Nolan's First Christmas

Nolan had a wonderful first Christmas! He spent Christmas at Grammy and Poppy Smart's house. He had a great time hanging out with Aunt Lizzie, Uncle Brian, Grammy and Poppy. He had many visitors come see him. Great Grandpa Smart, Great Grandma Fogle, Great Aunt Ruth, Jenni, Bethie, Krystal, Loren, Raina, Mike, and Aunt Ange came to visit over the break! He also got to see the Anglin Family when they came over on Christmas Eve. Nolan gave Mommy and Daddy the best gift ever....he slept 7 straight hours on Christmas Eve! Nolan got a lot of nice presents from everyone. He got a book, a wipe warmer, Veggie Tale DVDs, some new outfits, ornaments, and his first Elmo stuffed toy. Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Brian got us an amazing camcorder to use to record all of the special moments we will have.
Nolan is smiling a lot more lately! He is starting to hold his head up more and on Christmas Day he rolled over from his tummy to his back! Check out the pictures below...we caught the moment!

Sunday at the Smarts

Celebrated Poppy Smart's birthday today. Nolan enjoyed himself.

Back in the Burgh

We were back in Pittsburgh after being in Cincy for Thanksgiving. Nolan met Aunt Erin and Uncle Ryan for the first time (they flew in from Huntington Beach, CA!!). Needless to say he was "stoked" to hang with them. Best of all, he got his first pair of checkerboard Vans (pics to come).

Mom, Dad & Nolan are definitely ready for two weeks of Christmas break. See you around and enjoy the pics!

Thanksgiving in Cincy

Nolan's first trip to Cincinnati went well. He definitely enjoyed meeting Aunt Jenni and Aunt Cheryl for the first time. He also received a ton of gifts from generous family friends. Dad's favorite is the Bengals outfit (thanks Pete and Shannon). I think he is going to have a hard time picking a team to root for with all the pressure from both sides (Bengals/Steelers). He is definitely looking forward to his first Christmas. See you all in BF real soon!

Fun Times

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Moments like this make all the challenges totally worth it.

First trip away

Spent my first days away from Nolan and Emily this past weekend as I attended the National Christian Multicultural Student Leaders Conference at Anderson University in Indiana. Emily sent me some great picture text messages (shown below) so that made it a little easier. As you can see he is starting to smile. I know, it is just gas but it is still awesome to see.

Also, had a weight check today and Nolan came in at just over 9 pounds! Amazing how fast he is growing. We both have a feeling he is going to be pretty tall. Let's just hope his athletic genes come from dad instead of mom ;)

Two weeks...and counting

Lot's happening since the last post. We had Halloween which was lots of fun. Although he looked really cute, not sure if Nolan liked being dressed up as a pumpkin. Maybe next year he can be something cool like Batman, Spiderman or Carson Palmer :)

Enjoy the picks and video (listen for the fart!) :)

Nolan at 1 week

Nolan is now only hours from being one week old and he is doing very well. Both pediatrician appointments have been positive. While we have been nervous and scared about every little thing, the doc tells us that we have a perfectly healthy child on our hands. What a blessing!

While Nolan still has his days and nights mixed up, we are starting to get adjusted to things and recover from total sleep deprivation. We are definitely tired, just not as tired :) Grandma Smart has been a big help this week by staying with us and getting odds and ends done around the house. Both Grandpa and Grandma Smart are going to stay over tonight as well.

Here is another video of the little guy in action. Enjoy!

Day 5

So we are five days into this thing and it seems to be going well. Took Nolan to the pediatrician yesterday and he said that the little guy looked great. He is a little jaundice but we have already seen an improvement in the past 24 hours.

We want to thank everyone for their prayers, encouragement and generosity thus far. It has been overwhelming and we are grateful for all of our friends and family.

Here are a few pictures of the little guy. Our entire collection of pictures is at the bottom of the page. Check them out!

Morning of Nolan's Birthday

I am still trying to get this video thing down. Here is one the morning before labor and delivery.

Hello World

Nolan Matthew Stephany
Born October 19, 2007 @ 8:57pm
Weight: 8 lbs 3oz
Length: 21.5 inches

Post #5 - The Forgotten Shower

So we don't post much, and in between now and the August 1 post we had a small shower. Here are a few pics.