September Update

September was probably the most hectic month I've had since Gunnar was born. I helped Chris and Tara plan a lot of their wedding details, work had loads of drama going on and my mom was preparing for her weight-loss surgery with a few Dr. appointments. Needless to say I took the time to take pictures but I had very little time to actually make a blog post about them.

So here is what happened in September!

Two weeks before Gunnar turned 6 months old I went over to Jill's house and had her help me take some cute pictures of him in his sports gear - golf and basketball. These were the results - SOO cute!

And then of course I had to dress him in the blue crochet that Great-Grandma Ceil made for him. He was so cute in it!

Cutie picture hanging on the couch with Dad.

At the Dr. for his 6-month checkup. He absolutely LOVED the table paper and found it to be a great toy. He did well with his shots just a few minutes later.

Aunt Tara got Gunnar some super cool sunglesses and we enjoyed going for numerous walks in the cooler weather.

September was the Preemie's in Paradise NICU reunion. We were asked to make a scrapbook page for the NICU so other parents could read our story. Below is the page I made and Gunnar sitting in his "hawaiin" themed outfit - perfect for the occasion!

Here is Gunnar on his official 6-month birthday. He was just starting to sit up well with a little bit of support.

Sitting out on the front lawn enjoying the evening.

This month he really started to love sitting in his high chair and playing with his toys. Somehow that yellow ring always ends up looking like a bracelet :P

Every time I look up he's moved himself to a new position on the floor - he's not crawling, he just rolls himself over multiple times to move where he wants to go.

More high chair fun.

The last warm day above 80 degrees.

Gunnar was such a good boy while Grandma Marilee and I went to get our hair done at the salon one morning.

Afterward we took him to Cheesecake Factory and he sat really well in the high chair for the first time.

But then he wanted to sleep so Grandma Marilee had the magic touch.

August Update

The last month of the summer crept up on us so quickly! Gunnar is growing like a weed and we are just having so much fun with him each and every day! We sold our birds the other week because they were just too loud in the house and because I couldn't dedicate the time to them - it wasn't fair to them. It turned out really well as a sweet girl who loves birds came and bought them - she already had 12 birds at home...it was a perfect match!

Going back to work has been great too so far. It's really nice having my mom come over each day to take care of Gunnar. Ramin has been able to work as well and in the evenings we take turns taking care of the baby :)  Here are some of the most recent pictures!

Weekend laughs with daddy! These are some of my favorite pictures so far of Gunnar!

When I take him for walks he just loves it and gets super smiley!

Sitting on the couch watching TV.

Still taking a bath at the kitchen sink.

We went out to dinner with my friends Stephanie and Jill...Gunnar went with us and had fun.

Sleeping so peacefully on the couch.

It's been raining a lot here recently. We like to sit out on the porch and watch what's going on outside...on this day it started raining and we watched the raindrops fall.

Gunnar is starting to like his Bumbo a bit more. If we keep it up on the kitchen like this he really gets excited because he can see what's going on everywhere.

Our new favorite toys are his two Sophie Giraffes - one is the teether and the other is the plush lovie. He loves BOTH of them!

I took him to Target one day for some shopping....he sat very calmly in the cart and just loved looking around at everything hanging around the ceiling.

Trying to grab Sophie with his feet :P

I sat him in his high chair for the first time last weekend. He liked it alright and looked very inquisitively at the toys I had laid out for him.

This past weekend we had lunch with my friend Angie. She just loves "Baby Cuteness" as she calls him.

Jenn Baugh came over Sunday because she needed some baby time too. She was able to play with him a bit before he got tired and fell asleep in her arms.

Gunnar turned 5 months old this week so I need to take some new pictures of him with his little sticker :-)

Our Professional Pictures

All I've been posting have been pictures from my camera phone. Now it's time to post up the professional pictures we had done with Gunnar. The first set was after Gunnar came home from the hospital and right after he stopped wearing his oxygen. They were taken by my friend Jill and then I edited them up to be unique. The second set was when he was 3.5 months old, right before I went back to work. I really liked the place we went and I'm planning to go there more often. Enjoy!

1 Month Old

3 Months Old