faces

(End of June; abt 1 1/2 months old)

Picnic at Greenlake

It's summer time in the Nyland home! And while that doesn't mean that the weather is great (at all), it does mean that Rob is home all day, every day! What fun. We can do things like go to Greenlake during the week, when it's not super busy. The cloudy skies also helped it not to be busy, I guess. Baby's first Greenlake trip...

around the corner

I love looking around the corner from the kitchen to find this familiar scene:

Daddy-time is the best!

Henry is 2 months

Our little boy Henry is 2 months old today. He is getting bigger and more fun all of the time. We recently put him to the test by taking him on a trip to Utah. He was a champ and he had a good time meeting some honorary Aunts and Uncles (special thanks to Farmers, Lindsay and Nathaniel for letting us crash at your place).

Here is some things we love about Henry right now:

• He has started smiling and he makes fun little noises when you play with him.
• He is still sleeping about as well as he did during the first month. Stephanie typically will get up twice during the night to feed him (did I mention that I am ever grateful for this woman? She seriously kicks all kinds of butt).
• He gets pretty fussy right around 8 or 9pm -- we usually take him for a walk around the neighborhood which does a pretty good job of calming him down.
• Me and Henry take a bath or a shower every night. Sometimes he likes it -- sometimes he is inconsolable.
• He is still super noisy when he sleeps and we've found that we have a hard time sleeping in the same room with him.
• He goes down for naps pretty easily and he does a good job of letting us know that he's tired.
• His eyes are definitely blue.

We love this boy a lot and I am so excited that I get to spend some time off this summer hanging with him.

head to toes

(Around 6/1; Abt. 1 month old)

Henry at 1 month

Can you believe that our little Henry is 1 month old? Neither can I. Right now Steph and I are so happy that he is in our life. We still have our hiccups -- he's still spitting up a lot, and can be pretty fussy, but his big eyes and sweet face let us know that it has all been worth it.

He has been doing pretty well with sleeping. On a typical night he will sleep one 5-hour shift and another 3-hour shift. He usually hates being messed with -- so he puts up a good fight when I try to change his dirty diapers and/or change his clothes.

Having a baby grow up is a weird thing. A lot of the time I am excited for when I will be able to interact a little bit more with him, but then I remember that he will no longer be as small as he is right now. I guess I should just enjoy the moments that I have with him right now -- that is something that I constantly need to remind myself to do.

Happy 1-month birthday Henry!! We are so happy that you are a Nyland.

First Two Weeks

Henry had a pretty awesome first two weeks of life. Here are some of the things he did:

He was born (May 2).

He starred in a film made by his dad.

He had his first bath.

He took lots of naps on his parents.

He received lots of kisses.

He helped dad model his Jedi outfit.

He visited the Fremont Troll.

He took a trip to Grandpa and Grandma Nyland's house.

He became a DJ (get it - it looks like he's spinning the turn table on his onesie).

He attended Super-Cute Sunday.

And he celebrated his 2-weeks with a burrito his size.

And he slept through most of it...