Awake pictures

As promised, some awake pictures.

excellent!

He’s practicing his Mr. Burns impression. Eventually the fingers will actually tent and drum together.

Hello

Not so pleased, but glad to be awake and on camera.

And, since some have asked:

  • Next doctors appointment is the 1 month checkup, end of the month.
  • He’s starting to fill in, haven’t been anywhere to do an official weighing but he’s eating well enough to be gaining weight.
  • Mom is doing just fine, she has a checkup appointment next week.
  • We’re all sleeping well, just not for long periods.

Family visits

Babys seem like relative magnets. Alisha’s parents came to visit last Wednesday, cooked us a nice dinner, held Robin and headed home. I wish I would have gotten some pictures, but I really didn’t think about it at the time.

My parents came by for a short visit on Thursday. They held Robin for awhile and headed out for dinner.

Today, my parents, grandparents and an aunt came over. Robin was excellent.
The Betka clan
I think just about everyone got a least one chance to hold him.
Grandpa holding Robin
We even got a bit of a family photo.
More photos.

Lyle Lovett Concert at Krannert

(Obviously, this entry has been delayed by other events.)
Last Friday night, my parents and I went to the Lyle Lovett Acoustic Ensemble performance at the Krannert Center. Overall, it was an excellent performance to attend. Lyle played a wide range of crowd favorites from all his albums, with some wonderful solos by the individual players. Between songs, he would banter with the members of the band, including Viktor Krauss.

Being a Champaign native and a University of Illinois graduate, Viktor got a very enthusiastic reception from the crowd, though he was visibly nervous, trying to hide behind the neck of his bass and quite hesistant at first to use the mic when answering questions from Lyle. He opened up after a little prodding and got several more rousing rounds of applause.

Lyle also included some background on his song writing process, including an old college roommate that used to tell him that many of his songs weren’t about something that should be put to song, probably best embodied by Penguins on I Love Everybody. He explained the song was insipred by a girl he met in college that had her entire apartment decorated with penguin items; the curtains, the slip cover on the couch, the salt and pepper shakers, etc.

I would highly recommend the Tryon Festival Theatre for performances such as this, there didn’t appear to be a bad seat anywhere and the sound was excellent. Our seats were on the right end of a row but they were still excellent. With only 950 seats, it’s a very intimate venue with the sound quality of a much larger hall.

Charging the camera

(Only a few will find this funny or even understand, but oh well)

I’ve had to charge the battery for my Canon PowerShot S410 twice in the last 2 days. Leaving it plugged into the computer for several hours while you entertain a baby drains the battery pretty fast. I think that nearly doubles the number of charges since I bought it, 1 1/2 years ago.

First and second doctor visits

Robin had his first doctor visit yesterday, 6 lbs 6 3/4 oz, 19 1/2″ long. That was still weight loss, so we had to go back for a check today. He’s gained 1/4 oz, so no more visits until the 1 month checkup, The breastfeeding clinic at Carle will do walk-in weight checks, so if we are worried we may visit on Monday.

He seems to like the carseat once he’s fallen asleep.
Sleepy