Settling in...

Greetings, friends! We are now officially delinquent bloggers. Shoot. We'll blame it partly on parenting a newborn, partly on taking so many photos of our little guy that it takes about a week to sort through them all, and partly on...well... being a little bit lazy.

Lazy or not, our little family is really getting used to our life of feed/play/nap/repeat, and dare I say that the routine is starting to feel downright normal. Thankfully, Henry is a pretty easy baby. As things have quieted down we've had visits from lots of friends. Here are Christina Roberts and Jon Burks, who kindly brought us a brunch feast.




And Charlotte Montiel, looking lovely as always, who brought some yummy homemade soup.



And Kate DeGenarro, who humored a very talkative Carrie who hadn't spoken to another adult before Kate's mid-afternoon visit that day.


Grandpa also came back into town to relieve Grandma from baby duties for a couple of days. They escaped to Colonial Williamsburg, and even explored the Cape Henry lighthouse in Virginia Beach where Grandma picked up a sweet poster for our Nursery. Grandma Nelson has since returned to California to tend to her 63 year old baby at home. We were sure sad to see her go, but (baby) Dad is glad his run of KFC and pizza dinners has come to an end.







Everyone needs a weird uncle. Thank goodness Uncle Patrick Bumatay stepped up to fill that role. Uncle P gets a special shout out for driving down from NYC to meet Henry.




Lots of other friends have stopped by but managed to sneak out before we forced them to pose for pictures. We are so grateful for the well wishes and yummy meals that have been delivered.

Aside from visits from friends, there aren't many exciting happenings at the Spurlock house. Henry and Mom made their first solo trip out of the house (to the exciting grocery store!), and Henry reports that he loves to snooze in his car seat. But watch out- he sends subtle hints that he doesn't like to be taken out of his cozy seat while he's trying to sleep:





That's our boy!

Henry hit the 10 pound mark recently, and is sporting some super cute fat rolls now that he's filling out. Check out these arms.





We sure do think he's a cute little dude...








Henry, don't move, there's a giraffe behind you...


What?! A giraffe?! What the heck is a giraffe?!


That's it until Daddy gets more photos edited. Go Huskers!!!!!



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Two weeks!

So much for our weekly blog updates... Henry is celebrating his fourth week on the planet today, but here we are only posting pictures from week two. Better late than never!

Henry continues to be a good natured and mellow little fellow. We catch him smiling regularly and although our pediatrician tells us these are just gassy expressions and not real smiles, we like to think otherwise. Isn't he cute??





Henry had us a little worried this week due to jaundice and slow weight gain. Things were looking up by the end of the week though - Henry was nearly back up to birthweight, got a thumbs up from his pediatrician, and his slightly yellow appearance started to turn to a rosy pink.








Once his umbilical cord fell off, we gave Henry his first tub bath. Someday he'll protest the publishing of such immodest photos...


And post bath, smiling and looking cute in his hooded towel.







Lucky for us, Grandma Nelson continued her stay for the next couple of weeks. Here she is patiently burping Henry post feeding.



And enjoying more Grandma time on our sunny roof deck...





Dad resumed his regular work schedule this week, but still got to spend plenty of time with his little man.




Gunnar was still at doggie camp this week, put Pete successfully lobbied us for a photo on the blog. Meow.




We continue to be amazed by this perfect, tiny little person we created. Where will these little feet take him in life? We look forward to finding out.






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