Last few weeks

So I haven't updated the blog in awhile again but we've been busy.

Oliver loves his veggies so much!! He's eating like crazy now and does very well at it. Here's a picture of him after eating carrots.

Since I was on call for Easter, we stayed around this area and went up to Uncle Jim and Aunt Lisa's to celebrate with the Peterman's. We had a great time and Oliver was a very good boy. Here's a picture of him with all his Easter baskets showing you one of his eggs.

A couple days later my mom and I went down to Great Billie's in Walcott and Oliver got another Easter basket full of goodies. It was also good to see a lot of family. Some of who haven't seen him yet and some who haven't seen him since he was in the NICU. Oliver had fun playing with his 2nd cousins Dillon, Layton, and Makenna.


It's also tradition on the Warnecke side to have your baby's picture taken on the scale that was in my Grandparent's Walcott Store. Usually it's done a little earlier than at 8 months because he's almost too big for it but we forgot when we were down in January. It told us that he was 15.5 lbs.

The next day we drove from Walcott to Iowa City for Oliver's check-up with the hematologist. There, his weight was 15lbs 9oz and he's 26 inches long. His hemaglobin went down to 8.5 from the previous 10.5 so we'll have to keep watching it. His iron count also came down which is a very good thing. The only concerning part is that his reticulocyte count(the new red blood cells) was very low indicating that his bone marrow isn't producing a whole of lot of the RBC at this time. So, more labs to be done in the next few weeks, but we can get them done in Elkader instead of driving far.

But in-between the 2 Easter's, Oliver learned to sit unassisted!! He started on Tuesday briefly for us but did well at the babysitters. Then on Wednesday he had it mastered. Now, that is the position he wants to be in instead of laying. (which is okay with me because I'm hoping that his hair on his bald spot will grow back now that he's not rubbing it off.)


Here's a video of my big boy talking to himself in the mirror.