Videos - happy baby

This morning X was in a good mood....just hanging out in his crib. I could hardly believe it. I turned on the Baby Einstein music thingy and started talking to him, and he started cooing and smiling. So I busted out one of his stuffed animals and tried to capture it. Obviously it's better in person, but this video does a decent job of showing off some of his new tricks. I'm still working on getting a peek-a-boo video....his cutest trick these days by far!

8 week update....almost

We are not technically up to 8 weeks yet, but I figured we are close enough to call it that!

XYZ is doing great, and I am still enjoying my time at home with him. Though, I must admit, some days are harder than others. I have to hand it to full-time stay-at-home moms....babies are a lot of work. They say 'it takes a village,' and man are they right!

Just Monday I woke up with a stomach bug. It wasn't terrible, and I probably could have survived the day alone, but Simon decided to just stay home with me instead. Man, what a lifesaver (aka - stress reliever!) Just having the extra hands around to hold X definitely helped me feel better.

Over the past couple of weeks we have:

• started to smile
• started to look at people/things more directly
• almost rolled over
• eaten an enormous amount :)
• slept for a couple of 5-6 hour stretches
• had some longer stretches of happy awake time

We have our 8-week check up next week, and I am curious to see how much he weighs. I hopped on the scale with him last week, and I guesstimate he's 13 something. Ca-razy!

We are headed to the beach this weekend to visit with Nanny one last time before I head back to work....for which I have mixed emotions. As one mom told me: 'you have to come back to work in order to rest.' I can believe that. I'm already fantasizing about going to the pumping room and just napping! 

Luckily his daycare is going to let us bring him in the week before I head back to work and do a couple of test runs with him. I will definitely take them up on this offer. They've already called twice just to check in on him (and I'm sure to make sure we're still coming), but so far, they all seem very sweet, so hopefully I won't have too much anxiety when I have to leave him there all day that first week.

Some photos from since our last update:

One of Simon's favorites: Alphabet Man...saving the world from bad spelling

 A gift from Allie to her 'Sweetie'

I think it's a real smile....

Our 1/2 Canadian snuggler...