Dylan's first Road Trip

So for some crazy reason we decided that it was a good idea to drive to New Hampshire with an infant. We got even crazier and decided to leave at 10 pm on a Wednesday night! Pat drove until about the Maryland House (rest stop) and then I had to take over. Luckily Lauren was a trooper and stayed up with me because I drove until we got there, at 7:30 am. I guess I'm getting used to those long nights up with Dylan! Anyway, we had a blast visiting Jenny (Pat's other sister), Brian, and meeting their little one Jordan!! We took day trips to the beach, Boston, and Brian's mom's lake house. Here are some pictures of the trip.

In other news, Dylan had his first haircut!! We took him to cartoon cuts, they did an amazing job!!

The Before Picture

Seriously, Time Flies

I can't get over how fast time has been going by. I'm starting to make my photobook for Dylan's first 6 months, and I can't believe how much he's grown... and how much hair he has!! I thought he had a a head full when he was born, but now Pat's trying to get me to give him a hair cut (which obviously I will not do)!

Check it out for yourself!


A few hours old: 3/3/2010



4/2/2010



4/18/2010



5/15/2010


6/18/2010


7/18/2010

It blows me away when I look back at all of the pictures and can just see how much he grows and changes everyday. You can just see how much stronger and aware of his surroundings he's becoming!!

Where's Charlie?

Too funny not to post... Pat in the gorilla suit holding the puppy!

Four months... wow

So I knew coming into this that I would be awful at updating this, and I promise I'll post more in the next few days.

Dylan is almost four and a half months old and I can't believe it! Time is going by sooo quickly. Everyday something new is happening and he's discovering something new. These last few days his new obsession is Charlie. He hysterically laughs when he watches Charlie play, and Charlie sits very quietly and patiently while Dylan pulls his hair/ears with all his might. I think Charlie is starting to understand that Dylan is his "human".

On another note, Dylan is CRAZY strong. At four months he can already hold himself up and balance for a little while without any help! At Pat's last softball game I was able to catch it on camera.

Cherry Blossoms and Easter

This year we were so lucky that Easter weekend was BEAUTIFUL. On Saturday my parents came down to spend some time with Dylan and we dragged them out to the overly crowded Cherry Blossom Festival. We packed everyone into Pat's car (including Charlie) and headed downtown. Of course we choose the busiest day, it looked like Obama's inauguration all over again. It was hard to drive because people were pouring into all of the intersections! We finally found a garage to park in and walked over to the blossoms. They were so pretty, it was an incredible site to see a sea of pink in full bloom. Charlie loved running through the grass and saying hello to all of the other dogs and people.

We spent Easter Sunday at Pat's parents' house eating a delicious Easter dinner and just relaxing. Dylan happily put up with the cutest outfit!

My first baseball Game(s)

Baby Dylan has already been to three Major League Baseball Games. He's been to two National's games and an Orioles v. Red Sox game. He has been absolutely amazing at all three. We were so worried that the noise and excitement would be too overwhelming for him, but we couldn't have been more wrong. At the first National's game we took him to he excitedly tried to look at everything all at once. He loved looking at all of the red shirts. We had amazing seats thanks to Mary's amazing job! At the second National's game we ran into one of the "Presidents" and were able to snap a quick family picture! A few weeks later we watched the Orioles beat the Red Sox with a ton of home runs on both sides! Camden Yards was a lot louder, but my attempts to cover Dylan's ears were pointless. He got mad and shook his head preventing me from covering them, he wanted to take the whole experience in.

Here are some highlights :)

Dylan Joseph Soper

On March 3rd at 7:46 am Dylan was born!! He was 6 pounds 5 ounces and 20 inches long. We spent 4 days in the hospital then all went home on March 6th happy and healthy. The first night home was basically awful. Dylan refused to sleep, hated the pack and play, and screamed all night. We were really worried about what we were in for. The next day we figured out that we needed to keep our room a lot warmer and let him sleep on a blanket and things became really easy. He now sleeps for 4 or 5 hours at a time; yesterday at his two week appointment he was 6 pounds 13 ounces and healthy as can be.

Here's some highlights of our hospital stay...