My how the time does fly........

When Wyatt was first born, Jean and I were both aware of the life changes we would be experiencing quite soon.  We also knew that these were going to be some the proudest, happiest years of our life ahead of us, and we both embraced that thought fully.

Here we are, four months later, and I am just making the time to get an update on our blog.  Its not that I have had no time, but the time I have had, have been spent looking at Wyatt to catch the changes that seem to be happening so quickly.

As any new parent is, I was quite proud of our new little addition.  He was such a big boy from the start, and almost immediately able to hold his head up on his own.  The amazement of what someone of his age is capable of, compared to what I was expecting to see, totally caught me off guard.  Call it ignorance, call it a lack of experience, call it whatever you wish, I am calling it proud.

It seems like four months is such a long time, but in reality, what is four months really in the life of your child?  Right now, its his entire lifetime, but in a short time, it will be a blip on the radar.

Now, on to an update.

As I have mentioned, he started to amaze us nearly instantly. His big eyes were noticed early on in life, and have turned into the eyes of his father.  The bright blue eyes will make you forgive him for whatever it was you were just upset about.

Wyatt the day he was born

Wyatt the day we brought him home

Now, I will be the first to admit, when we went out for dinner on Sept 8, 2009 for our anniversary, I told Jean that I was not sure if I was really ready to be a dad yet.  It was right around Sept 14, 2009 when we made our first trip out to Wal-Mart in town here for those few things we never thought of, that I was pushing the cart, with Wyatt in his carrier, looking up at me, when I looked at Jean and said, "Jean, I am ready now".  Leave it to me to always be a few days late, but hey, at least I was ready!!

Jean spent 8 weeks at home with Wyatt, after which she was ready to head back for adult interaction.  The first week of being at home, Jeans mom Mary spent the week with us, which was a lifesaver!!  The first weekend, we headed back to the St Cloud area to introduce the newest Kaproth around, and brought Grandma Mary back home.  On the trip north, Grandma Jan joined us for 3 days.  Again, thank you for the help both of you!!

As the weeks click by, many things happened that amazed us with Wyatt.  Not all things were because of Wyatt however.  As I have posted (one of the few since he was born), on Oct. 23, Ruby Grace Engquist was born to my sister and brother in law.  The family continues to grow on my side, and my parents (grandma and grandpa Kaproth) could not be more proud!!

In the end of October, Halloween to be exact, The Kaproths ventured down to Andover to spend the day with the Engquists.  Tyler offered to take me to the Gophers football game, which I thoroughly enjoyed, as Jean, Jill, Wyatt and Ruby spent the night at the Engquists house. 

Wyatt spent the night (OK, only an hour or so) as a monkey.  Ruby spent the night as a gift basket of sorts.

Thanksgiving gave us the opportunity to introduce Wyatt to the extended family from North Carolina.  Wyatt handled the chaos of the Kaproth/Wojo combo like a pro.  Frank thanksgiving gave the grandkids on that side some time to cause some trouble together. 

Wyatt and Keagan at Thanksgiving re-enacting Oliver Twist

 Come christmas, Wyatt again got to see alot of family, and the photo ops were never-ending.

The Kaproth family at Christmas 2009

The new gifts the Kaproth clan.

All dressed up, and unable to move themselves!!

Wyatt continues to bring us joy.

Wyatt at one month

Wyatt at two months

Wyatt at three months

 Wyatt at four months

Today, January 16th, 2010, I promise to make a better effort to keep this blog updated.

With that, todays update would read that Wyatt got to try cereal for the first time today.  He seemed to do well with it, and lasted through the first 100 or so photos before he wanted to end the charade and have his bottle.

We decided to give this a shot, as we had already experienced a first just a few short minutes earlier.  As he had just woke up for a nap on the living room floor, he was starring at us and smiling.  Jean and I were both watching him, and he gave a push, and rolled over for the first time (at least thats what we are going to believe).

Again, I promise to keep you more up to date on our new little man, and look forward to sharing all the more with you as it happens!!