Baby's 1st Christmas

Well, the shenanigans have mostly subsided and we are spent. It was a wonderful Christmas for us - we have visited someone almost every night for the past 10 days! As usual, Chephren has been amazing. He even had his first sleep over at 'Grammy and Grampy's' on the 27th while we entertained great friends from out of town. It was super fun and my parents did a fabulous job with Chephren (as usual!). I don't know what I would do without them! We were absolutely spoiled ROTTEN this year, I am still in a state of shock actually. Chephren is seriously the luckiest baby alive and we, his parents seem to be continuously reaping in the benefits as well. Honestly, we just feel so blessed each and every day. Chephren's latest tricks include laughing out loud, having long 'conversations', playing with his toys, reading his favorite book (thanks Auntie Crystal!), eating cereal and get this, sleeping for 6 hours at a stretch. His mom is in HEAVEN as a result of the last one! Each day gets better and better. Well, enough bragging for now, I am trying to get some work done (finally)! Lots of love and seasons greetings from the Hasse's :)

6 week check-up

Chephren has successfully passed his 6 week check-up and has been deemed healthy as a horse! He is almost 12 pounds already and in the 75th percentile for height and weight. He can't get enough to eat these days and our doc even suggested that we try offering him a little bit of cereal. Given that he won't sleep more than 2 hours at a stretch (even after cluster feeding him all evening long), we are seriously considering the prospect! In other news we are looking forward to our first Christmas as a new family. We are used to taking off to the mountains over the holidays but this year we will be sticking around home. It will be a bit strange I think, but it won't be long until we can hit the hills with the little guy in tow. We are looking very much forward to seeing family and catching up with old friends. We are debating a trip in January/February, and we'll keep you posted as these plans develop. Trent is super busy with work and travelling out of town quite a bit. I am still trying to get onto some sort of predictable routine around here so that I can start to get things done. Chephren is a joy to have around but predictable he is not! Otherwise he is a very, very happy little boy. As you can see from the latest picture, we are lucky to be showered with huge grins and giggles all day long!

The first month

Well, a month has passed since the Hasse's became a threesome. Chephren is an absolute gem and I am pretty sure that he gets cuter everyday! He has started smiling at me... even when I change his pants so that is aweseome! He is even starting to like his baths. Trent and I are finding our new lifestyle very, very busy. His new job is taking him out of town starting next week and I have decided to pick up some contracting work with AB Ed. I hope that this decision turns out to be a manageable one. Calling all grandparents! Lord knows he has enough of them!

Last weekend my mom threw Chephren a 'Welcome to the World' party. It was a great success and a lot of fun. Not surprisingly, Chephren slept for the entire party (only to keep me up most of the night afterwards - little turkey!) Thank you to all who attended and for the many, many generous gifts. As you can see from the picture, Chephren is a stylish little dude!