First Father's Day

Yesterday was James' first Father's Day and Gramps' and Pops' first Grandpa's Day!  Both families spent the day together going to lunch at Elysian Fields and the Mariners game.  So Nathan has now been to his first professional baseball game!  Luckily the Mariners pulled out a win at the bottom of the 9th to beat the Giants.  It was a lot of stimulation for Nathan to take in, but he did great!  We had a couple meltdowns, but mostly because he was hungry or tired.  He got his first baseball cap (but it's way too big for him to wear right now) and they even gave him a certificate to commemorate his first Mariners game! 

We are so lucky to have such amazing fathers in our lives.  Thank you James, Jay and Dad for all that you do--for being men of integrity, love, and service.  You are wonderful leaders and providers for our families and we love you so much!

One Month Old!

We can't believe that little Nathan is already 1 month old!  He turned 1 month old this past Sunday.  He's now about 10 1/2 lbs. (obviously eating is not a problem :)).  And he's becoming much more aware and alert.  He focuses on our faces and loves to look around at his surroundings.  We've even gotten smiles from him a couple times!  He's also sleeping pretty well.  We get at least one 4-hour stretch from him a night and we're only getting up about 2-3 times a night.  We feel so happy that he's a good little sleeper.  The boy just continues to delight us with his cuteness.  Most of the time we just watch him and giggle at his funny faces or sigh at the angelic way he sleeps. 

Nevertheless we have had our meltdown moments as well though.  The kid can definitely wail when he's unhappy.  We're trying to remind ourselves that it's common for babies to cry and it's not that we're bad parents or doing something wrong.  But man it's really hard not to meltdown ourselves when he melts down.  :)  Every day we're learning new things as parents and getting a little more confident in our abilities.

In honor of Nathan's 1 month old milestone, we had a little photo shoot the other morning.  After about 50 photos, these ones were some of our favorites.  (We took inspiration from our friends the Greens and are going to try and document Nathan's growth every month in his crib.  Hope it's ok we copied your idea, Tyler and Meghan!)

In Love

It's hard to believe that baby Nathan is almost one month old!  Just as everyone says time is flying by.  We've had a great few weeks though watching our sweet boy grow and even start to develop new skills.  We are so in love with our little guy and marvel at him all day long.  Here are some of our favorite things about him:

*The cute faces he makes
*When he sneezes, yawns or hiccups
*How he loves his hands
*The funny movements he makes when naked
*Bath time
*Tummy time
*How he cuddles when we hold him
*Reading books to him
*Special moments feeding him in the middle of the night
*Anytime he's awake--he has such a personality!
*His tiny little swaddled body in his huge crib
*His little feet

He had his 2 week check-up with the pediatrician a couple weeks ago and he was 9 lbs. at that point and at around the 45th and 50th percentile for head size and length.  The nurse said he's a very well proportioned boy.  :)  We love our pediatrician and he said everything is looking great with Nathan so far!

Here are some photos from the past couple of weeks:

First sponge bath

We think he looks a lot like his Papa!

Auntie Jessica visited!

The Spaulding boys

With Uncle Ryan

Nathan's first bath!

Could he be any cuter?

Auntie Karen and Taylor visited!

We are also very lucky in that we have my talented brother Ryan who's been taking more professional shots of Nathan for us.  Here are some of our favorites from Nathan's last photoshoot: