On our precious little boy...
Well, he's managed to reach 10 weeks at an astonishing rate. These smiles have been eliciting childish giggles from his parents for a number of weeks now, and "Baby Julian" is still all the rage with his big sister and brother. In short, we're finding that he's a delightful, placid little guy, and we're so very thankful for our gift from God. He's always been one to go right back to sleep after eating at night, which has made the feeling of sleep deprivation minimal this time, and is extremely gracious of him. Although he usually has a long 6 hour stretch of sleep early in the night, he is not yet doing any true "sleeping through the night". But I have learned to be content in all circumstances...
And really, who could deny this guy milk?
At his two month appointment, he weighed 13 pounds, 14.5 ounces, which is in the 95th percentile, and he was 25 7/8 inches, which is off the charts. When the nurse measured him, she looked puzzled and said, "We'd better do that again." The second reading confirmed his stature, and she said the standard, "Your husband must be tall." To which I replied the standard, "Not particularly, but he is incredibly handsome."
Julian's habits are pretty straightforward at this point, and he's fallen in nicely with our little family. A number of people have asked what it's been like to adjust to three children, and it's hard to say just yet. The verdict will be in when all the transition is over and I'm trying to load three children into the back of a taxi truck in Thailand for a jaunt to the market in the searing heat. That is the true test of motherhood.
There's also much speculation as to who he looks like. Feel free to weigh in with your thoughts. I think we all expect him to look like a little Asa, but he is clearly his own little guy with his own little debonair look. I think in this picture you can see what he might look like as an adult. Makes me want to smother those cheeks with kisses while I can!
This look of disbelief was captured just after we told him that we'd be flying across the world in 9 more days. He was just starting to get used to things around here...
A few pictures from a ceramics workshop Tim did at Covenant College recently. He taught them to do raku, an ancient Japanese firing technique (if you clicked the hyperlink to learn more about raku firing, I'm highly impressed with your love for learning:). As you can see, it was quite an exciting time...
He is just too cool. The other day I asked him if he wished he'd married an artist, and he replied, "You are an artist. You work in dough and chocolate." What a guy.
Well, he's managed to reach 10 weeks at an astonishing rate. These smiles have been eliciting childish giggles from his parents for a number of weeks now, and "Baby Julian" is still all the rage with his big sister and brother. In short, we're finding that he's a delightful, placid little guy, and we're so very thankful for our gift from God. He's always been one to go right back to sleep after eating at night, which has made the feeling of sleep deprivation minimal this time, and is extremely gracious of him. Although he usually has a long 6 hour stretch of sleep early in the night, he is not yet doing any true "sleeping through the night". But I have learned to be content in all circumstances...
And really, who could deny this guy milk?
At his two month appointment, he weighed 13 pounds, 14.5 ounces, which is in the 95th percentile, and he was 25 7/8 inches, which is off the charts. When the nurse measured him, she looked puzzled and said, "We'd better do that again." The second reading confirmed his stature, and she said the standard, "Your husband must be tall." To which I replied the standard, "Not particularly, but he is incredibly handsome."
Julian's habits are pretty straightforward at this point, and he's fallen in nicely with our little family. A number of people have asked what it's been like to adjust to three children, and it's hard to say just yet. The verdict will be in when all the transition is over and I'm trying to load three children into the back of a taxi truck in Thailand for a jaunt to the market in the searing heat. That is the true test of motherhood.
There's also much speculation as to who he looks like. Feel free to weigh in with your thoughts. I think we all expect him to look like a little Asa, but he is clearly his own little guy with his own little debonair look. I think in this picture you can see what he might look like as an adult. Makes me want to smother those cheeks with kisses while I can!
This look of disbelief was captured just after we told him that we'd be flying across the world in 9 more days. He was just starting to get used to things around here...
