Happy Halloween!

As you can tell from the picture, Halloween is Simon's favorite holiday so far... though that isn't really saying much, since he hasn't seen them all yet. It's only his fourth holiday ever, and that's counting Columbus Day, which is really weak ;-)

Simon was a Rollin' Stone

Simon rolled over on his own for the first time today! Nancy and I were both there watching it happen, and we probably freaked him out with our reactions. Alternate titles for this post are as follows:

Rollin' with my Homies
That's how I Roll
The Roll of a Lifetime
Rock 'n' Roll, Coochie-Coo... Lordy Simon, light my fuse
"Let's Roll." (too soon?)
Simonroll (like a Rickroll, but cuter)
MMORPG (Mommy & Me Observed Roll Playing Guy)

If you got the joke on those last two... that's a sign you spend too much time on teh internetz! LOL!!!!!111! (again with the internet "humor", jeez I need to go outside).

If you're interested, here are some photos from the baptism weekend.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kirenosnhoj/SimonSBaptism#

Baptism on Sunday

Hey all, I was going to say sorry it has been so long since our last post, but this is becoming a habit. So, now we'll just say this is right on schedule.

So, let's see... what's new? Well, Simon's growing quite a bit. He had a check-up a couple of weeks ago, and we found out that he was 24 inches long, and 13.1 pounds. Apparently that puts him in the 90-95th percentile for length, and 75th for weight. I guess that's good, or at least not bad ;-)

Simon is getting baptised on Sunday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. We're hoping he doesn't have any sort of meltdown in church.

Nancy's time off from work is just about over, so that means that Simon will be going to daycare very soon. We've been trying to prepare him for it, but it's more likely that we are the ones that are unprepared. We'll see who does more crying on Monday, Nancy or Simon. (Certainly not me... I'm all tuff and stuff :-).

Finally, there are some more photos posted. Same site as before, the new album is called Misc Shots (9-14-2008). You can get there using this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/kirenosnhoj/MiscShots9142008#

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.