Mucho Familia!

Lots o' family visits this past week.  At one point we seemed to need an appointment book to just make sure we could fit everyone in!  Thankfully, we did manage to spend some time with Julie/Andrea as well as Noreen in between the family invasions! 

Maria's parents came to NYC for an overnight visit.

(and her dad cried while eating maria's homemade meatballs....)

So happy that Lori's mom hung out with Cooper for four days.

(although cooper's grandpa should have come too!)

Maria's grandparents finally got to see the baby. 

(grandma's cold kept them away the first week.) 

Grandma Micioni came up one night during the week for dinner.

(but we think liza and judy tried to monopolize all of cooper's time!)

Karen and Kayla saw Cooper AND the apartment for the first time. 

(although cooper is going to get a puppy way before kayla does.)

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Some late-breaking medical news:

1.  Cooper can hear! LoL His hearing test rescreening came out fine, but we really weren't that worried about it.  Funny thing?  Maria ran into her friend (and fellow sign language interpreter) Rachel with her newborn son at the hearing and speech clinic at St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital.  Turns out both boys "failed" their first time around!  

2.  We also had great news at his pediatrician's appointment this morning.  Remember that Cooper was born at 6lbs 2oz, and then in a week lost a full half pound.  Such a peanut!  We truly paid close attention to his eating schedule, and made sure he was fed every 3 hours.  Cooper recently "graduated" to taking 3oz of formula at a time, and our diligence paid off!  This kid gained 13oz this past week!  You have to understand that this is HUGE.  Since he is doing so well we don't have to go for a follow-up next week, so our next appointment is set at the one month old mark.  One thing is for certain.... Cooper takes after his moms in the food department!