that he had been wearing in the hospital. Kana went crazy when he sniffed it but Amici just sniffed it and then went on his merry own way. That is how the first introduction went too. Amici just sniffed Aiden and then went and rested. Kana sniffed and sniffed and barked- he was basically really hyper. Kana was good with Aiden just a lot more excitable and he wanted to shove his nose all over Aiden most of the time. Once Kana went home Amici paid a little more attention to Aiden. He has given him some kisses and has seemed to just accept that this little one is now a part of our family. So far the only mishaps we've had are: Amici some how got a hold of a used vaseline pad and chomped on that for a bit until we caught him and he spilled Aiden's breast milk once as well (I have to pump already because my breast milk supply has been low). Other than that, Amici has seemed to do well. He is confused why I am home every day and still tries to go into the kennel each morning. We've tried to keep the same eating and bathroom schedule for Amici so when I do return back to work he isn't too messed up.

I hope to get a picture of Aiden and Amici soon. I am not comfortable yet having Aiden lay on Amici with no one else around and me holding a camera trying to get their picture. I hope we get one of the 2 of them soon!

Amici: Adjusting to all the new stuff

I am now on my 33rd week of pregnancy. I never imagined that it would go by this fast. Depending on if our little baby boy arrives on his due date, we only have a month and 15 days to go! Last week we had a 3-D ultrasound done to check on how the baby was developing, etc. So far, the doctor states that he looks good. He weighed 4lbs and 13 ounces at 32 weeks. I asked the doctor if that meant I was going to have one "big" baby but she said she thought his full weight will be around 8lbs.
Here is two of the 3-D pictures from the ultrasound. It is amazing what the ultrasound can show you:



Last weekend my family and close friends threw me a baby shower back in my hometown. It was a wonderful shower and we were blessed with receiving a lot of necessasity items (car seat, crib, etc.).


Here is a picture of the homemade quilt my Aunt Susan made for the baby:
















Amici has been a good sport about all the new stuff. He definitely sniffed out all the baby shower bags hoping one of them were for him. He isn't used to having gifts come in the house that aren't aimed for him, but he did all right and just sniffed.
Amici in the "Where's Waldo, I mean Amici :)" picture:















The baby's crib all set up and Amici looking comfortable next to it. This is in our room. The crib will eventually go into the baby's room which will be a lemon souffle color.
















I think our blog may be taking a new turn to it. I'll definitely still be posting about Amici but I will also be adding information about our little baby to be. I thought about making a separate site for the baby but it is just too much to keep up with. Amici doesn't seem to mind sharing as long as he is included in all that we do. I hope we get a thumbs up from all the DWB pups/their folks. :)

Surprise!! We have awesome news!!

 

For those of you that know us well, you know that Amici is a male and that he is neutered. Amici is letting all his fellow bloggers know that his human mom is pregnant!! I'm approaching my 18th week (this coming week). We found out that we're pregnant on Dec. 27th. We decided to wait and tell family & friends once the 2nd trimester arrived. In the first month, Amici has been very patient. I was so tired. Looking back I feel that I slept the whole month of January away. Amici was there, by my side, waiting patiently for me to wake up. Once he realized that things weren't normal, he was as sweet as could be and just slept there with me. Once February hit I got some of my energy back. Amici has also coped well with my disturbed sleeping pattern. Before, I slept through the night like a champ. Now, I wake up 4+ times a night to go pee. Amici, afraid he might miss something fun, has come downstairs with me each time. Lately, he just lifts his head up because he has gotten the hint that I am not doing anything fun downstairs. Perhaps Amici's favorite part of this experience has been my upset stomach. He gets to eat a lot more of my breakfasts, lunches (on weekends) and dinners. He has run with me to the toilet as I have had the pregnancy sickness (wish I could just say it was in the morning but sometimes it is morning/night). He grosses me out sometimes as I've had to shoo him away from my projectile vomit. But, at least he is there with his wagging tail support and kisses. Pregnancy definitely effects the whole family and Amici has been a star through it all. A few weekends ago I was able to take a bike ride with him. We didn't go our normal route but it was nice to be out in the fresh air and get a little exercise (although we went pretty slow). We'll find out if we are having a boy or a girl at the end of the month. We don't have a preference, we just want our baby to be healthy and happy.

PS. Amici was around a little baby a few weekends ago at Shawn & Mary Ellen's (they had a friend over who has the baby). Kana and Amici both did great. The baby started to scream/cry at one point and Amici just laid down on the floor and put his head down. He didn't seem to get anxious, scared, etc. We're hoping that Amici will act that calm when he meets his own little baby sister/brother in August.