Nate's newest trick is blowing air through his sealed lips to make a vibrating noise. Usually there is plentiful drool available and he can blow some nice bubbles at the same time. How efficient.
Here are a couple of cute smile videos for you to enjoy:
Making faces
Matt looking ripped before the start of the race. He is so fit right now. But YES, that is Alex the speedy fish on the left! Todd is on the right (who also did super well).
When we got home, both Nate and Daddy crashed out in the living room. Nate loves napping in his swing, and Daddy loves napping on the floor. Believe it or not, we do own a bed!
Chubbs sitting by himself on the rocker.
This was the first (and only) time that Emma showed Nate any affection.
Watching Daddy run an 8K race around the Lanikai loop.
This Newfoundland looked like a bear, but was the most gentle dog you could imagine.
Saddest face ever.
Nate has been talking a lot recently. His two favorite things to talk to are his mobile and his grandma. Grandma Stevens talks to Nate and he just blabs and blabs back to her all about what it's like to be two and a half months old. He cracks us up.
Big milestone last night: Nate slept seven and a half hours straight! He might have even gone longer, but I woke him up to feed him because I was worried at how long he was sleeping. The trick was to move his crib out of our bedroom into the living room. When he was right next to our bed, he would half wake in the middle of the night and suck on his hand. I would wake up from the noise and go feed him. Now, I'm sure he still sucks, but I don't hear it, and he just drifts back into full sleep without complaint. I should have moved him earlier! I read that after two months, babies don't really need nighttime feedings anymore, they just wake up out of habit. Seems to be true for this little guy. Hopefully this will keep up and I'll be able to allow him to sleep even longer through the night. Yay!
The last three activities were all courtesy of babysitting a la Matt's mom. Mahalo nui loa!
Lesley and Nate in the kiddie pool.
Matt was such a natural and picked up stand-up paddle boarding immediately. It is so much harder than it looks! I never got in more than three strokes of the paddle before falling in the water.
The back cove of the Mokes - so beautiful.
Some of the massive south swell that rolled in last week.
Random bodysurfer on a perfect wave.
We were able to borrow all our scuba diving equipment so we just had to rent tanks. The coolest thing was the rock formations about 30 to 40 feet deep. I really liked swimming through the caves!
Lesley doing a silly pose.
Matt doing some deep water exploration.
Yippee! I did it!
Daddy and Emma provide moral support.
We decided to break out the Johnny jump-up from Karen and Andy to see how it worked. He's almost ready for it!
Chubby sleepy baby at bath time!
Giving Grandpa some sweet smiles.
We hung out with the Lims at the Kailua Community Church picnic on Sunday. The dads held the babies so that Keri and I could go and get lunch first. They should win something.
Nate and his future wife, Zoe. He looks pretty excited about marrying her someday.
Nate and Daddy with matching puppy hats at the picnic!
Lastly, this is a picture of the family chilling out on our bed. Yes, we admit that we might have the weirdest looking chihuahua of all time. The "kiddos" enjoyed hanging out together.
New goggles - aren't we stylin'!
The whole family at Menchies Frozen Yogurt - our favorite treat!
Matt and I came home from a bodyboarding date to this tranquil scene. Isn't this sweet?
The boys reading together.
Nate is starting to watch Emma. Emma still mostly just ignores Nate.
The boys in the comfy purple chairs at Starbucks - one of our favorite places to hang out.
Nate showing off his rolls. I have to clean out all the junk that somehow accumulates in all those nooks and crannies.
Supervised Naptime/Guy Bonding Time
We attended Ella's fifth birthday party on Saturday and they had pony rides. We tried to wake Nate up from a nap to let him sit on a pony, but he put up a lot of resistance.
Our church had a father/son look-alike contest yesterday in honor of Father's Day. These three generations of guys are bad to the bone UH fans.
They beat out about 20 father/son combinations to win first place! Here are the three finalist familes on stage as Gordon presents the prize.
Lastly, here is a little video clip of Nate holding his head up for just a second or two in between attempts to eat his tummy time quilt. I love this little guy!
Lesley and I caught some fun waves at Waikiki two days in a row while Grandma and Grandpa came over to the apartment to take care of Nate. We are very grateful for the babysitting, as it allowed us to take advantage of one of the best and long-lasting south swells in recent memory!
Nate shoves his first two knuckles in his mouth when he is hungry. Daddy wanted to try it, too.
I love the look on Nate's drooly face in this one!
Proud Papa
Point Panic sunset after a Menchies Frozen Yogurt stop to celebrate Nate's 7 week birthday. I'll take any excuse for Menchies!
I love this picture that Matt took of Nate peering over the side of the Baby Bjorn.
Nate loves his Baby Einstein mobile we got as a hand-me-down from the Lyaus. He lies there and grins at it when we turn it on!
Tim came over for breakfast after a pre-dawn bodysurfing session with Matt and we loaded him up with our little ones. Check out Emma's tongue!
Nate chillin' in the swing.
Side view - too cute!
We enjoyed dinner with Joanna and Tim last week. Tim prepared a fish that he had speared. It was unbelievable. Better than Sam Choy's. Seriously.
Gorgeous Point Panic sunset.
Nate enjoyed a nice visit with our Kenyan friends Vivian and Gideon.
PJ and Jon came by to meet the little guy.
On Sunday afternoon, we took Nate for his first swim in the Wilkinson's brand new pool!
Mommy tried to teach Nate to backfloat, but he was such a natural that he really did it on his own.
Daddy and Jim Wilkinson gave Nate his first surfing lesson.
They even pushed Nate all the way across the pool on this board! Mommy was a little stressed...but Nate seemed to enjoy it.
This was just this afternoon at Point Panic. We ran into Jimmy Wilkinson out surfing, so we seized the opportunity for him to take a family picture.
Mommy chilled out with Nate while Daddy went bodysurfing.
Nate is starting to smile occasional social smiles! They melt my heart! Here was a lucky one caught on film.
And lastly, just for fun, here is a clip of Nate and I trying to get the above picture two days prior. Please excuse the my high pitched silly voice. He is heartbreakingly adorable even when crying!
