Nathan: 7 Months

To my little man,

You are 7 months old today!

I can't believe how big your getting! You have two teeth now! It seems like you are constantly learning and discovering your world; and you are becoming more mobile! You have now mastered the army crawl and despite our efforts to contain you always seem to find yourself where you don't belong.

I know it's only the beginning of your shenanigans!

You are doing so well with your solid food and never refuse any food we give you. We are still nursing throughout the day and you are definitely a growing boy! We no longer worry about whether you are going to gain the weight you need to, you have definitely bulked up and now have the oh so adorable chubby baby wrists which I love to cover with kisses!


Your personality constantly makes me smile; at times you seem so perturbed with us when we are trying to make you laugh. Your face seems to say "Mommy & Daddy are so weird. Why are they making faces at me? I'll just smile because that seems to make them happy...."


Boy does it. When you smile at me it makes me feel like the most important person in the universe.

We love you my sweet baby; we can't wait to see what next month will bring!

With love to the moon & back,

Mommy & Daddy

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Nathan has a bit O' Irish on his daddy's side; 

so we kiss him because he's Irish 

(and cute!)

Nathan: 6 Months

To my little man,

You are 6 months old today!!!!!!!!!

You are half a year old! So much has changed since you first came into our lives back in August and we CAN'T IMAGINE life without you anymore!

Your bedtime routine is now wonderfully predictable and putting you to bed at night in your own room is now pretty much effortless. After a bath and a story you nurse for a few minutes and are basically asleep by the time we put you in your crib. You are averaging three naps during the day and are always ready to play when you wake up!





Mommy packed up your newborn and 3-6 month clothes already because you are already way to big for all of them! You have graduated from physical therapy and your neck issues have been completely resolved! You are rolling and rolling all over the place and are so CLOSE to sitting up all by yourself. You have also starting babbling a lot and like to say "MAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA." (I don't think it counts as mama but its still really cute when you do it.)





Your eyes are still blue and the doctor is confident that they will stay that way which I am thrilled about! I remember dreaming about a baby with brown hair and blue eyes like your daddy and now here you are!





You continue to astound us with your loving personality and easy going nature; how lucky we are to be your parents!

With love to the moon and back my sweet baby,

Mommy & Dadddy

Happy Valentine's!

Will you be my Valentine?

Nathan: 5 Months

To my little man,

You are 5 months old today!

It seems like each month is racing past even faster than the month before! Every day is an exciting adventure for you and we are really enjoying watching you discovering the world around you.

You are definitely much more interested in your toys and other objects (Mommy's wallet, Mommy's Keys, basically Mommy's anything) and can bring anything to you mouth with perfect precision. Your favorite thing to chew on (as Mommy predicted) is you feet. I have been told that baby feet are particularly delicious and you certainly seem to think so! You are staring to get much more interested in meal times with Mommy and Daddy and you have almost spilled Mommy's dinner on the floor a few times. I'm sure you are looking forward to starting solid food next month!

At the beginning of the month we moved you into your own room. We did it slowly in stages: for a week or so we kept you in our room but moved you to your baby swing to sleep at night, then we moved the swing to the nursery and kept you in there for another week. (The first few days were really hard for Mommy but she made it through; you didn't seem to notice any difference!) Then we spent a few days doing all of your naps in the crib and the swing at night. Now you are sleeping in your crib full time in your own room and it's going pretty well so far. I was actually quite surprised at how smoothly you took to the change; and to be completely honest Mommy and Daddy are happy to have their own room back! You are still waking up once or twice during the night but Mommy is happy to take 10-15min to nurse you at night (at least for now!).






Don't grow up too fast my sweet boy; your Mommy can't handle it!

With Love to the Moon and back,

Mommy & Daddy

Nathan - 4 months old

To my little man,

I can't believe it! You are 4 months old today!!

This months has brought on more joys and challenges, the biggest of which has been your sleep. You are still sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bedroom and are still waking us up throughout the night to nurse (although sometimes I think you just want to play!). We have been very busy with guests and all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season so I think after the new year we will start transitioning you into your nursery full time for naps and for sleeping at night. I know that I will probably have a pretty difficult time with it but I know that's what is best for you. Hopefully that will help you sleep longer at night because Mommy needs her sleep too!

You have finally discovered that your hands are quite useful for holding onto things and grabbing toys! By the end of the month anything that we held in front of you went from your hands to your mouth in about 5 seconds flat. You haven't started chewing on your feet yet but I know thats coming up next.

We had a 4 month check up with the doctor and here are your numbers!

Length: 25 inches

Weight: 13lbs 12oz

Head Circumference 42.5cm

The doctor is happy with how your growing and tells us to keep up the good work! You got some vaccines but you only cried for a minute and was all smiles by the time you left the office

We are so proud to be your parents. We can't wait to see what next month will bring

With love to the moon and back,

Mommy & Daddy

Nathan's First Christmas!

Ever since I started dreaming about having kids of my own I would think of how much more fun Christmas would be with small children in the house. Kyle and I are such huge fans of Christmas anyway and we know that every year with Nathan is going to become more magical and more enjoyable. 

Since he was still so little this Christmas he didn't really realize quite what was going on but I still think he enjoyed the bright lights and the constant Christmas music in the house and the candlelight service in church on Christmas Eve. At least I know that I enjoyed seeing him look around with a sense of wonder (I know I know he's 4 months old he looks at EVERYTHING with a sense of wonder!)

Kyle's brother was able to travel again up from Los Angeles to spend Christmas with us which was really nice. Dealing with the normal stress of Christmas is hard enough but adding a newborn into the mix made it even more chaotic!

At the beginning of the month our good friend Jared came up from San Diego with his girlfriend Megan to spend the weekend with us; what a wonderful way to kick off the christmas season! They brought a lot of great gifts for Nathan (the favorite being his Finding Nemo fleece jammies!) Jared has a really nice eye for photos and was able to get a pic of us in front of the tree for our christmas card!

nice right!?

I made the traditional Christmas spread: Ham, mashed potatoes and carrots. I love Christmas dinner because it is one of the few times during the year that we get to use our wedding china! 

Here are a few more pics from the Christmas season. I hope everyone had a happy and healthy Christmas and Holiday Season!

Christmas Morning

Christmas Hymn Sing at Church

Santa Jammies!!

All worn out after opening gifts

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Nathan's First Winter

Even though we are in California and we don't really get a "winter" we still had to do a first winter picture for little Nathan. Hope everyone is getting ready for Christmas! It's just around the corner!!!

Nathan's eyes are still the same color....I love starting into those baby blues!