Two Weeks!

It's hard to believe that Bryant is two weeks old already.  We went back to the doctor today for a checkup and Bryant is growing like a weed!  They want babies to get back up to their birth weight by 2 weeks and our little man was an over achiever.  He weighed 8 pounds 1/4 ounce and was 20.5 inches long at birth.  At two weeks, Bryant weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and was 21 inches long.  Way to go little man!

We also got a sneak peak of one of his newborn pictures.  What a cutie - I just love the smiles from a sleeping baby!

He's staying awake a little more during the day and one of his new favorite things is to dance to music with his dad.  I didn't catch a whole lot of it, but he kicks his little legs like crazy!

3D Ultrasound

I had an ultrasound done at 30 weeks and they were able to get 3D pictures of Bryant. I am amazed at how accurate they are. Can you see the similarities between the ultrasound and our little man?

In the ultrasound, they also found that Bryant had 1/2" of hair on the back of his head as shown by all the white lines

 We thought he might have a half inch of hair on his whole head, but turns out it really was just on the back of his head!

First Bath

On Thursday, Bryant lost his umbilical cord in the middle of his newborn photo session.  So, on Saturday, he got his first bath. He wasn't sure about it at first...

But actually did really well

Clean and Happy Baby!

Baby Picture Comparison

We've been looking through our baby pictures and trying to decide who Bryant looks like.

Trav's picture is on the left and mine on the right

So who do you think Bryant looks like?  Besides looks, we have found some other similar stats between Travis and Bryant.  They were both 20 1/2 inches at birth and Travis was born at 7:01 pm and Bryant at 6:57 pm.

On another note, Bryant had his first doctor's appointment on Monday.  His doctor says that his future is so bright he needs to wear shades!

Okay...so we were just playing around in the doctor's office.  His doctor didn't really say that, but he is doing really well.  When we left the hospital, Bryant weighed 7 pounds 10.5 ounces and on Monday he was back up to 7 pounds 12 ounces.  We go back in on Tuesday and hopefully he'll be back up to his birth weight by then.

Meeting More Family

On Friday, Bryant got to meet his Uncle Ryan and Auntie Jen and cousins Zoey and Reagan.  He loved all the extra snuggles and was spoiled with tons of styling clothes!

Zoey was so good with her cousin and loved to give him kisses and hold his head

 

 Grandma and Grandpa Handl made the trip up on Saturday, so we were able to get a picture of these proud grandparents with Bryant

Auntie Jen had taken some cute pictures when they were up on Friday that I just had to share

I love the face Bryant is giving his dad

Sporting a mohawk

The Newest Addition

Bryant Edwin Handl was born July 24th at 6:57 pm.  He weighed 8 lbs 1/4 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long.  He made us wait 4 days past his due date, but he is was definitely worth the wait:)  He has been blessed to meet so much of his family so far, but I'm off to a bad start with picture taking.  Here are some of his first encounters and stay tuned for pictures with Grandma and Grandpa Handl (lots of pictures taken - just not with my camera!)



 Proud Mommy and Daddy!

Look at that pout

 Grandma and Grandpa Zanto

 Ready for his first ride home

 Getting in the car seat was much more tramautic than the ride home.  Bryant did well and slept the whole way.  Dad was a little nervous and kept both hands on the wheel delivering his precious cargo home safely.

 Happy to be home

 Bryant's first introduction to his new home

Although a little late, Bryant's timing was perfect to be able to meet Megan's Aunt Sheri and Uncle Carl from Colorado while they were up for vacation. 

We feel so blessed to have such a special new addition to our family and can't wait for all the new adventures to come.  We love you little Bryant!



Our Newest Purchase

One of our winter season projects is to finish out the office in hopes that we might finally start to unpack some of our boxes.  In working towards that goal, our first purchase was this desk.  It needs a little touch-up here and there, but we are pretty proud of our (very heavy) new purchase.

The next step will be cabinets along the back wall, but we are still waiting on some cabinet samples to find the door style and color that we like best.