Three Months Old

Today we headed out to Sauvie Island, a great spot relatively close, but still a nice getaway. The sun was shining and the wind was actually blowing pretty hard out there. We saw tons of kiteboarders and Lyrik was just kicking himself that he didn't bring his gear today. Heck, I wanted to get out there myself and I thought I swore off kiteboarding after having Xander. Xander was really checking everything out when he was awake-I think he likes Sauvie!



Xander is 13 weeks today. We decided to stay home for Memorial Day weekend this year. I wanted to go on a camping trip with Xander for the first time, but Lyrik thought it would be better to go on a less busy weekend. So we'll go later. For now we are just going to relax and enjoy the gorgeous weather around here.


Xander is practicing his sitting up!


Yesterday Auntie Liz, Auntie Lyra, Cousin Marley Xander and I went to the zoo. It was so fun to see Xander looking around wide-eyed, unlike the last time we went when he slept the entire time! The animals were definietly feeling the spring weather-mating abounded. And let me tell you- those elephants have quite an impressive show while mating! The Lorekeet pavilion was my favorite, as usual, because you can feed them nectar and they will perch right on you to eat!


Grandma gave Xander a bath. They make him nice and relaxed and ready for bedy!

Excuse the legs-this was just such a cute smile though! Maybe I can photoshop the legs out later.

Xander had a photo shoot today-and a professional one at that. So I may get out some birth anouncements in the near future. Or I may not decide to even do them. I don't feel as much pressure to do them because I have this blog and it is the best way to announce Xander, in my opinion.



Xander and Daddy do some funny things together. Here is one of them. I guess as a parent you will do just about anything to make your baby smile.

First Mother's Day

It was my first Mother's Day and I couldn't be happier! We had my Mom over for brunch and then went on a long walk in the sunshine. It was a beautiful day!

Xander still gets the bug eyes when we put a camera in front of him.

Here is a cute one from Daddy's photo shoot.


Xander is eleven weeks now, which means I only have seven weeks left of maternity leave. I just received the awful news from my boss (via voice mail!) that I would not be able to do job-share as I requested. Needless to say, I am very disappointed with her decision and her unwillingness to work with me in facilitating the family-friendly environment the State of Oregon claims to foster. Ha! Family-shamily.
So, I set out on the daunting task of finding full-time childcare. I think we settled on the YMCA at Amberglen which is roughly 5 minutes from my work by car. I figure instead of using my two 30 minute breaks designated for pumping breastmilk in a lactation room, I will just drive over an BE with Xander twice a day to nurse. So even though YMCA is not perfect in every way, at least I can see Xander during the day and that should make my working full-time much easier for both of us. Fridays will be the most difficult, since Lyrik stays home and will be watching Xander. I told him that he will just have to come out to Hillsboro every Friday and we will all eat lunch together. Yay!
Xander new developments for this week include more sleeping through the nights and grabbing. After about five days in a row of waking in the night (even twice one night!). I think he was just going through a growth spurt and needed more to eat at night. But now Xander is back to his 12 hour nights, sleeping from about 7pm to 7am.It is so cute to find him in his crib in the morning happy, content, bright eyed and babbling! Hopefully he will stick with it for a while. The grabbing has mostly been while nursing-he will tug on my shirt or bra. But he also is going nuts on his infant chair and the little "guys" that hang over it. We call it his office because he sits in that chair and just goes to work! He gets a really concentrated look on his face while he is batting and grabbing but he throws lots of smiles in there too.

Snoozing The Night Away

Congratulations Xander! Xander turned 10 weeks old on Friday and he showed us how big he is getting by sleeping through the night for the very first time. By sleeping through the night I mean from 8pm to 6:30 am, with an 11 pm dream feed, of course. What a good sleeper!

Hangin' Tough

I like to do little photo shoots with Xander when I get the chance. Most of the time when he is looking at the camera he is like a deer in headlights. Here are a few examples. Above, Xander is propped up sitting on the couch with his rattle booties on. He recently noticed that he has feet! He just can't figure out why Mom needs to put those silly socks on them.
Xander hangin' in his play yard. He really likes his "alone time" where he just plays by himself staring at his various toys.


Xander sleeping on Auntie Liz. A luxury for Xander, who has been working on his independant sleeping skills. But every once in a while it feels so nice to be cuddled completely to sleep!



Here is Xander with Grandma- they are best buds! And they even color coordinate their outfits when they get together!