Family portraits

Our good friend Della Chen gave us a gift recently –- having taken some family portraits before Nico was born, she offered to come by and take some of the new addition. In less than an hour, we had an incredible collection.



Della does this for a living and she's damn good! You can see the entire gallery and order prints at her client site:
http://www.dellachen.net/pickpic/gallery/login.php.
The password is: Hernandez

Nico has intense belly laughs - from two angles

Papa Robert found a way to get Baby Nico to have some serious belly laughs. Nico went so crazy, just getting close was making him crack up. We were lucky to get the hilarious laughs on two cameras. Have a look:

Salvador, Salvador, Salvador!

No foolin' but Nico is gonna be a huge soccer futbol fan. We watched El Salvador vs. Costa Rica, thanks to the Web. Sadly, we lost 1-0. Tia Lisa sent Nico his first jersey... and I think she got me my shirt as well.

Nico starts hitting the bottle

In a big step toward Connie getting some sleep, Nico has begun taking one meal a day from Robert.

He (Nico not Robert) was a little fussy at first, but then took the bottle easily. We’re still learning about the different bottles and their features, but so far the Born Free bottles seem to be working out.

Welcome home Nico!

After heading to the hospital late Monday night, we returned home Wednesday evening with an additional member of the family. Coby greeted us when we made it home. To get on his good side, Nico presented Coby a little gift – a stuffed monkey.



Grandma Marla took some shots as we began to adjust into our new lives – and prepare for our first night at home with Nico.

The first night went pretty well. There were some late night challenges with breastfeeding, but we managed to sneak in some sleep as Connie and I worked as a team. The second night was even easier – but don’t get me wrong, it’s tiring, hard work.