Meet Baby Machak!

This past weekend Nicholas took his first trip to Ohio. He did well in the car, sleeping the entire way. We stopped twice to nurse and change his diaper, but that was all. We had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa Machak's. Thursday night we had an early Thanksgiving dinner, Saturday Grandma Machak hosted a "Meet Baby Machak" party, and Sunday was Grandma Machak's birthday so we all got to celebrate together before we drove back to Washington, DC on Monday.


All set up for the party.

The house is decorated for Christmas already and looks beautiful!

more decorations in the sunroom

a yummy cake!

Grandma and Nicholas in front of the cuckoo clock

chocolate covered apples

Grandma Machak and her friend Jan with Nicholas

baby boy chocolate cigars!

Nicholas with Grandma Machak, Great Aunt Jane, and Margaret

party guests enjoying some delicious food

David, Nicholas, and Aunt Rose

Aunt Rose and Uncle Ray

Christy, Nicholas, Uncle Bill and Aunt Mary Jane

Nicholas fell asleep in Uncle Bill's arms

David, Nicholas, Manny, and Evelyn

Nicholas in his Ohio State gear with Grandpa. He brought good luck-- Ohio State beat Michigan!

hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa

presents!

Mom get me out of my church clothes!

tummy time!

look at my cute tush

my first Thanksgiving outfit

Thanksgiving dinner

Nicholas in his swing and his Thanksgiving outfit

Christy's sister and Nicholas' Aunt Katie arrived today from Denver, and Uncle Gene and Aunt Joyce arrive tomorrow from Pittsburgh to spend Thanksgiving in DC. We can't wait!

Katie got engaged!!!

Katie is here for Thanksgiving and she just got engaged last weekend. Here is a quick video we took to show off her ring.

2 months old and visiting the Pattons

We can't believe Nicholas is already 2 months old. At his two month check up he got his first round of immunizations. He cried and it was pretty tough on Mom and Dad too, but he'd forgotten about it by the time we left the doctor's office. Nicholas is in the 90th percentile for height, 75th percentile for weight, and 50th percentile for his head size. Most importantly, he's perfectly healthy. He is already outgrowing most of his 0-3 month size clothes, and the 3-6 month stuff fits pretty well.

Last week we drove to Rockville to visit the Pattons. We had a nice lunch and saw their new apartment that they just moved into in a very nice retirement community in Rockville.

Pat, Christy, Nicholas, David, and Bill

Bill holding Nicholas

Pat and Nicholas

Patrick and Nicholas

Pat and Bill's other children, Ronnie and Marilyn, also stopped by but they had to leave before our photo shoot took place. We had a great time and it was so nice to visit and catch up!

Trip to the Zoo!

Sunday was a beautiful, warm, sunny day in Washington, DC. We took advantage of the good fall weather and took a trip to the zoo. We went with our friends from Berlin: Tim and Ruth Anne and their daughter Pauline and Kelly and Stu and their daughter Layla.



this is how Nicholas spent the first hour and a half or so....

We were trying for a photo shoot with Layla and Pauline but Nicholas was pretty fussy. The girls were wondering what was up with the crying baby.

All was not lost, though. Nicholas finally calmed down and drank his bottle, then decided it was pretty cool to hang out with Daddy at the Zoo. Here we are with the lions.

Daddy's giving me bunny ears!

Nicholas likes looking over Daddy's shoulder where he can see everything.

Layla and Pauline getting aquainted.

We saw a gorilla

And the giant panda was out!

Nicholas is doing really well-- we had our 8 week check up on Friday. He is in the 90th percentile for height, 75th for weight, and 50th for head size. He weighs a whopping 13 pounds, which means he's as big as Moe now!

At home taking a snooze while mommy packs away her maternity clothes.


Our pack out date is just around the corner so we are starting to get ready.... Moe doesn't want to get left behind!

or maybe he just likes cardboard....

awake from his nap

It's a Buckeye family!

if you leave it out, Moe will think it's a good place to lounge....

I guess watching Mommy do dishes got kind of boring.

Nicholas is smiling now! The sleeper that looked so huge when Nicholas came home from the hospital fits - our little boy is growing quickly.

This week we are looking forward to lunch with the Pattons and then on Thursday we head to Ohio, just for the weekend this time.

Hanging out with Nicholas- Halloween festivities

We've been enjoying our bonding time with Nicholas. We've been going for lots of long walks, including to the zoo one morning (no pictures, we'll have to get some next time). We also like to read books, follow our rattle with our eyes, sit in our swing, sit in our bouncer, and sleep and eat a lot. Mom and Dad like to take lots of pictures. Plus, we got to dress up in a pumpkin outfit for Halloween!

too cute in my new outfit from Kristin and Ben.

getting ready for Halloween-- it's a friendly ghost!


pumpkin carving with Sara and Cam

It's a ghost like my onsie, and says "B's 1st" on it. Designed by Mommy, carved by Daddy. Teamwork!

the finished product.

"O-H...."

Mommy was just resting her eyes

He likes his boppy

more baths!

my rattle is pretty cool

We had a photo shoot to get the perfect Christmas card picture. We didn't post the winner, but here are a few runner-ups....

and in case you were wondering what the diplocat's been up to, he's been hanging out too, cooking up trouble-- one morning we caught him snoozing in Nicholas's changing table!

We'll wait for next year for baby's first trick or treating experience, but Nicholas did get to dress up as a pumpkin this year. Since he is 6 weeks old now, Mommy can start going to Baby Boot Camp, so we went for the first time today. It was a special day-- "Baby "Boo" camp" and all the kids were dressed up in their costumes. We got apple cider afterwards too. Yummy!