Our Adorable Baby

So, as for the newest developments in Atley's development, he's growing! Unfortunately, the progress is quite slow. We had him weighed and measured on Christmas Eve and he came in at 8lbs 2.5oz and 21.5 inches. For comparison his birth measurements were 6lbs 3oz and 19 inches. And, so you don't have to do the math, that means he's gained nearly 2lbs and grown 2.5 inches. Tomorrow (Dec 27), he'll be 8 weeks old.

Though he's still smaller than many newborns, he's developing mentally by what seems to us as leaps and bounds. He's smiling more and more each day and beginning to talk to us. Here are a couple pictures and a video we took to share!

I just can't get enough of those smiles!

Another thing Atley did recently was he attended his first wedding reception and got to meet Ian's Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen. Grandpa Sorensen's brother is the one who Atley was named after. He was killed before Grandpa was born in an accident involving a horse. Here are some pictures from that party!

Grandpa Sorensen was sure to tell us that Atley is a good looking kid. He also told us that he has no bias and would be totally honest if he was funny looking. That made us feel good and gave us a laugh.

Aunt Margene loved holding Atley. She really likes his name and has been trying to convince someone to use it for a while. We're glad nobody got to it before us. It fits our little baby just perfect.