"baka laka daka"

cosmo will graduate in may with his aerospace engineering degree.

one of his options he is looking at is a masters program over in dubai.

as you can imagine, this isnt my first choice. or second or third for that matter....

i was out with my sisters the other day and cosmo was watching van and he sent this picture to my sisters phone (nope, i still dont have a camera phone) with the caption -

"hey mom! lets move to dubai!"

how can you resist such a cute face?!

maybe its not such a bad idea.....

and the mother of the year award goes to.....

van has RSV and bronchiolitis and a double ear infection

poor little guy

we have to give him breathing treatments 3 times a day

he pretty much hates me right now

i think i'm about to turn into a crazy germ nazi mom

my two dads

over mlk day weekend, we took a trip to san diego to see richard and erica.

while there, we took a trip to imperial beach to walk down the pier since it was still too cold to play on the beach.

cosmo and richard got some weird stares while they walked down the pier holding annie's hands, plus cosmo had van strapped to the front of him in a baby carrier. 

me and erica kept our distance to not ruin the magic of it all.

 the happy couple.

van enjoying some fresh ocean air 

i wish i would have gotten a picture of it, but the first morning we were there, i was feeding van and all three of richard and erica's girls came in with their pink pi's on, holding baby dolls, and they all sat by me on the bed and fed their babies while i fed van. cosmo just looked at us and repeated his relief that we have a boy.  thanks richard and erica for putting up with us all weekend and for letting van pee on your bed. 

van's blessing

van was blessed on new years day as 

Van Kenneth Krummenacher

 i am not a fan of the silky white blessing outfits they offer for boys, so i made his pants and bow tie and scoured the internet for infant suspenders.  figuring i can't even find pants that fit him, i didn't think i would be able to actually find baby suspenders, but the heavens aligned and i ran across these little gems. probably not the most comfortable, but i'm trying to teach van "fashion over function" in his young age.

 my whole family was able to be there.  

 cosmo's sister kristen, dad and mom

van was named after my older brother kenneth. 

he had his baby lynlee a month and a half before we had van.

krummenacher family 

january 1st, 2012

baby cuz i'm a thug

we were at a friends wedding when i looked down and discovered that Van is a straight up gangsta.

west side!

all the other kids with the pumped up kicks...

van rockin' his vans.

my husband insists babies dont need shoes, but how can you resist when they look this cute?!

 this kid is already smiling at us. i love it. 

and no, its not just gas

 3 1/2 weeks old

 2 weeks old

his aunt erika made him a hoodie with his name

i swore i wouldnt be one of those moms that talk about how their kid is the best, but seriously, he is.

he only wakes up once a night to feed (knock on wood) and he's my little rockstar ninja.
i love his guts. baby acne and all.

sleep, eat, poop. repeat.

happy one week!

we woke up this morning and all three of us (me, cosmo, & van) were healthy and happy. 

i consider that to be a successful first week.

i hope i am not jinxing myself, but i think we got a rockstar good baby.

he is SO MELLOW and feeds every 4 hours during the night, so we are able to get a little sleep.

he hates being naked and getting his diaper changed, but thats about the only time he cries, and even then, its a pretty pathetic whimper.

he has long skinny girl fingers like his dad, and he has his dad's toes and feet.

he has my nose and cheeks.

if you notice on the left side of his head, he has a pretty good lump. 

he was in the birth canal for over 2 hours.  the rest of his cone head has gone down completely, but they have told us that because he was crowing for so long in that one spot, he has major bruising in the bone and that lump will be there for quite some time. poor kid. my sisters have already nick named him "lumpy".  

good thing its getting close to beanie season!

its crazy how much we love this little guy, even if he does poop all over us and the bed at 3:00 in the morning when we are exhausted and half awake.