October 08

At the beginning of this month, Koen decided that he wanted to spend more quality time with us so he started waking up every hour at night to make sure he got to see us a lot! We finally convinced him that well-rested parents are much better than grumpy, sleep deprived parents and now he's back to a normal baby sleeping schedule. Amen!!

Koen has started rolling from his stomach to his back and has also learned that he can stand with support. He loves to be held in a standing position and as soon as you lift him up he begins to bobble, smile and jabber! Another favorite activity is playing peek-a-boo and Kenn got the joy of hearing Koen's first laugh as they were playing peek-a-boo with a blanket.

Halloween night we dressed Koen up in his giraffe outfit, which only lasted about 2 minutes before he overheated and started screaming. We had to take him outside until he cooled down and calmed down. Our little man is one hot body! Once that crisis was solved, we took a million pictures (of course) and then Kenn and I left him with Papa and Susan while we had a date night. It's wonderful having family around that is willing to babysit so Kenn and I are able to get in couple time. As much as we love our little monster, sometimes we just need a few hours of adult discussion and some quiet time.

Firsts this month: rolling over, first vacation and visit to the beach (see Portland post below), first laugh, and first Halloween.