The Official Sixty and Sixty Photo

Del stopped by after work to get an official Sixty Years and Sixty Days photo. Aren't they a cute pair?

A Festive Time of Year

Robin's first visit with Santa went well. He slept in line and then woke up in order to tell Santa he wanted some empty cardboard boxes to play with for Christmas.



He's really starting to fill out the star bunting his Grandma Sue made for him.



He's getting bigger! You can see how much his head sticks above the bjorn now, as compared to his earlier bjorn photos from previous posts.


I believe that Robin is going to be right handed. When he's nursing, sometimes he gets his hands in the way when I'm trying to latch him, almost as though he's trying to pull me towards him. I've noticed that when his right hand is the one with the most room to move, his actions seem to be stronger.


Also, today when I was swaddling him I moved his bib up over his face to keep it outside of the blanket, and he used his right arm to move the bib back off his face. I don't know whether the motion was conscious, but he did it twice!


Sixty years and sixty days. Today is Grandpa Del's 60th birthday, and it just so happens that Robin is exactly 60 days old today as well. We couldn't have planned that if we tried! This photo is technically 59 and 59, since it was taken at Del's surprise birthday party yesterday, but who's counting?


Capturing a small smile on film! This is Robin and Zax, a teddy bear made for him by his Great Aunt Catherine. We think they're getting to be good friends.


Lastly, another amazing milestone. Robin has moved beyond the crawling of his early days and has moved on to flying!

Making the most of the cold

Robin enjoyed playing in the snow after Thanksgiving. He "helped" Mommy to make a snow baby. Just like a snowman, but smaller, with a carrot stick nose, a pacifier, and one of his hats.
Our little angel making a snow angel.
Daddy running around with Robin in the snowy backyard.

Look what we found under our Christmas tree!

Robin helping Mommy to decorate the tree.

Robin and our tree topper.

Posing together by the tree (although Robin is dead to the world just then.)

Mommy's little fencer.

Daddy's coworkers threw a baby shower for Dean and three other new fathers at his work in early December. Eileen brought Robin in to show off during Dean's lunch hour. Here's Robin in one of the new bibs he got from the shower.

Special thanks to Cristin and Valerie who helped to organize, Victoria and Tom Cornell, John and Valerie Zigler, and everybody else who put gifts into the bag without labeling them!

Look at that cute face!

Good Morning!

Robin likes to yawn and stretch to start the day. Isn't he cute?

Can you see the differences in his face? The above photo was taken November 19, and the below one on December 10.
He's growing like a weed. Last week he weighed 8 pounds, 7.9 ounces and today he's at 9 pounds, 5.9 ounces. That's two ounces per day in the last week!

At Thanksgiving, he was 21 inches long, which meant he had grown two inches since birth (he was 5 weeks old at Thanksgiving.) Today, he measured 21 1/2 inches, so another half inch in two weeks. Like a weed, I say!

Today, Robin would like to show off his room to those who haven't had a chance to stop by and see it. The pictures go from left to right starting just to the right of the door. He's also started sleeping in his room for part of the night, as opposed to a bassinet in Mom and Dad's room. Our little boy is growing up!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Robin in his Thanksgiving outfit from Great Aunt Kathy

Hanging out with both his Great Grandmas!

Robin is One Month Old (posted almost a week later)

Two photos of four generations. Above was taken on October 25, below on November 22

Look at the big one-month-old boy!Feats of the one-month-old: holding his head up for a little bit!

Feats of the one-month-old: holding onto a toy!

In the last photo, he's also wearing a sweater knitted by Grandma Cyndy!

More Nice Weather and Days Out

Grandma Sue said it was international wear your baby week. So since we had a baby to wear, we took advantage of it.

Another trip to the park and amazing milestones

Robin and Daddy on the zip line

He's still too little for the baby swings at the park

Going on the slide with Mommy

He actually found his own thumb to suck on!

Look out world! Here comes Robin!

22 Days Old

Robin saw his first snow today! We’re not sure what he made of it, but we enjoyed it. It was snowing pretty heavily at his morning feeding, but we all went back to bed after he’d eaten. When we finally got up and dressed around noon, it was sunny and the only snow left on the ground was in the shade. Welcome to Colorado, Robin!

When he went outside, he wore the star-shaped bunting his Grandma Sue made for him.

He didn’t like his first sponge bath very much.

Maybe he was afraid of the shark washcloth.

We got a surprise visit from Robin’s Great-Aunts Jackie and Kathy the weekend of Halloween! Ah, the beauty of having relatives working for the airlines is the occasional ability to just “drop in,” even when you live in another state.

We took him on his first trip to the park last week. Here he is with Mommy on a swing.

And Daddy took him on the big slide! Whee!

He’s a big boy now! His umbilical cord came off while we watched the election coverage on the 4th (his due date.)

Here’s Dean helping Robin jump on his bed.

He wasn’t terribly fond of his first tub bath, either.

He’s getting stronger! We put him on his tummy today, and he was inching himself around in a circle. He’d moved more than a quarter turn when we pulled him off his stomach because he was a bit upset. He can lift his head up pretty well for brief periods when he’s on his tummy, too.

We were excited this week because he finally got back to his birth weight. It took three weeks. His face is definitely fuller, and I feel like his hands have a bit more padding and aren’t just skin and bone anymore. It’s taken us both a while to get into the rhythm of feedings, but we seem to mostly have the hang of it now. Except that we still need Dean to hold his arms back when he first latches on. He hasn’t figured out yet that he can’t latch when he’s holding his hands in front of his mouth. I’m hoping he gets a bit more coordination in those arms soon, or I’ll have to swaddle him for feedings once Dean goes back to work.

Isn’t our son the cutest???!!!