Parents' Journal

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Parents' Journal</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Messages from Friends and Family "><U>Messages from Friends and Family </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Pregnancy"><U>About the Pregnancy</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=94 BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="3d475590.png" border=0 width="117" height="89" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Reads in Maryland</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>   |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Reads in Maryland"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Baby Alek"><U><B>Baby Alek</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=386 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Parents' Journal</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3ddc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></B><B>Can you believe, Alek is now 6 weeks old?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3db83af0.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="175" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May 2, 2004 - Alek is finally here and we can't be more excited or exhausted. We prepared really well for the delivery but didn't expect that taking care of a newborn to be as, or more, challenging. He's now in his 3rd week of life and we're finally getting a bit of a routine. He breastfeeds about every 2 - 2.5 hours so it keeps Mommie pretty busy. Luckily, we've got Wai-pwo to help. MorMor stayed with us for a week and has been very helpful. Erik's taken a ton of pictures but I haven't had much time or energy to upload them.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>