Doruntina
February 15th , 2012 - Doruntina's first little steps
Yes she did it. We are so excited that Doruntina made her first steps.
February 6th , 2012 - At the bald hill
January 26th ,2012 - No comment
January 22nd ,2012 - Pushing the walker
Doruntina is on the verge of walking. She started pushing the walker all of a sudden. Today she even walked while I held her hands; we cannot wait to see her walk on her own.
January 15th ,2012 - Practicing her walking
When Doruntina sees something new or exciting, such as most the things around her, she exclaims “WHAT’S THAT?”. She has learnt quite e lot of signing language. She can sign for socks, for books, when she has had enough of something and when she wants something more. Furthermore, she is very close to walking. Practicing her walking on a pushing chair is her favorite pass time.
December 24th ,2011 - One year old
Today Doruntina turned one year old. She is 31.0 inch (0.80 m) tall and weights 18.5 lbs (8.4 kg). She is standing on her feet for about ten seconds now and we predict she will be walking very soon. Today she is sick with a stuffy nose too, for the first time ever. In addition, two extra upper teeth are about to reveal themselves.
One year old Doruntina
December 18th ,2011 - Birthday party
Even though it is not her birthday yet, we decided to have a birthday party today as her birthday is on Christmas. Aunt Becky, Annemarie, Dorrie, Adin, Sigrid, Carolyn and many more showed up. See more pictures here.
One year old Doruntina
December 15th ,2011 - First work of art
Doruntina has spoken for the first time mama and baba. The latter means dady in Albanian. She has produced her first work of abstract art.
Doruntina's first work of art
December 4nd ,2011 - Standing on her feet
For the first time Doruntina stood on her feet for about 2 seconds. She is almost one year. We are pretty sure she is able to pronounce the word "hot". When you mention the word "nose" she points at your nose. We discovered that if she sees us kissing each other on the cheeks, she tries to do the same thing. Last but not least, she likes listening music in ipod.
December 2nd ,2011 - Sleeping in the crib
After many sleepless nights we finally decided to try again the crib. It has been two nights that Doruntina is sleeping all night in her crib. In the beginning she cries but it is getting better. On the other hand, we have had the best sleep.
November 2nd ,2011 - Almost standing
Doruntina has been growing and improving on all levels. She has become so mobile that she is virtually omnipresent. The newest development is her standing on her feet.
Dora climbing on a corner shell
October 17th ,2011 - Teeth grinding
I find it quite amusing whereas Alicia cannot stand it.
October 14th ,2011 - The first toothbrush
October 9th ,2011 - Landing on her head
Doruntina for the first time fell off her bed and landed on her forehead. Luckily she inherited her dad’s oak head and she is just fine. One cannot see even a sign on her head. We rushed her to the hospital at 10 pm just to make sure she is okay. Today as she was bracing herself against her crib, for the first time stood on her feet. Tonight we will attempt to put her to sleep at her crib.
October 2nd ,2011 - Nine months old with 4 teeth
Doruntina is nine months old! She is 28.5 inch (0.72 m) tall and weights 17.8 lbs (8.1 kg). Her crawling has quite improved since the day she started crawling. She expanded her menu with more foods, such as cheese and yogurt. She is seriously teething -one tooth is quiet visible and the other one is coming along. The next day we were suprised to find that her two upper teeth started coming out too !
August 21st ,2011 - Eight months old
Doruntina has turned 8 months old! She is 17.2 lbs (7.88 kg) heavy and 28 inch (0.71 m) long. She is becoming very mobile and is on the verge of crawling. She enjoys eating ground pees, rice, bananas and apples. Chomping bread and carrots are her very favorite. She has even started to clap her hand when she talks to her grandmother in Kosovo through skype. Her little teeth have not emerged as of yet.
July 24th ,2011 - Seven months old
Doruntina turned 7 months old today. She has started to sit and drink water for the first time !
