One Week Old

Kyler was one week old yesterday. He had his first shopping trip to get some needed supplies and look for clothes for Kyler and I to wear for an upcoming wedding. He slept the whole time. He enjoys being in his car seat, especially when we're moving.

Remember all those books we got at the baby shower? Well, we are already putting them to good use. Here is Brett reading Kyler his first book, "Are You My Mother?" We enjoy reading to him and he seems to like it to (although he is a pretty content baby so I'm not sure what he doesn't like). We know he has no idea what we are doing when we are reading to him but the experts say it is really good for these babes.

Brett reading to Kyler.

(Kyler was awake, just having a hard time keeping his eyes open.)

Kyler has also been Skyping with Grandma and Grandpa Brack and Great Aunt Shelly. It is hard to get him to stay awake on the web cam. This will be really nice to have so we can show him off to Uncle Ryan and Aunt Jessica in Japan. And we are up at all hours so the time difference might not even be a big deal for now! We are going to purchase an external web cam so we don't have to angle the laptop to show the little man.

Daddy and Kyler on Skype with Grandma and Grandpa Brack

Right before bedtime, Kyler got his first real bath (not just a sponge bath). Unfortunately, bathtime is so hectic that we forgot to get a picture so Brett snapped this one while we were drying him off (and he was peeing in his clean towel).

Kyler after his first real bath.

A lot of people have been asking how Kyler does sleeping and if he cries a lot. The answer is that he is a great baby so far. He very very rarely cries, just a few squeaks to let us know he is hungry. He also sleeps pretty well. He wants to eat about every two hours until his 2:00 am feeding. Then he starts sleeping in 3 1/2 hour increments until around lunch time. I have been able to get around 7 hours of sleep each night which has been great. Today I even went back to sleep from 8:00 am to 11:00 am while Kyler and Brett spent some time sitting outside (the weather was beautiful this morning), read a book or two, and listened to some Jack Johnson. We are going to be sad when Daddy goes back to work next week, he is a big help and it is just awesome to have him around to spend so much quality time with Kyler!

Little Kyler in his big crib.