Firsts....

Here are some firsts--

First time Kai went to a party (for Dan and Katrin's engagement)...First time Kai had a bottle....First time to fall in love (with us of course!)

One Month Old!

Lucky us-- more visitors!

My mom's best friend, Betsey, met Kai --She thinks he looks like me when I was a baby. Finally, someone who doesn't think he only looks like Joe :)

Here's Kai with his "Pops" (my dad!)

Kt and Paul brought us dinner and we had fun talking about their upcoming wedding plans (May 5th)!

Valentine's Day Love!

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

Love, Kai (who is 5 weeks old!!)

Sarah S.

My dear friend, Sarah, who I met at Camp St. Croix many years ago, had her little baby girl, Addie, only 11 days after I had Kai. It's great to know another mom who is going through all of the same things. We had a great visit yesterday. She gave me a lot of support and suggestions for Kai.

He seems to be quite fussy lately and we are doing whatever we can to help the poor little guy out. It breaks our heart to see him crying and so upset. But, like everyone says-- this too shall pass. Almost all moms and dads report their baby went through the same thing. Joe and I remain patient (but pretty exhausted-- so is Kai!) So, let's keep our fingers crossed that this is short-lived.

Baby Shower

We were lucky to have our good friend, Gregg, host a baby shower for us last Sat. and many of our friends who we have met through my family and my mom's school were there to greet Kai for the first time. It was a terrific celebration! Here is a photo of guest of honor and the host with the most!

Some oldies, but goodies...

So, I was talking to Sarah B. yesterday on the phone and she said she wanted to see even more photos-- so, here are some older ones that I particularly like...It looks like they are from the same day. One of happy, awake Molly and the other one of sleepy, exhausted Molly (the more common Molly).
She said folks aren't getting tired of seeing Kai, so I'm taking her word on it!

Bath Time

Ok, so here are some more bath photos. Kai loves "swimming" in the bath tub with Joe-- also, here is a photo of Kai all bundled up. We went out yesterday, which was a big thing since it's been so cold and Kai and I have been in the house for a few days and I was going a bit stir crazy. So, we visited Joe at work and I went on a 20 minute walk by myself while Joe showed Kai off to his co-workers. Of course, he was quite the hit! But, I'm hoping he'll be invited back since after he woke up from his nap and couldn't find me (his food source), he started to use his "voice" quite loudly to call for me. So, when, I came to the office, I walked in and could hear him loud and clear. Joe was handling it all in good humor-- he was actually changing a poopy diaper on his conference table. Now, that's a dad for you :)

More portraits

Portraits

Well, we went to JCPenny's for some portraits-- and here are some of the good photos. So, they add on the cheesy captions, not us...don't worry, we will not be ordering those. I mean, you can only get so cutesy...even with our cute boy.