Nevi's 4 month B-Day!

Neviah was born 4 months ago today! Yeah! The Seals had a wild weekend for the 4th. Robb officiated a wedding for some friends who married on the 4th of July so that meant 2 nights in a row of fun activity. rehearsal dinner and wedding. The wedding took place up in the mountains at the Eldora Ski Resort Lodge. Robb, of course, did a fabulous job and received compliment after compliment for a job well done. Nevi also did very well, we partied until 9pm (hard to believe but that's LATE for us these days!) then made the drive down into town, watching the fireworks from our Subaru while Nev slept soundly in the back. She was very well behaved and very cute in her fancy dress.

Nevi has recently found her voice and has no hesitation screeching like a Pterodactyl, which is absolutely hilarious until it interferes with speeches at a wedding. Then we need to remove ourselves promptly.

16 weeks

Nevi REALLY enjoys 'airplane' now that she can hold her head up on her own. Belly time is not as torturous, either. Full of laughs and giggles ~ too much fun!

Father's Day, Nevi 14-15 weeks

Robb's first official Father's Day! We've always celebrated in the past with Dylan (our faithful spirit hound), but this year was our first 'human' father's day. We started our day admiring the views of Boulder Valley from our favorite Boulder vista, NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research), located partly up a mountain in south Boulder. Then we proceeded up Coal Creek Canyon for some scenic mountain driving. We ended up at a park near the Boulder Creek to enjoy some quality family 'outside time'. We ended up getting rained out so finished our Father's Day at home, visiting with Kristin and Keith (sister and brother-in-law) and saying our 'Good Byes' as they are moving back to Wisconsin this week. We are glad they are following their hearts and getting back to their roots, but they will be greatly missed.....

Bradley Reunion & almost 3 months!

Yesterday, we had the distinct pleasure of hosting the reunion for all the babies in our birth class. Of the 7 couples that gave birth between 2 and 5 months ago, Nevi was the only girl.  She is pictured in the center of the couch.  We had a great time catching up and hearing each others' birth stories, and of course, meeting all the little munchkins.

A couple weeks ago, Kate took Nevi back to Rockford for the weekend and had lots of fun with family and friends.  We'll post more of those pictures when they're available.

Now it's Day 2 of Kate back to work, and I'm being the stay-at-home-dad from 7-2:30 Monday-Thursday.  Nevi is re-learning the skill and importance of bottle feeding, and helping me get some of my computer work done even as we speak.  Our daily routine includes a ≈1.5 hr morning nap, two bottles, singing practice, abundant play time, some tummy time, and walking Sadie next door before I head to work at 3:00.

Peace,

Robb

Rockies game!

Neviah attended her first baseball game last week!  Rockies were playing Houston and although we got crucified on the baseball diamond, Nevi seemed to really enjoy herself; the crowd, the music, and lights were all extremely fascinating to her!  Definitely something we'll do again very soon.  The first picture is of Nevi in my suitcase as I was packing for our Rockford trip.  We decided by her reaction that she preferred not to travel in the cargo compartment so she ended up on my lap during the flight and was a perfectly behaved baby.  phheeeww!  What a trooper.  The pix of our Rockford trip will be coming soon.........

Mother's Day here in Colorado was a cool, overcast and wet day, so we decided to stay indoors!

We celebrated by doing as little as possible, watching a movie  and ordering pizza.  I received 3 gifts for Mother's Day- one from Robb, one from Dylan and one from Nevi.  It was my best first Mother's Day ever!

 

7-9 weeks...

Nevi's  2 month doctor check up was this week!  Nothing was determined that we didn't already know... she's healthy as can be.  Weight: 12.2 lbs, Height 23 (plus) in. Head circumference 15 cm.  Neviah is really becoming a little person now, smiling a lot, attentive and responding to us and her environment with intrigue and curiosity.  She is quite the character as she talks (coos really) a lot ~ with these vocalizations, we're getting a glimpse into what her little talking voice might sound like!  We've had an incredible 5 days straight...she has been crying/fussing less and has exhibited a happiness and contentedness that makes us, as parents, feel like we're doing good for her and meeting her array of needs.  This may be in due in part to her increased nighttime sleeping patterns.  She now sleeps anywhere from 4-7 hours straight most nights between feedings.  We're establishing a bedtime routine, which alters slightly each evening according to her level of tiredness but it's definitely a start.  We walk almost daily in our new ErgoPack that Jan (Gramma Mom) bought us when she visited.  She LOVES the movement, so much so that she falls asleep grinning almost immediately on our hikes.    Definitely a mover and a shaker!  We can also get a lot done around the house with this blessed ErgoPack and still have her close to us, which we all love.  We all took our first overnight roadtrip to Laramie Wyoming to visit Aunt Kristin, Uncle Keith and cousins, Gavin & Ella a few weekends ago.  Nevi was quite the trooper on this 2 hour drive and seemed to love the commotion her cousins make during play.  Additionally, Nevi and I are taking our first airplane trip together next weekend to visit Grandma Pat in Illinois, a 4 day adventure.  We're getting as much in a possible before I return to work June 1st.  Love you all, from the Seals........