Sleepy-heads

Today was a sleep-day. 'Complete with PJs and lazy messes all over the house (well...our upstairs part of the house. We would never dream of leaving any messes downstairs ;) Bytheway, Tristan likes to twirl his hair—nervous habit? We'll see. I just thought it was pretty cute.

First Christmas Tree

So after being married for three years, we've finally decided to purchase a 4-ft Christmas Tree.  We spent 18 bucks on the tree and 10 on decorations, so it's not super high end stuff, but I think we managed to pull off a pretty stylin' tree.  Tristan likes it anyways, he mostly stares at the light when he's in our room.  Oh yeah, Tristan has his very own bedroom now, he likes the independence, being able to put up pictures on his wall, listen to his music, have girls over... that sort of stuff.  Mostly it helps mommy sleep better at night, she no longer has to get up to check on the baby every-time he squeaks lol.  Anyways, peace on earth glory to a good night's sleep.

Ten and a half pounds

So, our little man is now 10 lbs. 6 oz. and 22.5 inches long (as of Tuesday—His three week birthday). The newborn clothes are all in a box...ready for the next baby (Shhh—don't tell Lorenz). Here are some great-grandparent pics, some of the super-cool belgian v-neck onezie Sariah (Lorenz's sister) bought for us, and I thought it would be good to document how it takes him an hour to wake up just like me ;) Teenage years are looking great. I guess that's what I get for abusing and tormenting my dear father all those lovely early mornings.

Happy Thanksgiving + Tristan Pics

Today was Tristan's first real bath in the bath tub. He liked it for a few minutes...then he decided the bath water was way too clean and decided to relieve himself. Precious. We also went for our first walk today. I find myself craving fresh air. Charlie was really, really excited to be running for the first time in a few weeks. Poor neglected puppy. Thankfully he is very forgiving.

Today was also a zip-up day. Jeans + Coat. 'So nice to wear real clothes again.

Two Weeks Already!

Wow, it's been a wild couple of weeks, I don't know that we're the best parents in the world, but if our parenthood is judged by how tired we are, we're definitely making the cut.  All the Grandparents are back home now, and we've been experimenting with feeding schedules, sleeping schedules... I think we're slowly figuring it out, though Tristan mostly thinks it's up to him to decide when mommy and daddy are allowed to sleep :) He's a little bundle of joy, he started smiling more and more, I'm not sure whether it's conscious, but I think he has the most beautiful smile in the world. He opens his eyes a lot more which makes for pretty good photo ops.

On the last day with Mammy and Grandpa Schuerch, we went to the Potato Museum where we found out that it's 3 dollars per person to get in the lamest museum ever built, but hey, at least you get your free box of microwavable hash-brown right? After that we drove them to Salt-Lake so that they would be able to catch their plane in the morning, turns out Tristan does great on road trips, he only messed his pants twice.

That night we all went to an Italian Restaurant called, Buco di Bepo, the food was great, so was service, but the bill was a little bit of a bitter after taste.

The next day, Mammy and Grandpa went home and Kari, Tristan, and I went to a Belgian Friterie where they make pretty good Belgian Waffles, and no you don't know what real Belgian Waffles are unless you've been to that place in which case you "kinda" know what they taste like, or you've actually had one in Belgium, in which case you know that those pancake-esque wafers couldn't be further away from the real thing.  Well, to be fair, Kari did make some pretty good waffles for her coworkers a little while ago, so I guess they kind of know what a Belgian Waffle is.  Anyways, I'm waffling on about nothing (sorry I realized how lame that was as I was typing it).

Well enjoy the pics and be assured that Kari will be back blogging fairly soon so you only have to endure my bad literary style and pale jokes for but a while longer.

I just found this picture and thought it was a pretty cute picture of grumpy Tristan

The Potato Museum had a collection of stamps about potatoes, we were pleased to see that Tristan had his very own one

This is apparently the Guinness Record holder for the Biggest Potato Chip in the World

This is an eagle scout project: collecting as many potato mashers as possible. What a help to his community this kid was, I'll bet you he'll be the next President

Giant Potato Picture

This is the Italian Restaurant, Kari and my dad got cut out because of the polaroid application, it crops the picture a little

This is Kari and I trying to take a picture of ourselves at the Belgian Friterie in Salt Lake City, behind us is a picture of the King and Queen of Belgium

Stuff

Ok, Kari usually does this blogging thing, this is my last attempt at loading pics and vids, if this doesn't work, just get a Facebook Account.

This is his GQ outfit, he kind of looks like a white rapper because the jeans are so big, but he's adorable nonetheless

This is his first date with London

Pictures

I've been trying to upload pictures pretty much all day, and I can upload them but it will only let me post one at a time for some reason, I don't know if there's a problem with Blogger or if I really am just as dumb as I look, but here's a link to our public Facebook Album where you can check out all the pictures, of course there's a ton more coming.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173227&id=557956468&l=040c03d29c

and another one

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173225&id=557956468&l=48142b7b7b