Sleepy Sleeperson I

Obiwan probably sleeps more than I do! It's all he ever does. He doesn't want to play yet. The bulk of his pictures are of him sleeping. 

The Sagittarius Baby

I got this from Horoscope.com. I'm not into Astrology but I guess it comes with being a father. I just copied the article, my comments are in Blue italics.

SAGITTARIUS BABY:

The Sagittarius baby will surprise you with just how speedily he or she seems to learn to crawl out of their play pen and start clambering on everything and anything they can find. I can't wait for him to start crawling. I hope he starts crawling before I have to go back to work.

Sagittarius children are the most physically adventurous of the zodiac, and often will be walking with confidence long before their peers. They are also hungry little people and you wonder where they put all that food until you see the sheer energy it takes to keep up with them! That's true. He isn't satisfied with just one bottle. But he wouldn't need that much energy because he's asleep when he's not eating. One of Sagittarius’ most endearing characteristics is their absolute honesty. I hope this is true. No one likes a liar. Especially the father.

They are inquisitive and playful so you can expect to find all sorts of interesting doodles on your best furniture as well new uses for your most expensive cosmetics. However, as soon as they have redecorated your bedroom they will be so cute in how they tell you exactly what they have done that you will find it impossible not to smile. Aaaawwwww. C'mon Obiwan, grow up now!

Mr. Chicken Legs

Maybe after a couple of weeks, he'd have fatty baby legs.

Obiwan had a visitor today

Ninang Mady Beldia and Tito Marco Racelis visited Obiwan earlier here at Novaliches. Ben was asleep most of the time they were here but he woke up because he was hungry. He was very hungry and he downed an ounce and a half of milk. I forgot to take their picture. Maybe next time.

He's as strong as a Jedi

Yesterday, Obiwan was lying on his stomach and his head was turned to the left. Lo and behold, he lifted his head and turned to his right! He shouldn't have been able to do that until he was a month old. Then when I was holding him trying to make him burp and his head was resting on my shoulder, he lifted it for a few seconds.

I didn't have enough time to take a picture but he's pretty strong. I hope he becomes a Jedi when he grows up.

Obiwan goes home to Novaliches

Obiwan spent 2 days in the hospital after being born. Those 2 days were mostly filled with going back and forth from the room to the billing dept, admissions, cashier, bank, my mother, office, nursery, etc. I felt like I walked the length of a marathon during those 2 days trying to follow up on things. But everything stopped when the nursery was open for viewing. Then I'd stand in front of the window until I was asked to leave.

Then the day finally came when we were all set to go home. Obiwan will be going home to my parent's house in Novaliches. We didn't even have a place to put him in so my mom bought a crib and some baby stuff the night before he was scheduled to leave the hospital.

During the ride home, Obiwan was in my arms. I've never thought about how many potholes the city had until that day. With every pothole we'd go over, I'd cringe and hope that they don't shake the baby too much. I was paranoid but I guess it came with the new role. Good thing was that he was asleep during the whole trip.

Finally, we arrived at home. The crib was ready and everyone was excited to see the new addition to the family.

Happy 0th Birthday Obiwan

Obiwan "Ben" H. Del Rosario was born on December 5, 2008 at 7:25am in Makati Medical Center, Amorsolo St., Makati City. Incidentally, it's the same hospital where I was born.

Here are some of his first pictures I took of Obiwan. Some of the clearer pictures are still with Dairy. I'll post them as soon as they're available. I'll give a more detailed account of everything that happened soon.