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Ian is One Month Old

May 25, 2013

Ian's First Month Birthday Party (cropped)Today Ian turns one month old. It's been both a long and a quick month. He's grown quite a bit. While he weighed less than his sister at birth, she was only 3.6 kg at the one month mark, and he's already up to 4 kg. His size difference is already noticeable, as he's much larger, especially his head, than he was at birth. Probably because he never stops eating. All the parenting pamphlets say that newborns need to eat roughly every three hours, but apparently Ian can't read the pamphlets, because he's hungry pretty much every hour. We had a pretty good tradition of celebrating Nora's first eleven cumplemeses, month birthdays, with a meal of homemade hamburgers and fries and it looks like we're on track to continue with Ian.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party Ian's First Month Birthday Party

The grub.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party

My wife's parents have only ever eaten hamburgers at my house, I think.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party

Big Sister gets first dibs on the bonbons.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party

Ian already likes his Aunt Belén.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party

Silly girls and handsome boys.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party

Someone's tired of taking photos...

Ian's First Month Birthday Party (cropped)Ian's First Month Birthday Party (cropped)

The birthday boy. Much more awake than his sister was.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party Ian's First Month Birthday Party

With his abuela, and a snack with abuelo.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party

He seems to be a pretty photogenic lad so far.

Ian's First Month Birthday Party

Happy birthday, son! May you live many, many, many more months.