Go Big Red!

In honor of the first win of the Bo Pelini era, I figured I'd post a video of Simon cheering for the home team. Or, a video documenting delusional parents trying to brainwash an infant. Depends on your point of view, I guess ;-)

For those that are interested, the Husker Mascot Mobile can be found at the 70th & Pioneers Hy-Vee, of all places.

Simon and Nancy are out of town this weekend, and it's been pretty tough. It's amazing how much you can miss someone who has yet to form a coherent thought.

I also miss Simon. hehe, BURN!

8 weeks already!

Simon is 8 weeks old today. Everyone has told us to enjoy this while we can, because the time flies by very quickly. Y'all were right! We're trying to keep up with photo-taking, since he is changing so fast (at least we can see it ;-)

We tried a little photo shoot in our yard, the results of which are posted here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/kirenosnhoj/AmateurPhotoShoot

Hope you enjoy!

Simon's First Trip

Recently, we took Simon on a whirlwind tour of Family and Friends. There are some new galleries posted, feel free to take a look:

http://picasaweb.google.com/kirenosnhoj

We started off celebrating Nancy's mother's 70th birthday. First at Red Lobster in Sioux Falls, then at Aunt Lisa's house in Garretson. That was very nice, and it was good to see everyone... well almost everyone anyway. Get home safely and soon, Auntie Brenda!

Next, we headed up to my parent's lake cabin, where Simon got to meet some more family, this time on Erik's Mom's side. I'm finding that I need to do a better job of getting pictures taken. There are some introductions that have no record other than memory. Oh well, I'm sure once Simon becomes famous and getting hounded by the paparazzi, we'll be wishing there were fewer photos being taken.

Another thing we discovered on this trip, spending time at the lake cabin is quite a bit different when you have an infant. I'm really looking forward to next year, when he might enjoy himself a bit more.

To cap off the trip, we went to Minneapolis to go to Erik's cousin Marc's wedding. It was a very nice wedding. Congrats, you two. Also, Simon had a couple of firsts on this leg of the trip. He had his first boat ride, since the rehearsal dinner was on a boat cruise around Lake Minnetonka. He also had his first stay in a hotel room.

There were lots more details about the trips that I'd like to share, but not enough time to go into it all. Thanks to all who helped us during these trips, we needed it ;-)

Until next time... Erik

Too Long Since Last Post

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted. It's more fun to bliss out on the couch with the little guy than to blog, oddly enough. Let's see... since the last post, we went to the Pediatric Orthopod and received good news. His hip looks fine for now. They'll check again in six months, but it's just precautionary. At that appointment, they weighed him again and he was 10.5 lbs. Judging by the heft of the baby/carseat combo, I'm guessing he's even more than that now.