The Stephs: 8 weeks old!!!

So a lot of time has passed; sorry to our loyal fans! The blog is still a new experience for us but we set some time aside tonight to catch up. So much has been going on so I hope we cover it all.

Since our last post, Stephen's mom came out for a week to better help us adjust to life with a new member of the family. It was a blast having her for a week, and she was a ready babysitter to allow us to get things done. At the end of her trip, we were also joined by the rest of Stephen's family and many of Steph's as well for Jayden's baby blessing on the 19th. We were grateful to all those who were able to attend and we had so much fun.

Jayden is doing very well. In fact, we are blessed to have the best baby boy in the world and we just love him so much. Jayden was sick a couple of weeks ago so Stephanie took him into the doctor. Although he hides it well, Jayden is now over 12 lbs (and this was two weeks ago) and in the 95th percentile for his age. We are quite proud of him.

Another achievement that we sincerely hope sticks is that he will continue to sleep through the night. Yes, for three nights in a row now Jayden has gone down around 11 and slept in until 6, giving us an almost completely undisturbed sleep cycle. He will at times fuss in the middle of the night but when given the binky he will calm back down, giving his mommy and daddy some much-appreciated sleep. Keep it up kid!

One final thing to mention is something that always gives us laughs. Recently we have discovered that Jayden gets a mild surprise every time we pull his carseat cover up beside his head to pick him up. He'll be quite calm one moment but as soon as we pull the cover up his eyes get really big and he looks very apprehensive. We think that it might be the darker light that gives him the spooks but his face is so comical. Yes, we do laugh at our kid, but only because we love him so much.

And now, for the moment you've been enduring towards: pics and videos!