Dylan and the Deep Blue Eyes

Dylan is attempting to speak in sentences. He is aware that his mother and father seem to rattle on forever so rather than sticking to his patented mini coos, he's going for longer "ahohaaooohaaaaaaooooooooooooooo" (seriously, it's about a minute of ooo's) type phrases. Usually, these are punctuated by a yawn. Which means that Dylan's first pseudo sentence is either, "I'm tired" or "I'm bored" or "I'm tired AND bored." Baby ennui. Awesome.

Little D's abuelita loves to mess with her only daughter. Her latest thing is to declare that Dylan has "deep blue eyes" with a sly, sidelong glance while I mutter under my breath about eye color being undecided and that we'll see what they look like in 6 months. Or a year.

Not for nothing, but it seems a bit unfair to have to wait and see what color your child's eyes will be. NO FUN.

Yesterday, my cousin Mane (also Dylan's godmother) came by with her daughter Adriana. Mane declared Little D's eyes gray and sent me photos this morning as proof.

Dylan has no comment.

Gray steel?

Please note the co-existence of Elmo and Murakami in the last photo.

I still say hazel or light brown. We shall see...

Dylan's 1st Christmas

Mama's little reindeer...



Dylan in Red...



...and green

I, Pudgy

Dylan's mom here. I didn't really think our baby was too big until I saw some pre-Turkey day photos. Look at 'em cheeks! And fauxhawk!

Yesterday I accidentally took him to a November mom's group (don't ask) and he looked at all the babies with eyes full of hungry curiosity. Or was it just plain hunger? Hard to tell. He was about three times their size. The new mothers looked terrified.

Our pediatrician thought we might be over-stuffing him so we've been trying to supplement him less and get more naps going. Don't want him to take after his insomniac mother. So far the Dylan diet is going pretty well, he doesn't seem too angry about it and it's definitely helping his GERD.

What you lookin' at?


Oh, gorgeous me of course!

Dylan Turkey

Dylan looks plump like a turkey, but we decided not to eat him for Thanksgiving this year.



Dylan loves his animal mobile...




"Hello?"

Dylan's First Halloween

For Halloween, we put Dylan in his bearsuit and wheeled him to the parade in Park Slope. He was hibernating most of the time, but everyone still thought he was cute.



We also took him to the Botanical Gardens in his outfit:

Dylan is 1 month+ old!

It's hard to believe that Dylan is already 5 weeks old! He's growing up so fast that it seems he's changing his looks with each photo we take.

We took him to the doctor this weekend and found out...
* He now weighs 10 lbs 12 oz
* He is 21.5 inches long

Some recent pictures from my camera phone:

*Dylan in his bearsuit outfit coming home from grandma's house.


*Dylan outside in his Bjorn with mom (He's not sure if he likes the fall weather or not)


*Dylan getting ready for his first "real" bath (in the tub, as opposed to a sponge bath in a towel)


*Sleepy Dylan from a few weeks ago (this one is my favorite, and quite possibly the cutest photo I've ever taken)

Dylan's first trip to Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Photos from this weekend by grandma (aka Abuelita):

Baby's First Photo Shoot

Last Thursday 'Uncle Bryan' came to visit while he was in town from Maine, and of course he brought his camera with him. He took some really nice photos of the Dylanator (Thanks Bryan!!):



Sure, he looks like a little angel in these photos, but at night the real terror begins when he starts crying...

...which makes Daddy very tired.


That's all for now. Bye!

Baby, baby, baby

We took Dylan out to the park for the first time this weekend. Here's a picture of him in his carseat...


Then he got tired out and laid in his crib for a while:


I also recorded a silent movie clip in the hospital. At one point it looks like Dylan puts his hand in front of the camera as if to say "No photos please".

Hello World!

Meet Dylan Sebastian Joseph (aka The Dylanator)...

Born: 9/13/2008 at 5:37pm
Length: 20.5 inches
Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz

After a long Saturday in the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dylan finally said hello to the world with loud cries! He was soon calmed (I think he recognized the sound of his dad's voice, and clung tightly to a finger with his little hand).

After getting all cleaned up and visiting the hosptial nursery, Dylan and his chubby cheeks came to visit mom in her hospital room:


After a couple days of sleeping, Dylan started opening his eyes more and even smiling a bit. On Wednesday the 17th, mom and Dylan were discharged from the hospital and we all went home to Brooklyn.

P.S. There are more cute pictures posted in the Dylan album on Jeremy's Flickr page