Koehn Jospeh Kavanewsky

Exciting News... Marni (and Kory) gave birth to their son, Koehn, January 31st at 11:45pm. He weighed 6 lb 14oz. Marni's labor sounded much like my own. Her water broke one month early, she was induced with pitocin, and she delivered around the same time of night. Isaac cant wait to meet his little cousin as I am sure they will be buddies for the rest of their lives.

its official

Isaac is a full blown citizen of the United States of America. Who would have thunk it. We are in the process of applying for his Canadian citizenship so that the little guy will have duel citizenship.

isaac (minor) visits dremworks

Today Isaac visited Dreamworks for the first time. We took a tour of daddy's new office, went for some lunch (at least mom and dad did). Isaac was a bit fussy in dad's office, but once we started moving, he was very cooperative. Lots of dad's coworkers got a chance to meet isaac, and all thought he was adorable.

isaac's 1 month checkup

Today we visited Dr. Waldsteins office for Isaac's one month checkup. He did amazingly well, weighing in at 8 pounds. Aparently mommy's milk is doing the trick. Everything else looked great. We were given the go ahead to go out in public, and to give isaac his first bath (which he adored). Bub, Isaac, and I went for lunch at Fred Segal's on melrose after the appointment. Isaac slept like and angel, even letting us pick him up his first adidas jogging suit in their kiddie department.

sleep, or lack there of

Isaac's night time sleep schedule (or lack there of) has been pretty tough this week. He originally was going three hours from feeding to feeding, but he seems to have switched to an hour and a half stretches. This means that by the time he feeds, gets his diaper changed, and settles back into sleep, it gives us 45 minutes of sleep. Last night dad joined isaac and i at each wake up, and I believe referred to it as "hell". I would tend to agree with him. Isaac went to bed at 10:30 and was up at 11:45, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:45. The strange thing is, the night before last night Isaac's wake up schedule was 1:30, 5:30, 9:30...
Oh well, for now he is calling the shots. Hopefully once he gains some weight, and is a little older, it will only get better.

isaac is 3 weeks old...

In celebration of Isaac's three week birthday, we decided to shoot some photos during his playtime. He is becoming more expressive every day, and his gassy smiles are starting to turn into little grins. He seemed very fond of the camera time.
This morning the three of us took a little road trip to Dr. Rabin's office for mom's 3 week postpartum checkup. Everything was fine, and it was really nice to show Dr. Rabin little Isaac.
Mom and Isaac are starting to prepare themselves for some alone time as dad is going back to work tomorrow. We will definately miss him!

isaac finds his thumb...

Isaac has been sucking on his hands since he was born (actually we saw him sucking during one of the ultrasouds), but today he ditched sucking his whole hand for just his thumb. It is an incredibly uncoordinated atempt, but dad and mom have given him credit for finding the little guy and knowing where to put it. Next step is to remove his other fingers from his eye and face... but hey... baby steps.

january 9th has arrived

Today is Isaac's official due date, so we thought we would dress him in something festive for the occasion. I have personally thanked him for sparing me from the last two and half weeks of pregnancy. I really cant imagine still being pregnant right now. To celebrate bubie and I took Isaac for a nice walk at Franklin Canyon.

isaac's first doctors visit...

Today Isaac had his two week checkup with Dr. Waldstein. To our delight he weighed in at 6lb 5oz, which is 6 oz. above his birth weight. Dr. Waldstein also removed Isaac's umbilical cord stump which was hanging by a thread (Isaac wasn't pleased with this). Isaac did great staying very quiet for most of the visit. We are scheduled to see Dr. Waldstein again in two weeks for Isaac's one month checkup.

two weeks ago tonight...

isaac and i were working together to bring him into this world. the past two weeks have both seemed like an eternity, and have blown by. its hard to remember what life was like before the arrival of our son. in many ways it seems like he has always been here. this weekend we have enjoyed a couple beautiful walks together, and a lot of quality time with the sorens. we will be sad to see them go tomorrow, but look forwrad to a visit in the near future.

he who laughs...

Today was Isaac's baby hebrew naming ceremony. We had our immediate family over with Rabbi Johnson/Weisman. The Rabbi said a few prayers, and spoke about our name choice for Isaac. The Hebrew translation of his name is : he who laughs (an intentional choice on David and my part). He also spoke of David and my grandfather who Isaac Louis was named for.

the sorens have arrived

Today Papa Paul, Gramma Barb, and Uncle Andrew arrived from Toronto to meet the latest Soren. Isaac seemed delighted as he was serenaded to Andrew's guitar tunes and Paul's singing. The sorens are visitng until Monday, and looking forward to spending quality time with Isaac.

isaac's favorite blanket

Isaac just finished some playtime on his favorite blanket that Bubie Y made for him. He spent some time on his back, and on his tummy, and seemed to really enjoy squirming around on top of his giraffe. He is about to hang out with Bubie Sherri and Auntie Iris who have offered to watch his so mommy can have lunch with Auntie Leila.

isaac's first new year / isaac's first birthday

We can officially say that our son was born last year... and last week. As we celebrated new years with isaac, diggie and leila, we also celebrated isaac's one week birthday. I cant believe how much we have acomplished in this first week of isaac's life. With each day his needs become more clear, and our routine more solid. 2007 is looking very bright.