Busy June...

This has been a busy month for us. It included our first "camping" trip, intentional smiles and interaction from Nolan, night sleeping in the bassinet, 8 weeks birthday (weighing in at almost 11lbs!), hanging with other mommies and babies, and finally getting a better hang of things with Nolan.

For our first camping trip, we went with our friends Tim & Maria, Jim & Karen, Paula & Paco and all their kids to Kan-Nee-da for Father's day weekend. Well, ok, not really camping trip but more like one night in a Teepee and 2 nights in the lodge. Either case, it was the first us. Since Nolan was still only sleeping in a swing exclusively, we had to bring it with us. It is definitely different packing for a baby. We no longer worry about what we bring for ourselves. Instead, it's all about what Nolan needs or might need. It was a great weekend of hanging out with friends. Matt got to go kayaking, golfing and swimming. Nolan and I got a lot of time to hang out. Our friends were great in helping with him. He is such a snuggler too. All in all, it was a great trip.

our friend Karen and Maria's mom hanging with Nolan outside the Teepee. Matt hung out with the boys.

Nolan and I hung out in the Teepee .

We went to the Salmon baked where they had Indian dance. Our friend Maria's son, Tomas, LOVED to dance so they went out and danced :)



After we got back from KanNeeda, we decided that it was time to get Nolan to sleep in the bassinet in anticipation of our trip back East in July. For the first night, it didn't go too well since we decided to do that the night when we got back where he is overtired. Nolan cried for about 1 hr so we ended up having him sleep in bed with us for that week on top of a changing pad. The following week, we decided to try again. This time, we made sure he had enough naps during the day. When we put him down, he fussed for about 30 mins and went fell asleep! Since then, he had been sleeping by himself in the bassinet. He still fussed a little but nothing too bad. Our little boy is growing up!

Say goodbye to the swing...at least at night...he still sleeps there during naps

During the past two weeks, he had also been smiling a lot. These are real smiles, not the type where he unintentionally smiling. He has also been making a lot of cooing sounds and really interaction with us. His smiles just melt our hearts. He is a really great little boy. He is also developing great neck strength. He can now turn his head from one side to another while on his tummy! It takes a lot of effort on his part but he is slowly getting there.

We also had Nolan hang out with some new babies a couple of weeks ago. There were 5 new babies ranging from 4 months to 7 weeks (at the time) where Nolan was the youngest. It was so cute having all the mommies and babies gathering at our house where the mommies were hanging out talking about challenges and all things babies. The babies were busy nursing & napping. In between all that, we had all the babies "gathered" and took a really cute picture. While the babies were hanging out, Una, my friend Tara's little girl, and Nolan briefly held hands! it was really cute. It was really fun watching all the babies interact. We are going to make this a monthly occurence.

From top going clockwise: Judah, Wyatt, Nolan, Una and London

This week also will be marking another milestone for little Nolan. He is going to be 2 months old tomorrow! Time is going by fast... Can't wait to go to his 2 months checkup and see how much he has grown!