Catching Up

Hey All,

Sorry it has been sooo long since we have blogged. Seems like we have been super busy lately. I have picked up some contract work and it fills the small gaps of time I have had lately. One quick house keeping issue. I have a web album, Hunter 2, on Picasa. If you are interested in seeing that and you aren't getting the email updates let me know. There are more pictures but no descriptions there. They are also bigger and downloadable.

Emily, Hunter and I are doing well. I think I got through a bout of the flu and Emily may have a broken toe, but overall we are doing well. While I was sick we took Hunter to the pumpkin patch and carved pumpkins. I was out of it for a lot of it, but was there. We had a bit of excitement this weekend, while Deb was in town. The smoke detectors went off, for no apparent reason as the house was definitively not on fire, in the middle of the night. Emily took Hunter and Deb out front while I checked the house. On her way out, Emily twisted, and only sprained, her ankle and fell on her butt. She did a great job of making sure that Hunter was OK and well protected as she fell down. She came out of it fairly unscathed but might have a broken pinky toe. Other news for us we are mostly done having all the windows and sliding door in the house replaced, should be done by 11/11. Emily's birthday is coming up this weekend so there might be some pictures and stories from that, we'll see. OK, enough text. I know you just like the pictures and have probably already scrolled down to look at them and are just skimming the text now. So, here you go.

Some friends of ours posted some pictures of their little girl on a swing and we LOVED them. She looked so happy we couldn't believe we hadn't given Hunter this opportunity yet! So we took him out to a park over by Emily's office and let him swing. As you can see he is having a great time.

Emily was giving him a push and I think she was having as much fun as Hunter was, if not more.

I LOVE this picture. You can tell by the smile that he is having a great time. Kid has a great smile, it lights up his whole face. But if you look close you can see his little fingers on his right hand turning white. He's getting to enjoy that "roller coaster" type effect, the delicate balance between fear and fun. If we got him swinging too fast he didn't have quite as much fun.

Louisville Fire Department had a re-dedication of Station 1. Emily and Hunter came down to see the station and join in on the festivities. Hunter had a good time, but he was ready to leave, as you can tell, when Emily took him home. He's a trooper.

Emily had to dress Hunter up in his Ave's jersey that is too big for him. We were headed to BJ's brewery and pizza in Boulder for dinner to watch the Red Wings/Ave's game. I had been watching Hunter all day and had him dressed up pretty well, but Emily had to cover it all up.

Mostly cause this is what I had him in! It's about the cutest little Red Wings track suit and onsie you've ever seen. We were looking pretty sharp, but Emily wanted to cover it up.

The Red Wings/Aves issue will be a battle for some time to come. I have to admit, as much as I hate to see him in Ave's gear, seeing Emily and Hunter this happy and this cute is worth it.

You may have noticed that these pictures are a bit better than ones in the past. Well, special thanks to James Osborne for letting me borrow his Nikon D50 DSLR to take pictures for a bit. I've always wanted to know if a nicer camera would let me take better images and I think it did. Now I'm saving my duckets and holding out till Black Friday, for something of my own.

Like I said, many more images in the Picasa album, HERE.

Here is the second best picture from the Open House that I took. For more take a look at this Picasa Album.

Hunter goes in for his 6 month check up this week, might have new info and some stats after that. Thanks for reading!

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For now a quick picture.

Hey All,

      Few quick updates. Looks like the life of leisure Emily and I were living is almost over. Hunter rolled over from his back to his tummy yesterday. Barrel rolling may be his first mode of translation so we could be in for a work out from now on. He is also almost sitting up. If we put his colored stack of rings toy, that everyone had at one point in their life (probably a very early point), in front of him and get him started off balanced he can hang out that way for a little bit. He's getting bigger everyday. He even pulled himself from a slightly reclining position to a sitting one.

Also some stats from his 4 month visit:

Weight: 15lbs 3oz, 70%

Length: 25.25", 70%

Head: 16 1/4", 25%

     Well, sounds like at 70th percentile on the weight he's falling in line with Dad for sure. As well as the 25th percentile head. Some where around 18" on head circumference I'll be able to fit a helmet to him. So he and I will be highly mobile. The Gore-Tex onesie we have for him will come in handy this winter! I already have a trailer we found for free and we are working on getting him a jogging stroller. I'm far too familiar with the inside of these walls. How long till we stop measuring his height in length, to by the way? No body talks about being 5'9" long. S'pose he'll have to walk to at least stand for that. So I guess I'll stand for length for now. If anybody has any secrets on getting his head circumference to get bigger faster I'd love to hear them. Ok, so the part you guys come for the pictures. Here are a few more new ones. Enjoy.

