Lily's Baby Group

Lily has a baby group that gets together some Fridays. It is always a blast. We meet with Ryan and Ben, Nina and Felix, Meredith and Vivi, Simone and Greta and sometimes Sarah and Edith. Yay babies! One time we went to the Greek festival and another time to the Kaiser garden near Lake Merritt. We are a wild and crazy bunch.

Trip to Murphys with Aidan!

We visited Zelma's grave in Murphys and Niko and Aidan help provide decorations. We always try to keep up with growing wild flowers, but are rarely successful. The decorative rocks look like a better option.

Lily slept through many of the long car rides. Phew!

Ice cream right before we left Copperopolis for Oakland. Yum!

Lily got a diaper change after the fun train ride.

Niko and Aidan loved the train ride in Jamestown. Niko said that was his second favorite part of the trip (after the early birthday transformers Keri got him).

Silly boys on the train!

Ice cream was a fun part of the trip (this time frozen yogurt in waffle cones in Murphys).

Mommy and Lily on the train.

Our whole family along with Keri and Aidan took off for Memorial Day weekend to Murphys. We had a fantastic time! Niko and Aidan played in the Murphys play ground, Keri and Anne went shopping and squeezed in a little wine tasting. Stoycho got some time with the iPad. Niko and Aidan even went swimming in the cold pool. Lily worked on her crawling/commando skills and succeeded in getting to a seated position from a lying one. You go girl! We tried to go on a hike in Big Trees, but got thwarted by some rain. Fun was had by all. 

Mommy and Baby!

Over the summer, Mommy liked to walk around the with Lily in the moby carrier. They both looked very cute!

Lily comes home!

Mommy stayed in the hospital for 3 nights and about 4 days and then Tati and I went and got them at the hospital. It is pretty exciting (and weird) to be bringing my baby sister home. Lelja stayed with me while Tati was at the hospital with Mommy and Lily and then she was there when we brought Lily home.

Arrival of Little Sister!

My sister arrived on August 24th and was born at Kaiser Oakland. Mom says they were very nice to her there and they certainly treated me well when I visited! They gave me a big brother bracelet to show to the nurses each time I came. Mommy's doctor (Dr. Eastman) also gave me a measurer (also known as a tape measure). There were always lots of big brother snacks when I came by, too (otherwise known as Mommy's food)!

Here are some pics from the hospital:

New arrival

Hi there!

My mom hasn't posted in QUITE a long time. That's because she was pregnant with my little sister and felt sick a lot of the time. That was rough on me because I didn't have my normal mommy to hang out with for a long time. Now, she's more or less back to normal, which is great for me!

Anyway, my little sister arrived on August 24, 2012 and here are her stats:

10lbs 9 oz, 22 inches, born at 8:50am

She was quite a big one and has continued to grow!

My mom has promised to get up to date on the blog over the next few weeks, so expect some new posts!

In the meantime, here's a cute pic of Lily.

Love, Niko

My updated stats!

I've been doing a lot of growing lately. I went to the doctor for my 4 year old check up yesterday and here is how big I am:

41.25 inches (70% -- I'm tall!)
36.25 lbs (53% -- I'm on the skinny side)

They also did lots of other cool things like take my blood pressure, give me a hearing test and check my eye sight. I'm more of a big boy now. And, unfortunately, I got 3 shots. Yuck! I was brave, but my legs still hurt this morning and I had a low fever last night. Other than that, I am super healthy!