Chronicles of Dylan

As I mentioned before, Martin likes to chronicle major events in our lives. Here's the latest installment.

Places Dylan slept through that we were grateful he did (also known as creative places to take a nap):

• Dylan slept contently all through the first 6 church services. This allowed us to worship without major distraction to ourselves or to those around us. During his baptism, he didn’t sleep much. But fortunately he was content during the service and during the baptism. (11/06/06 – 12/10/06)
• Dylan slept all but the last 20 minutes of his first road trip (which was 3 hours, 50 minutes): Christmas ’06 at Grandma and Grandpap’s. We were able to drive all the way from Falls Church to Uniontown before Dylan even stirred. He awoke in Uniontown, but didn’t fuss for the remainder of the ride. He also slept all the way home after Christmas. (12/23/06, 12/26/06)
• We decided to take a risk and go hiking while Dylan was two months old. We didn’t want to venture too far from home, so we parked at Turkey Run Park and hiked down to the Potomac and hiked along the river for a while. We managed to stay out for 1.5 hours. Dylan stayed content strapped to Martin’s chest. There were times where we were unsure how he was breathing because he was pushing his nose against Martin’s chest and wouldn’t keep his head to one side. (12/30/06)
• Dylan also slept contentedly during a number of Home Fellowship Group meetings.
• Dylan also complied with a number of trips that Heather made running her errands. He slept as Heather shopped for groceries and bought Christmas gifts at Target. He even allowed Heather to meet with some women to plan the retreat and to do her financial counceling. (12/06)

Places Dylan didn’t sleep that we were hoping he would:

• Dylan didn’t sleep the first time we went over to Ted and Krista's to meet Oliver. Oliver had just come from the hospital and we wanted to go over and meet him. He was content through the entire evening, however Dylan was extremely fussy and little could be done to settle him. We felt bad since they had just brought Oliver home from the hospital and we brought a screeching baby into their house.
• Our friends, Jen and Chris N., came in to town after Christmas and Jen’s sister, Aimee arranged a small party so that they could see their friends. We decided to go, figuring Dylan would sleep through the party. He slept and awoke screaming as soon as we walked in the door. It took a while to calm him down, and eventually he did so. He stayed content and we got to visit, but after a while, the commotion became too much and the Dylan couldn’t be settled. We decided to leave a bit earlier than we planned. (12/30/06)

Amusing Dylan stories:

In the first few months of life there hasn’t been much that Dylan has been able to do except eat, sleep, poop, and cry. (But he has been smiling more and more which is really exciting!) Since eating, sleeping, and crying are not that amusing, most of the amusement revolves around bodily fluids:

1. The second time Martin changed Dylan’s diaper, Dylan peeped while his diaper was open. Pee went everywhere even up into his face. Dylan managed to sleep through the entire experience. (10/31/06)
2. While Heather was changing Dylan’s diaper once, he managed to pee over the edge of the changing table and into the trashcan next to the table. A pretty good shot! (12/28/06)
3. We were ready to head out to church on Sunday morning. It looked like we were going to be able to get there ahead of time and get to spend some settling in and getting into a worshipful mood. Dylan was dressed, in car carrier, wrapped up and drifting off to sleep. Heather and Martin were finished getting ready and about to leave, when the unmistakable noise of pooping came from Dylan’s direction. A mad dash ensued to change the diaper so that we could still make it to church on time. It was quickly found that a quick change would not occur when poop was discovered everywhere. In the haste, Heather even managed to get some on her nice blouse. The diaper was changed, and we all made it to church with seconds to spare. (12/30/06)