Using the camera app and the built in camera on the lap top I grabbed a couple of pics of the two of us hanging out at home.

He especially loves to sit on my shoulders and look in the mirror!

The boys just hanging out, wondering what Dad is doing.

Uncle James holding Hunter.

Aunt Hillary holding the little one.

BANG!  POW!  Blast of cute right to your FACE!

When the Family was in town we went to  the Wild Life Sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO.  Hunter is totally distracted by the car driving by.  He'll be into the animals soon!

Welp!  Thats it for now.  Hope you all enjoyed the info and the pictures.  If there is something you especially liked or if there is something that you would like to see.  Let us know.  Hunter is growing fast so if there is an outfit you'd like pictures of him in or playing with something specific let us know, via the comments, and we can work on getting that taken care of.   Thanks.

Some videos

Hey All,

Just a quick update of some videos of Hunter being as cute as he can be. Hope you enjoy them.

4 Months Old!

Hey folks,

So Hunter is now 4 months old!

Here is Hunter with his Pooh Bear at 4 Months old. Almost as big as the bear.

Emily and I have been amazed that it's been over a whole year since we found out that Emily was pregnant. Yowsa! It's been a big year of firsts with many many more to come. But enough about us, cause I'm sure you don't care, and onto Hunter. Hunter is doing very well. He's got a bit of eczema plus the reflux so he gets a dose of Zantac, Hydrocortisone cream and diaper rash cream every morning and night. But he's happy as a pig in slop! He's started looking at things and reaching out to grab them intentionally. He is blowing raspberries, two types. The kind you make with your lips and the kind you make with your tongue. Which is quite timely because we have a large raspberry patch in the back yard that is producing berries, but I digress. He also has great head control and will twist that thing around like the kid in poltergeist so he can look at the TV when it's on. So we leave it off a lot. He has rolled from his tummy to his back several times now and likes to sleep on his side a lot. He can't quite roll onto his tummy, mostly because he won't get his arm out of the way! It's coming though. Ok, the pictures part!

We haven't cut his hair yet. Some times Mom gets a bit distracted during bath time! It was a mohawk but it was so long it curled over under it's own weight. We might have to use some Elmer's next time.

Look at that strong boy holding his head up. We have a sweet Tummy Time mat for him that he has out grown, he's longer than it is round!

As happy as Hunter looks here this plan did not last. He has good head control but pretty poor endurance on it. He lasted about 3 blocks of our walk and started grunting a bunch and stopped holding his head up. So I turned him around.

Here is the whole happy family just after Hunters's 4 month Birthday. I had a meeting for contract work so he wore a collared onesie!

Told ya he's as happy as a pig in slop!

MOVIES!

OK, you may need to start this one and walk away or check it out on broadband but here are some movies of Hunter at 3.5months-ish.

Here is Hunter making a new noise! He really is trying to communicate and loves it if you make the same noises back to him!

In the above video Hunter won't reach out and grab the stuff in front of him. But, DANG, is he cute! In the last video he does make the connection between cause and effect with his hand and plays with the spiny thing in front of him. Still, super cute!

3 months!

Ok, so Hunter is down for one of his epic 30min naps so I'll try and get a blog post in..... for some reason he feels that this is sufficient..... his parents disagree! So suggestions on extending those naps would be great. Hunter is now 3 months old. Jon weighed and measured him on Friday, he says he's about 14lbs (!) and 24.5 inches. Here he is at 3 months!

Jon and Hunter have begun their adventure together of stay at home Dad and baby. Things are going pretty well and they are starting to get into a rhythm and get each other figured out. He's managed to go grocery shopping, do the laundry and run some errands, as well as some Manny time with some other Dads. If you know of a Dad's group in the Denver area I'm sure he'd love to have more people to hang out with that understand what it's like to stay at home. Hunter is working hard on holding up his head! Here are some pictures of practicing. And, he's such a big boy he has rolled from his tummy onto his back (just once)! Hopefully he'll do it some more so mom can see.
Jon sets up the video chat so that mom can see Hunter while she's at work (and she loves it!!!!!) It's a nice part of my lunch break to see the little man play with his toys. Work is going ok for mom, she is very busy and the days go fast. A little more sleep and things would be peachy.
And of course.... more pictures!We may have to invest in some serious baby hair gel..... we're not sure what's going on with that hair!