Finn is a happy, healthy baby. He’s past 6 months now and weighs in at 17 lbs on the button. He’s 26.5 inches long. We’re starting to hear some pretty funny sounds come out of his mouth. No bad words yet…he’s just a pretty funny guy. Since our last post, we’ve all been to MN for Christmas where we got to meet Great Grandma Steen, Great Grandma & Grandpa Salvog, Great Uncle Bruce, Great Uncle Thord, 2nd Cousins Randy and Denise, lots of cousins, 2nd cousins and many friends. Finn also got to experience his first airplane ride, his first Blizzards (yes there were more than one), his first bath in Grandma & Grandpa’s sink and lots of other fun and interesting things.

Since Christmas we’ve been pretty busy with work and just trying to keep up with Finn. He started to roll around in January and has been getting stronger and quicker since then. He’s just on the verge of crawling now. Finn loves bath time, he loves being at church hanging out with all the kids and seeing all the people. He currently holds the title of “Official Church Baby.” There are several new babies on the way, so he probably won’t hold the title much longer. It is true that he is very loved and cared for by lots of people at church.

We’ve added a whole bunch of pictures. We hope they give you a glimpse of what we’ve been up to. We’re working on getting some videos posted, but they take a bit of time to produce. So in the mean time, we hope you are well and we hope to give you another update sooner than later.

Erik, Melinda & Finn

Here is the quick update on Finn. He is growing fast. He weighed almost 13 pounds at his two month appointment…it seems like he’s pushing 20 pounds now, because our backs and arms are getting tired of carrying this little tank of a boy. Finn is smiling, cooing or “talking”, he just started arching his back and trying to roll over. He hasn’t rolled over yet, but it probably won’t be long. He’s still full of energy and keeps us on our toes.

We had snow in Seattle the other day and Finn didn’t like it much (neither did the rest of the city, but that’s another story). We went outside and touched his hand to the snow and he screamed, so we’ve got some work to do if we’re going to turn him into a hockey player. We’re heading back to Moorhead over the holidays so hopefully he’ll get used to the cold while we’re there.

Check out the photo page for new photos. These are from the last month. Sorry its been a while…

We’ve been pretty house-bound lately, except for a trip to Melinda’s work on Saturday. We went to St. Luke’s Lutheran in Bellevue, WA to visit with folks there and see the community flea market that was going on. We got to see lots of great people there.

Right now, Finn and Melinda are taking a nap while Erik is making dinner and writing this post. Finn keeps getting the “good” mail and all we seem to get these days is bills from the hospital Thanks for all your generous gifts…we are all truly blessed to have such thoughtful friends.

We should have more pictures to post soon…just got to make time to do it.

Until next time, Lots of love from Finn, Erik and Melinda.

Finn is getting quite the personality. He’s smiling back at us, sticking his tongue out when prompted and opening his mouth really wide…it is fun to watch him developing into a little boy.

We don’t have much new to report. Just trying to survive this first month. Finn is still pretty fussy at night and is a ravenous eater. All-in-all we think he’s a pretty special little boy.

Thanks again for all the gifts and well-wishes. Finn gets all the fun mail, all we get is bills…

Talk with you soon,

Erik, Melinda and Finn

We spent yesterday visiting Grandma and Grandpa Cox. Finn had two long naps (1-2 hours) while we were there. Erik stayed with Finn, Grandma and Grandpa while Melinda went to the dentist. Finn slept the whole time she was gone!

We’ve been receiving lots of cards, gifts and well-wishes from people all over. Thanks very much for all of your generosity and support. Finn has been busy opening packages and cards….we’ve been making him go get the mail…ok, well, we push him to the mailbox in the stroller.

We’ve discovered that a great way to soothe our little guy is to sing Lenten hymns. There is something about the despair of these tunes that calms him. So, we’ve been paging through the old LBW (green book) and singing or humming the tunes to him. It works, so we’re going to keep doing it. Our poor child is getting indoctrinated into the Lutheran faith at 3 weeks old. What else would you expect from us? We’re starting to think about baptismal dates…Reformation Day (Oct. 31) is on a Sunday this year!!!

That’s all for tonight. Talk with you later….

Erik, Melinda and Finn

After the visit from Grandma and Grandpa Steen, we’ve been working on getting into a routine. Finn has a fussy side to him and we’re still trying to learn how to keep him happy and keep mom and dad happy at the same time….we’re still working on this

We’ve had some new visitors too! Aunt Renu and cousin Vikram brought us dinner and some great hand-me-downs which we’re getting a lot of good use out of! It’s great to have friends who share because Finn is getting bigger every day.

At the rate Finn is growing, we’ll be moving to the 3-6 month clothes very soon.We had our 2 week appointment with the doctor and discovered Finn is 10 ounces above his birth-weight and he’s already grown 1.5 inches. The doctor said he looks great and we don’t need to see her again until Finn is 2 months old.

We’ve got more to share, but we’re going to save it for another post.

Erik, Melinda and Finn