my babies

I love putting Bryce in some of the outfits Chris wore as a baby. I think they look so much alike. Here they are after a bath in the same towel.

Chris.

Bryce.

I'm going to have to do a good job labeling my pictures!

Bryce is 6 Weeks!

We went to the pediatrician for Bryce's 1 month visit last week. He's packed on the pounds! He was 9# 15 oz. - that's a 3# gain in 1 month. He was 22 3/4" long- up 2" since birth. He's now in the 50% for weight and 75% for height, pretty impressive considering it wasn't adjusted for him being 3 weeks early. We're getting more smiles, but I don't think they're social smiles quite yet. He rolled over on Tuesday when he was doing tummy time. We're having so much fun with him!

Here's a picture of when we first brought him home compared to a picture when he was one month...

Happy One Month Bryce!

Wow, time goes by fast! Our newborn is one month old! Bryce is still such a good baby. Most of the day he is either sleeping, or peacefully alert. He has found his voice in the past couple of weeks. He's earned the nickname as the squawker around here. He goes from looking pleasant one second to this incredibly loud sound, that I can only describe as the sound a large bird might make. It never lasts long, as soon as gets fed, changed, or held he's good to go again. He's also a big grunter, but he never just cries for long periods at a time. It's great. He's also been doing really well at night. He was waking up one (!!!) time per night. It's so nice to have a newborn and still feel reasonably well rested. Last night it was quite a bit more, I'm hoping that doesn't last long though.

When he is awake during the day he has the biggest eyes. He looks around all over the place, and loves the big hugs and kisses Big Brother gives him. He does well with tummy time, he can pick up his head pretty high now. He may be a little too comfortable on his stomach, lots of the time I'll put him on his stomach and he just falls asleep. He's also really kicking his legs now, and making it nice an hard for me to change his diaper. He hasn't been liking baths too much, but last night he tolerated it without being upset the entire time. He's a great eater. I can't wait to see how much he weighs at his pediatrician appointment tomorrow!

Easter

We had so much fun on Easter!

We dyed Easter eggs. Chris loved it. Here he is with Gaga.

Bryce got in on it too.

We had to scramble a bit to get a second basket together. I didn't expect to have a baby before Easter!

Here's the LLG getting his first stuffed bunny (aka Chris getting a new stuffed bunny).

Bunny Chris opening his gifts.

We took Chris to the festivities at our apartment complex. Here he is at the petting zoo. He liked the rabbits the best. He wasn't a fan of the goats eating his hand or the llamas.

Family shot (post-breaking a glass all over the floor, pre-smoking out the whole apartment while cooking brunch).

I can't believe he let me take these pictures!

Happy Easter!