wedding day: em & burke

a few pics from emily and burke's big day:

the happy couple

posing with the bride

sleeping while in line

tired mom and baby

with auntie megs (this trip would not have been possible without her!)

first plane trip

i was so nervous about flying alone with christian across the country but the kid was an angel. he slept, ate and slept again. and somehow we lucked out (tender mercy?) and had an extra seat next to us with a sweet grandma on the other side of it.

here's christian sleeping on the extra seat, complete with a delta blanket and seat belt

christian hearts daddy

christian and i are sure going to miss his dad over the next week or so. we're heading west for a wedding and to see family and shane is sticking around to finish up finals and begin his summer internship.

pea in the pod

following a mid-day walk, christian sacked out for a nap in his sling:

best birthday present ever

birthday surprises:

• extra morning nap, courtesy of christian
• new digital camera, courtesy of shane
• quick date night with shane, courtesy of the wittwers who offered to watch christian for a couple of hours (thanks, guys!)
  

sunday afternoon nappers

two weeks old

so little christian had his two-week check-up on wednesday. here are his stats:

weight: 8 lbs. 4 oz.
length: 21 in.

the kid sure can eat. i credit part of the weight gain to the fact that his pediatrician thought he wasn't gaining enough at first so we fed him around the clock without failure. now we wait for him to let us know when he's hungry.

this is probably video only the grandparents will want to see but we're posting it here for all. (sorry for the annoying narration -- i forget how silly i sound on camera. next time i will let the star of the show do the talking.)

christian dale larsen

so we decided that after the little guy had survived two weeks with his amateur parents he was deserving of an official name. we had narrowed the options down but were struggling to make the final call.

"christian" comes from shane's paternal grandfather, rudolph christian larsen, and "dale" comes from shane's own father, dale louis larsen. we figure the name christian not only has a lot of meaning on its own but it's also very danish, tying back to both of shane's parents' heritage.

so there you have it. "scooter" has a real name. but you can still call him scooter...or gus, or goob. his dad still does.

one week old

we can hardly believe our sweet little boy is over one week old. he's already growing up -- his cheeks are fuller and he is more alert. here are a few pictures taken over the past week:

new addition

baby boy larsen

born wednesday, april 8 @ 2:19 a.m. est.

7 lbs, 12 oz. & 20 inches long

healthy, happy & home