Lacation Success!! and Lunch at Chadwicks

Hey All,

We had an appointment with our lactation consultant Wednesday AM and it turns out we're right on with Graeme's breastfeeding. Graeme's weight is up to 7lbs 8 oz and our technique was judged to be right on. It appears Graeme just didn't want to eat when we thought he should. Best part of our visit was leaving with a renewed confidence in our ability to parent, something that ebbs and flows around here as Graeme's attitude towards feeding and sleeping oscillates. He is always into pooping so if you judge by that criteria we're the best parents on the planet! We left the Dr. feeling pretty good about ourselves, so we decided a lunch at Chadwick's would be our reward for a parenting job well done (it also spelled us from the monotony that can set in holed up in the lower promenade).



Graeme took a load off as soon as we hit the booth, take a look he is pretty relaxed. This is his first outing to someplace other than the Dr. office, but he wasn't nearly as excited as Jenn and I about lunch at Chadwick's. If you've spent any amount of time with Jenn and I, you know we have a couple staples; Chadwick's, O'Connell's and Columbia Firehouse (mentioned in a previous posting, while Bruce and Lynn were here). Chadwick's is a great pub right near the Potomac with a great menu; great burgers, fish tacos, black bean chili and excellent salads. Yesterday Jenn had the Cobb Salad and a diet coke, I have the Seafood Cobb and a Victory Brewing Co. Prima Pils. If you haven't had a Victory Beer, GET ONE!!! Great beer brewed in Pennsylvania, really great beer. The Pils is my favorite, but they are all good. Lunch was a success, Graeme slept through it, Jenn and I had a good meal and a chance to unwind, like regular people. It was a much needed outing, we've decided now that Jenn is feeling better we're going to have at least one of these a day. Thursday, we're headed tot he library and then for frozen yogurt!



Still experimenting with my black and white photos in preps for our birth announcement, hopefully we'll have a proof later this week. If Graeme cooperates we'll do a photo shoot sometime today. We'll keep you advised and maybe put up some proofs if we're conflicted on the design.

Here are a few random pics, just because we can. Hope you enjoy! Focus on Graeme, I look like, well what I look like, but it's not pretty.




Peace.