Andrej, Jessica, Kaiya and Tobi

At Tobi's four month well-baby check-up, he weighed in at 16 pounds, measured 25 inches long and had a head circumference of 40 1/2 cm. He is one healthy, happy baby!

I can't believe it, but it has been exactly three months since our precious Tobias joined our family. He has been such an incredible addition. Tobi is a really happy baby full of smiles, pseudo giggles, funny sounds and precious coos. When he smiles, his entire face lights up. Some of my favorite moments with him are when I look down to see why he has stopped nursing and find his big blue eyes looking up at me with the biggest grin spread across his face and milk running down his cheek. I can't help but scoop him up close and plant kisses all over his little face and neck. (Read more …)

Unbelievable! Where did June go? For me, June is one big blur of two to three hour intervals of feeding, burping, diapering, cleaning spit-up, rocking, shushing, diapering, cuddling, rocking and shushing some more. There was a little bit of sleep mixed in there somewhere, but I don't remember doing much of that. Our sweet Tobi basically slept through the first two and a half weeks of his life and then somewhere around the middle of June he suddenly woke up. He then spent the rest of June trying so very hard to get back to sleep. Unfortunately for us all he wasn't very successful. We had a couple of difficult weeks, but it seems that Tobi has recently accepted his new life outside of the womb and is thankfully adjusting. (Read more …)

Friday, Tobi and I met Andrej at our doctor's office for his two week check-up. It is so hard to believe it has only been two weeks since little Tobs joined us. It really seems like much longer. I was slightly nervous about the appointment because when we took Kaiya in for her two week appointment, she freaked out and wanted to nurse the entire time. She spit-up and pooped and we ended up changing her clothes several times. However, Tobi was a different story. He slept the entire time. He slept through the weighing and measuring and poking and prodding and didn't really open his eyes until Dr. B. brought out the cold stethoscope. He got a really good report, minus the small amount of thrush she noticed in his mouth. We both left with prescriptions, and other than that, our Tobi is a healthy growing baby boy. (Read more …)

We are back home, after an exciting weekend, with a precious brand new person, two delightfully exhausted parents, two overjoyed grandparents and one big sister who can't get enough kisses and big "huggies" from baby Tobi. We couldn't be prouder or more thankful for the new blessing God has given us. Our little Tobi is healthy, beautiful and the sweetest little boy I've ever seen, and rightfully named as Tobias means "God is good!" The following is a recap of his birth story. (Read more …)

After months of long deliberations (which included vetoing such great names as Chuck Norris Ciho or Mohandas Ciho) we arrived at Tobias Daniel Ciho early this morning. We're planning to call him Tobi, which is what Kaiya has been calling him for about two months. Soon, you can expect to see the story behind our decision just like we have typed up the story behind Kaiya's name.

He weighed 7 lb. 6 oz. (3,335 kg) and was 20.5" (52 cm) long.

Today, Baby Ciho and I had our 37 week OB appointment. We are now going every Friday to see the doctor and will continue until the baby arrives. However, it COULD be sooner than we think! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I really really really want this baby to come soon. Dr. B checked me today and confirmed that the baby's head is down and that I am already 2 cm dilated and about 25% effaced. I know this may not mean much as I could hang out at a 2 for weeks, but at least that's 2 cm closer to where I need to be, and without any pain. (Read more …)