Babies are Just like us!

So it oocurs to me regularly how very much personality our little man has even at 15 weeks of age (almost 4 months for those of you mathletically challenged).

From Grandpa Yates he gets his strong opinions and willingness to share them.
From Grandpa Spence he gets his easy smile and ability to quietly drink in the world around him.
From Grandma Yates he gets his love of sleep and very serious "I'm concentrating" face.
From Grandma Spence he gets his quick laughter and love of cuddling.
From Uncle James he gets his determination.
From Uncle Rusty he gets his easy going manner.
From Aunt Jamie he gets his love of the outdoors.

Course Luke and I are in there a lot too, but we'll let you all point all of that out. He is so much fun and growing so fast. He can grab things and pull them to his mouth now and is working really hard on sitting up(he does about 1000 crunches a day). He is very social and aware.

We are trying to learn how to get him to sleep through the night. I don't say that to solicit advice (please resist the urge, we are now or already have read whatever book you are about to recommend) but so you can understand and perhaps empathize with our very heart breaking and mostly frustrating bed time routine of late. Making progress though - he only cried for 25 minutes tonight.

Here is a video of him watching his favorite video (YouTube squared?). Cracks us up.

Dillan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap5YPsG2rDo
The video he's watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muiRfqBKc64




Dillan Dancing

As promised - here are some clips of Dillan dancing as Luke plays guitar. If it doesn't look like dancing to you, well then, i guess you need to come and visit and see for yourself.

I also uploaded new pictures. I never realized how many pics I take of Luke and Dillan napping together. Maybe because its my two favorite guys and my favorite past time?


reposted without his head cut out of the screen



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Binlue1bsAU

dillan's hide-a-hole

can you believe our little man is already 3 months old? we're pretty much freaking out. he is so big and so terrific.

some highlights from the last three months:
road trips to san francisco and santa barbara
hiking and beach walking with his puppy
meeting 3 of his 4 living great-grandmas
numerous playdates with other little munchkins


he is just growing so fast. his new favorite tricks include blowing bubbles, trying to crawl (no luck yet), giggling, dancing (video to come soon) and just generally being a joy to be around.

its amazing how he can surprise me everyday. think about it - i spend all day with him, every day but still discover things about him. mostly developmental things but yesterday while feeding him, i noticed that his ear appears to lay flat against his head, but with a little tug, tehre is actually a little crevice behind it. needless to say there was some quick washing of the ears. just when i thought i knew every inch of him.

Blue Steel

we are having a great time. this newest video is dillan playing with the computer. he discovers himself in the monitor and proceeds to practice Blue Steel for several minutes. its really cute (but eerily quiet).

so according to one of our books, Dillan is a "problem baby" in that he is an active baby. Ok, so i totally don't think he's a problem baby. but here is the description...he instantly kicks off all of his blankets, squirms like crazy when he's getting dressed or changed, ends up on opposite ends of the crib during naps, is crazy alert, interested in everything and accomplishes milestones early. right now, its adorable, but i'm sure i'll have days when i don't think that once he's mobile.

we went up yesterday and spent the day with Aunt Jamie. Had a great time looking at bugs and flowers and squirrels.

New pictures will be up soon. Check back!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJZDhP-yIc




Dillan rolls over

Dillan started rolling over yesterday. The clip below captures the 4th time he did it. As you watch this, pause for a minute and consider that every move you make throughout your day was learned at some point. And that your most simple movements (like rolling over) were some of the hardest to learn and most celebrated by your parents. Pretty amazing.

We are so blessed by this little man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg8s0lXlc8



7 weeks already!

its already been 7 weeks since Dillan came into the world (well, outside of my tummy). i can't believe how fast its gone by. We are truly loving each and every moment of parenthood (even the moments we don't necessarily like).

Dillan smiles a lot, weighs about 12 or 13 pounds and is trying to giggle. He has a really strong head, follows you with his eyes and loves the sounds of his mommy singing (who doesn't? - yeah right).

we are all doing great and so appreciative of all the support and prayers and gifts we've received (thank you cards are coming soon, I promise!).

new pictures are up on the blog. Big D is waking up, so i'm going to cut this short.

Calming the fussy beast...

so dillan is in the middle of a huge growth spurt...he only sleeps for short periods of time and seems to be completely starving every 30 minutes. lots of fun this week.

here is he after being fed, changed and stimulated by his mobile. This peaceful 3 minutes allowed me to scarf down some dinner and go to the bathroom.