HE SMILES!!

Lots of excitement this week! Gunner had his 8 week checkup and now weighs 9 lbs 14 oz! He's gained about 4lbs in 2 months. The poor kid is still vertically challenged though at only 20 3/4 inches. Oh well, blame his mom and dad for that one.
He started smiling this week. It's awesome to see that big gummy grin. The slideshow has a few good ones.
The picture below is of Gunner with his "big brother" Marshall. Marshall is Stacy's 6 yr old son and they've been taking excellent care of Gunner while we're at work. We're very fortunate and extremely grateful for them!

Most Popular Boy

Man, Gunner will probably never get this much attention from a group of college women again! Here he is with all the USAFA swim team chicks.

He SLEEPS!!

I don't know if it's pure luck or if the book, "On Becoming Baby Wise" really works, but Gunner sleeps at night! We've followed the book and this past week we let him sleep for 7-8 hrs between feedings. It's GREAT! In two weeks, we can try to let him go for 9-10 hours. We'll see if he makes it.

We both went back to work this past week. It was tough leaving the little guy, but our friend Stacy takes great care of him! Every night when we get home from work we comment, "He's gotten bigger!" His two month checkup is this Thursday. We're guessing he's about 8.5 lbs now...maybe 9 if we're lucky. All of Missy's homecooked meals have been making him grow big and strong! Ha ha.

Mom's back to work

Mom's maternity leave is over and I'm ready to PARTY!! See my smile in the first picture? Mom and Dad will both be out of the house a few days a week and I'm ready to go nuts!! Good thing my friend Stacy will be taking good care of me!

Exciting times with Gunner

6 Weeks Old today

Well, I don't have much to add because we can't possibly snap pictures of Gunner sleeping, crying and pooping on a daily basis. Maybe one of these days he'll smile, or walk, or talk and then the webpage will be little more exciting. But, for the well-being of the grandparents (specially G-ma Hyland who can't get enough), here are some more pictures for the week. Mike went back to "work" this week and I'll go back next week. Luckily, we only have class a few days a week so we aren't leaving Gunner "cold turkey." And, one of our friends has volunteered to watch him so we know he'll be in good hands. He's probably sick of us anyway....he's tired of being the "broken puppet" with Mike. :-)

Gunner walking--sideways

Ok, so we're not very video-literate. Next time we'll film right side up instead of sideways. Just testing this out to see if it works.