Nico is sitting on the anchor! My dad and my grandpa and my uncle Randy built the harbor in Okoboji. There is a picture of my grandpa next to this anchor when the job was complete so I wanted a picture of Nico in the same spot. It is special to our family. I think we will have to blow up the picture nice and big so we can see Nico!

Happy 4th of July!

So comfortable in the pool he fell asleep!!!

Happy Father's Day! I got Lou & Nico matching outfits for the big day. Lou's shirt says "My kid totally rocks!" and Nico's shirt says "My dad totally rocks!" So cute!

Nakie boy!

4 Months old!

Nico's feet in the cold Pacific Ocean

Lou graduated in December from law school but he walked through the ceremony this spring. We are so proud of Lou!

Nico petting a very friendly goat at the San Diego Zoo

Nico is a great kisser! He loves to do it and they are some pretty good open mouth slobbery kisses! He cracks me up!

At 10 weeks old Nico went to his first Cubs game. There was a home run right when we sat down so Lou was excited that was the first baseball Nico ever saw. Nico got so much attention from the ladies with his Cubs outfit and daddy holding him so mommy said they are never allowed to go to a game without her!

Wow! I have lots of catching up to do on here. It is hard to sit down at the computer when it is summer! Plus, we have been very busy. Lou, Nico and I went on our first family trip to San Diego, CA when Nico was 3 1/2 months old. He had his first plane ride which he was pretty good on and we went to SeaWorld, the San Diego Zoo and explored the town. We had cool cloudy weather but we still had a great time and covered a lot of ground in 3 days! Nico absolutely loved having Lou and I all to himself 24 hours a day and had some sleeping separation problems when we got back. Lou gave me the trip for my 1st Mother's Day and we celebrated his 1st Father's Day there. Then for the week before the 4th of July we took Nico back to Okoboji, IA and Okabena, MN to visit all of my extended family. We had a great time but again the weather did not want to cooperate! My parents, Tyler, Lindsey and Andy came too so it was fun to take Nico to our favorite spots and let him spend some time with his great grandparents and our cousins. Lou has been putting in a ton of hours at work lately which is good for his job but hard to have him gone so much from Nico and I. Lou really misses the baby while he is gone of course so when he is home he is all about taking care of Nico and giving him lots of love. Nico and I spend a lot of our time going on walks, having play dates and swimming in the pool. Nico is a water baby!!! That makes mommy very happy! He rolled over for the first time from his tummy to his back at 3 1/2 mos! He cried after the first time he rolled over...I think it surprised him! My dad said it was because he knows a good wrestler should never be on his back! He laughs and smiles all of the time now which we love. He smiles whenever anyone talks to him and he has the flirtiest smile. I feel like we might be in trouble with this one! He laughs everytime I change his diaper and take off his shirt....he likes to be naky boy! We are so in love with him and there are times I look at him and I just cannot stand how much I love him. Lou and I have to restrain ourselves from literally eating him up!

My first giggles!

Nico has been laughing silently for quite some time. This past Thursday, right at 11 weeks, he let out his first giggles. It is the cutest thing. Press PLAY to listen.

Knakmuhs wedding

We went to Minn. for our family friend, Andrea Knakmuhs's, wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and so fun to see all of the Knakmuhs's and Larsons. Nico even slept for a few hours during the reception while the DJ was blasting the music! Amazing!

Nico and Molly. She really loved holding him. Doesn't he look so grown up in that outfit?

Nico and Lindsay. We call her his Wild Aunt Lindsay so we can differentiate between her and my sister!

Here is Nico with his little girlfriend Lauren! Matt and I are 6 weeks apart in age and now we have babies exactly 8 weeks apart! There is a picture of Matt and I sitting on the beach together when we were babies so we thought it would be fun to have pictures of of our babies together so they can look back 20 years from now and see that they have been friends since infancy!

2 Months!

Nico, my mom, Lindsey and I took a trip to Iowa & Minn. to visit both sets of my grandparents and to go to a family friends wedding. It was a lot to do in a short period of time but Nico was a trooper and it was so great for my grandparents to meet him! Nico is the first great grandchild on my mom's side of the family. Here is the first 4 generation photo!

Nico and my Nana! She loves little babies!

Nico and my grandpa August who Nico's middle name is after. There is a long line of Augusts in our family so my grandpa was excited to meet the newest little August!

Lou was sworn in as an official lawyer last Thursday! Nico and I went to watch the ceremony and Nico wore his "Future Lawyer" bib. He knows how important it is to dress the part and everyone thought it was so cute! He was so proud of his daddy!

Nico smiles and gets so excited now! It is so fun to talk to him because he always smiles back. He tries to laugh but no sound comes out yet! It is hilarious! I took him for his 2 month appointment and he now weighs 11lbs 4 oz and is 24 inches long. He is in the 80th % for height and the 40th for weight. The Dr said he will probably be long and lean. I have already had to pack away some of his 0-3 mo. clothes because they are too short in the legs. He has long legs!

Baptism

Nico was baptized on Sunday May 3rd. His godparents are Lindsey and Joe. He was such a good boy and looked so sweet. My mom made his baptism outfit and he was adorable in it! It was a special day for him.

Like Father Like Son!

My friend Janice gave Nico this Adidas track outfit and Lou had a matching one so Lou has been waiting for the day when him and Nico could wear their outfits together...and here they are!

This cracks me up because Nico's face looks like it is being smashed in by the kiss!

Easter

Nico and his cousin Joshua were laying on the floor. Nico put his hand in Joshua's mouth and left it there and Joshua just started sucking on Nico's hand. It was pretty funny!

Too bad Nico was done with us taking pictures of him at this point. We celebrated Easter with my parents the night before so they stopped by to see him on his first Easter.

Family Easter Shot!

Here is Nico's Easter basket from the Easter bunny. This year the Easter bunny hid it in an easy place for him since he is so young but next year he is going to have to work for it a little bit!