July, 2011 - No Comment
June 27th , 2011 - 6 months old
Doruntina turned 6.2 months (185 days) old! She is 15 lbs (6.88 kg) heavy and 27 inch (0.70 m) long. She is doing very well. Her favorite solid foods are bananas and bread. Recently, she has been struggling with a diaper rash. She is getting way more interactive and loud. She is not sitting as of yet but is very close. Her two lower teeth are about to come out. She has not stared crawling but rolles like a champ !
Doruntina 6 months old
June 5th , 2011 - First cold
This was the day we dreaded - Doruntina's first cold. It was a short lived cold with epic boogers! : )
May 25th, 2011 - 5 months old
Today Doruntina turned 5 months old. She really likes being outdoors and looking at the blue sky. Unfortunately, in Oregon most of the time it is gray, especially this year.
May 16th, 2011 - Doruntina's first recorded laughter
We were pleasently surprised that Doruntina finds very amusing if you blow air through her fingers. This is the first recorded laghter of her.
May 9th, 2011 - First solid food
Today Doruntina had her first solid food – squished banana. She seems to like it, but she was not crazy about it. She is almost 5 months old.
Doruntina trying her first solid food - banana
Aprill 24th, 2011 - 4 months old
Today Doruntina turned 4 months (more precisely 4.1). She is 13.6 lbs (6.18 kg) heavy and 26 inch (0.66 m) long. She is a healthy, happy baby that looks just like her daddy.
Doruntina looking at her mother
March 18th, 2011 - Making new friends (3 months old)
Dora is 3 months old and counting! She is quite taller than her peers. She wears clothes that are meant for 6 to 9 months old infants. She hung out with Ewan, Alicia’s friends’ son, who is 15 months old and single!
Dora and Ewan
Feb 28th, 2011 - Getting the vaccines (2 months old)
Doruntina is 2 months and a week old! She is 24.5 inches (~0.60 m) tall and weighs 11 pounds and 2 ounces (~5 kg). She is pretty tall for her age. Today she started taking vaccines. She was given three shots. It was quite traumatic but she handled it well. We are very proud of her.
Dora - two months old
Feb 2nd, 2011 - Six Weeks Old
We met Lisa and Ellie (our midwifes) for the last time. Dora is almost six weeks old. She weights 9 pounds and 11 ounces (~4.1 kg) and is 21.5 inches tall.
Myself, Alicia, Doruntina, Lisa and Ellie
Jan 5th, 2011 - Meeting the outside world
Dora is almost 2 weeks old! Today we took her out for the first time. We headed out to see our midwife, Lisa at her place. She is growing every day very fast.
Dora
December 24th, 2010 - The beginning
Today Dora was born at 7:24 AM in our home. She is a healthy baby. Her mother is fine too. Dora is 7 lbs 13 ounces (~3.3 kg) heavy and 20.5 in (0.52 m) tall. She has brown eyes and black hair. We are so happy to have her!
Doruntina's Birth Certificate
October 23rd, 2010 - 32 weeks (~8 months) old
Our little Dora is growing bigger and bigger every day! And in turn, so is happy Alicia. As of today, Dora is 32 weeks along and counting. She is healthy and active….although sometimes at the worst moments (such as when Alicia is attempting to sleep!).
July 23rd, 2010 - 19 weeks (~5 months) old
IT'S A GIRL! We will name her Doruntina, who is a character in an old Albanian legend. Her name jokingly predicts that she is destined to become a great runner "DO RUN TINA" : ) We will call her Dora for short.............no, not like the Explorer.
June 22th, 2010 -12 weeks (3 months) old
Today with the help of our midwife using a gadget called "doppler", Alicia and I could hear the heart beat of our baby. It sounded like a submarine giving off a signal.
April 22th, 2010
Today Alicia and I met our midwife, Lisa Lehrer. She will be assististing us with the home birth of our first child. We talked mainly about diet and the health plan options. We are expecting the baby to be born on around the 24th December 2010. We could not be more excited!
April 16th, 2010
As I was making a thick cup of morning Turkish coffee, she rushed in and asked me “Guess what?”. She held up a pregnancy test, confirming our hopes... she was pregnant! April 16th, 2010 was the best day ever.