Moses at 8 Weeks

Believe that! 8 weeks. The little guy has been around for 8 weeks and we are all basically totally used to him being around--as if we started as a family of 4. He just does his thing and we do our thing and everyone seems to get along fine. I realize that may sound boring but our world is far from boring these days.

Moses is a happy, happy boy and in the last few weeks he's become full of smiles and "agoos." He even continues to work on his "Ella" sounding noise. When he says it, she doesn't seem to miss a beat as she responds, "Yes Moses." That's cute! He can really carry on a conversation with his smiles and verbiage.

The sleeping is going really well and we continue to pinch ourselves each morning just wondering if we're really that different as parents or if he's just that different a baby from his big sister. He naps when he needs to without much of a fuss and he sleeps for long stretches of the night and after each one goes right back to sleep. He's been practicing putting himself back to sleep after an early nap wake up with a decent amount of success. If he doesn't fall back asleep he seems perfectly happy to just sit and talk by himself for a while anyway. These are the behaviors that baby sleep books are made of. Let's hope he keeps this up.

He's super-strong with his neck and his legs and can roll half way over. When he figures out what to do with his bottom arm he'll be all over the place. He likes to socialize a lot but he also really likes his time on his own just looking around and taking in the world.

Today is the end of a 4-day weekend for me and he hasn't cried a single tear in the days I've been home.

All that and Moses is about the cutest thing you ever did see.

We love you like you've been around forever, little guy. We all do...Mom, Dad, Big Sister, and hairy older dog brother. And we love you more each day you change and grow and become more and more wonderful to be around.