Our New Family

On May 27th, 2009, Julian Alexander Humphrey was born into the Humphrey House.  He's  been getting acquainted with his new family, sleeping and eating.  He is the mirror image of his brother from when he was born but a little shorter and a little lighter.   Here are some photos:

Niko trying to wake up his little brother so he can play
Niko was very careful around his little brother, and very interested
Getting a good look at at the new addition.  

Probably the most surprising thing that has happened with bringing Julian home is seeing Niko interact with him.  He's very curious and has been very helpful.  He's offered Julian his milk and gram crackers.  He is very concerned when Julian cries and has taken Julian's dirty clothes to the clothes basket for us.   Today he got to hold his little brother for the first time, it was the most still I've ever seen Niko :)  The only place he has had a problem with his little brother has been that Julian gets to sleep in our room, Niko is quite certain that isn't fair.

Sarah and Julian

Sarah and Julian. He is probably wanting to eat.  He has eaten non stop for since he arrived.  The classification he falls under is "connoisseur" when it comes to eating, takes his time and will smack his lips during dinner.  This is in stark contrast to his brother who would bolt through dinner and then want to look around as soon  as possible.

Me and the new boy

Me and the boy, he had just had his first bath, I think he was glaring :)
mmm, morning coffee,  and baby

Julian

Right before his first bath, he wasn't happy about getting Pjs taken off

Just born, sleeping with Sarah

Niko's 2nd Birthday

Getting Settled

We’ve been living in our new house for two and a half weeks now. Niko is getting more comfortable in his new bed, and falls asleep by himself without too much crying. He has slept through the night for 3 or 4 nights now, and yesterday morning he actually got up and walked into our room when he woke up at 7:15 to get me and ask for Curious George cartoons and milk.

He is working on giving me a heart attack with his crazy cycling stunts – his favorite being to scoot up steep driveways on the block and then ride down backwards. We bought a helmet last week, but getting him to wear it is difficult. Colin is on the hunt for a baby trailer so that he can tow Niko around on his bike on the trail near our house.

Niko is already starting to transition to the 2-year-old room at daycare, just a couple of weeks early! I cannot believe how big he is getting. He can drink a half gallon of milk in about 2 days! He also helps himself to crackers and cereal out of the pantry now. He thinks it is really handy that the new house has a pantry with low shelves that he can reach.

The funniest thing he has done lately was probably at daycare last week. He was refusing to wash his hands when he should have, so his teacher started to count to three. She said “one,” and Niko immediately jumped in with ”two.” I guess he just thought they were counting!
More pictures coming soon …