Week 11 - My first Halloween!

Week 11 - My first Halloween
(10/25/09 - 10/31/09)

Is there really anything I have to say other than "Look at the picture above!!!" I mean seriously can you get cuter than that??? Andrew is still sleeping great this week and has gotten himself on a pretty good schedule that even coincides with Jacob's naptime for about an hour so I get at least an hour to myself which is nothing to sneeze at considering I haven't gotten any time to myself for the past 11 weeks!!!!

This week was just spent preparing for Halloween and although Andrew is far too young to enjoy it thanks to his Grandmother got to dress up this year as a pumpkin. Although it was a bomby 72 degrees so he only got to wear his outfit for a little while to get some pictures!

Week 10 - Jinx!

Week 10 - Jinx!
(10/18/09 - 10/24/09)


I know that this blog is starting to sound like a broken record, but I have to talk about sleeping again this week. Although I am probably going to jinx myself by uttering even a single word or bringing even the slightest bit of attention to it. But I am feeling human this week because my little grunter has seemingly stopped grunting and started sleeping! Every day but one this whole week Andrew slept one 5-6 hour sleep followed by at least one 3+ hour sleep. But the most amazing part of all, is that he didn't do his hour and a half grunting session starting at 5am like he has for the past.......well.......his WHOLE LIFE!!! I am keeping my fingers crossed and hopefully will be able to move onto other topics for this blog other than sleeping!!!

Week 9 - Tell me about it!

Week 9 - Tell me about it!
(10/11/09 - 10/17/09)

First let me say that I am the proud mommy of a 2 month old. It is hard to believe that Andrew is two months old already, boy time flies when you have one kid but when it is two kids...WATCH OUT!

Andrew has started "talking" this week. It is to a point now where Andrew will smile at you about 85% of the time now when you talk baby talk to him or make funny faces...sometimes he will just smile because he sees you or hears you talking (which is really cool). But what has changed this week is that sometimes it isn't just smiles but coos too! It is really kinda funny because his "coos" and "talking" can range from a cute little gurgley noise to a hard to describe "cute scream".....I don't know maybe I should describe it more like a squeal.......nope "cute scream" is more accurate.

Anyway the baby conversations have started and Paul and I are making complete fools of ourselves talking back to Andrew in weird noises and tones!

Sleeping still stinks, and I am to a breaking point! His sleeping during the day tends to be about normal, (at least to what I had written down in Jacob's baby book for him at this age) and his daytime sleep is very sound. However I might get one night of great sleep (5 hour block followed by 3 hours) and then he will decide to hardly sleep and toss and turn the whole next night.......I wish I had answers as to why I can't get this kid on a decent schedule. He isn't colicky and he sleeps soundly for the most part when he is asleep he just doesn't stay asleep for longer than 2 1/2 hours at a time during the night. Oh well....this too shall pass.....hopefully!

Week 8 - Peeking Through?

Week 8 - Peeking Through?
(10/4/09 - 10/10/09)

This week Andrew starting having a little bit of personality peeking through! He of course is only 8 weeks old so still spends 80% of his day sleeping, but it is getting to the point where the time he is awake isn't just spent eating, but interacting! He is smiling more and more now and is even starting to look around and giving "inquisitive" little looks and raising and lowering his eyebrows to the point where you are wondering what if anything an 8 week old is thinking!

I can't wait to see what his personality ends up being. Jacob was a very serious baby and was always watching and soaking everything in around him, so far it looks like Andrew might be the same but you never know! Time will tell!

I also took an awesome picture of Paul and Andrew this week! You can really see the resemblance!

Week 7 - The first of many!

Week 7 - The first of many!
(9/27/09 - 10/3/09)

This week was a big turning point for Andrew. As you can see from the pic above, he is starting to have a "social smile". Now don't get me wrong you might only get one or two "social smiles" a day so far, but these I am sure will be the first of many to come. I have in Jacob's baby book that he started smiling at 7 weeks too and would smile regularly and often by 12 weeks! I can't wait to get Andrew laughing and smiling all the time because his little chunker cheeks and double chin just make for the cutest smiles!

He is also staying awake for longer and is very very curious and looks all around. He has started following objects although the occasional ceiling fan will keep his attention trapped for awhile (what do kids see in ceiling fans...hehehehehehe). He makes great eye contact now and it is amazing how they change in just a short period of time. I remember a week ago I was worried because I wasn't getting a lot of eye contact and now he will stare at me and smile for a long time! I am just being a crazy mom! It is my personality flaw! ((GRIN))