Wilsons Come to Utah

Last week Reuben's grandparents, uncles and aunts and cousins on his dad's side came to town. It was a lot of fun.

Who knew?

Reuben's mom and dad are learning a lot. His teacher at Baby School, Ms. Cheryl, said he likes to stretch under a sensory gym. So, we hurried out and bought one. Which, he LOVES... and it give us 10 to 20 minutes of time that he is totally entertained so we can do important things like shower! Prior to this experience, we thought mobiles and the like were "silly" and "useless"--guess what? We learned we don't know it all (again)!

2 month pediatrician appointment

Today was Reuben's 2 month pediatrician appointment.
Height: 75th to 90th percentile (24 inches)
Weight: 25th percentile (10 pounds 15 ounces)
Head Circumference: 50th percentile

He got several immunizations and is officially, tall and skinny!

Monday Night Football

Reuben may not have been born in Colorado, but his blood is pure BRONCO!

Cousins & Growth

This weekend, Hollie's cousin Jordan got married and the family got together in Logan for the festivities. Reuben's cousins Jamin, Atti, and Lacey played with him (Reben's oldest cousin Chipper was back in Salt Lake City due to school commitments--we missed him). The cousins were exceptional helpers and showed "Baby Reuben" their love often. For example, while at the park Hollie told the kids to be careful with the chipped bark because if it got on Baby Reuben's blanket it might get on his skin and scratch him. Lacey then set out to move all sticks, rocks and bark from the vicinity... she was vigilant in her protection of Baby Reuben. Atti spent much of the time talking about all the things she is going to "teach" Baby Reuben--such as "to read and how to wear a life jacket when he goes swimming." On the way home, Jamin earned the hardest working caretaker award by holding Baby Reuben's hand for the 2 hour drive and making sure his pacifier was well placed... It was touchingly sweet. We are so lucky to have such great friends and cousins for our little man!

Reuben is a little guy, he is long and lanky but not chubby. And, while we, his parents, are not HUGE people--we aren't petite either (5'8" and 6'3", with a few extra pounds each). Over the past 3 weeks people have come up to us in public to ask his age and then some say "was he a premie?" (This weekend at the wedding, it happened again.) Unfortunately, these comments cause Reuben's momma (who is anxious anyway) to doubt her ability to give him what he needs. So, for the record, we feed him a lot--we even wake him up from naps and night sleep if he has gone longer than a few hours between feedings. And yet, he stays slim and trim. Here he is in a Michael Phelps pose that shows his lanky arms.
Photo blurred to edit for Family Viewing... YES he is too sexy for prime time!

Reuben's First Babysitters!

Competent, capable, caring, and more experienced with children than Reuben's mom and dad! Thanks for giving us 3 worry-free hours Angie and Mitch!

Smiling while Sleeping

8 weeks old!

Little Citizen of the World and Puppy Love

Grandma Sharon and Poppa Pablo have great taste in clothing and gave Reuben this cute little outfit... ahhhhh!


Reuben has two puppies. While they are very aware of and interested in him, he has yet to really notice them... but Colby is getting him ready to play with them as shown by this picture (notice that Reuben is riding Kitty like she is a horse). Fun times

Best "unsolicited advice" to date...

Last week, we went to a bubba-que with Hollie's work friends. It was a lot of fun and led to a fabulous new find--Tom, who happens to be the most terrific tech guy out there, brought his wife Rachel, who asked us "would you like some unsolicited advice about taking care of Reuben?" and of course we said "YES!!!" because Rachel has 3 great kids and knows a thing or two about parenting.

She recommended the ERGO Baby Carrier (we have several other popular carriers and slings and none of them seem to be to Reuben's liking). We went home and bought a black and tan ERGO from: http://www.myfavoritebabycarrier.com/
Free shipping, no tax and it arrived in 2 days!

Reuben has gone from this:


To this:

Thanks Rachel, we welcome your advice anytime!

Bedtime Ritual

Reuben is 6 weeks old and we have finally got a fairly consistent going to bed ritual. We feed him, wash his face, change his diaper, and then rock him and read.

The first few weeks, we read the book Pajama Time (thanks Heidi).


This week we started reading Where the Red Fern Grows. Hollie cried while reading the first chapter to him and Colby worried that it may be "too sad" a story for such a little man. Terri M. assured us that Reuben could handle it and inflection while reading was a good thing. So, we are on page 17 today and he is pretty cute while being read to... he crinkles his forehead and looks intently at the reader.... we are totally enamored with this little man!