Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day by U2 and Can't Touch This by MC Hammer are just a few of the songs Zander enjoyed as we ate lunch with Evan's dad and brother at our stomping ground Tijuana Flats. It's about the only place we will take him every once in a while to get out of the house. He likes to be under the loud speaker on the patio in the car seat holder - the 80's and 90's music they play seems to be a hit. His pants are so big - resembling MC Hammer parachute pants from the 90's - or was it 80's? Anyway, U2 had it right, it was a beautiful day, I reckon around 80 degrees.

Double Digit Smiles

It's official, he's now into double digits coming in over 10 pounds today. He's still cute as a button. Excuse the blurriness in the picture, but I did get a snapshot from my cell phone camera of his smile while he was swinging yesterday.

The Six Week Old Nine Pound Thumb Sucker

The other day when Evan was changing Zander's diaper, Zander discovered his thumb. I've noticed several times since then him putting his wee little thumb in his mouth. I hope this is not the start to a bad habit... Overall he is doing good, growing up faster than I want him to, weighing in at 9.25lbs two days ago. This is about 1/2 lb weight gain a week since birth, which I've read is normal. He loves to play on the various mats he has "Baby Einstein", "Tummy Time" and "Lion Gym". Above he is seen on his little lion mat hanging out with mom this morning. He loves to smile and giggle, which has been really fun, but hard for me to capture on camera. He still is only sleeping about 1-2 hours at a time during the evening before he wants to eat, leaning more to the 1 hour timeframe. I'm getting pretty delirious, but don't want to miss out on these moments while he is so itty....so I fumble for the camera when I have the mental capacity to think about it.

Zander's First Christmas

Zander made out with all kinds of loot for his first Christmas. Everything from clothes and blankets to toys and books. Evan and I kept this Christmas small for him just getting him one small gift each - the rest came from friends and relatives. A picture of all his gifts is seen here along with pictures of him opening his Baby Einstein Play Gym Christmas Eve and playing on it Christmas Day.

Favorite Show

Tonight we got a picture of Zander watching his favorite Television Program- InTouch with Dr. Charles Stanley. Zander kept blinking when we'd take the picture so it looks like he's asleep but he's really awake and hanging on every word from Chuck.

One Month Anniversary

Today Zander is one month old. Sometimes the lack of sleep makes things seem like one continual day, so when we realize he has been here a month, it's hard to believe. Sleep is getting better - about 2 - 3 hours a stretch before snack time vs. the 30 minutes to one hour in earlier weeks. Tuesday, mommy and Zander went on their first outing alone to Babies R Us, to pick up those items that it appears you can never have enough of - baby wipes and disposible multi use pads. It's not too far from home and he just slept in the car seat the whole time. Last night we went to dinner at Tiajuana Flats with Evan's mom, who is in visiting from Oklahoma. They had a car seat holder that we put him in at the table. The angle that had him at along with the loud 80's music made for a happy baby. We are adjusting to having our little guy around a lot more. We love to just watch him make his funny faces and admire all his little features, from his eye lashes to his nose. Zander is seen here celebrating his one month anniversary with a faux hawk (by popular demand). Although he cried most of the time I tried to get this picture, so the verdict is faux hawks are out. He tends to like the bed head look much better.

Funny Faces and Noises

Just a short clip of some of Zander's funny faces and little noises.