your daddy and mommy can't believe that you're two months old already! you're growing and changing before our eyes everyday! in fact, just YESTERDAY you seemed to have really discovered that you have a voice and can control it. it's as if your coos have turned into words that we just don't understand! at times, you just talk and talk and talk, or at least you did yesterday. is that a sign of what's to come? are you gonna be like your uncle don? ;)
speaking of changes, your hair seems to be changing from a very dark brown to a light brown that sometimes looks red in the sun. maybe you're gonna be like your daddy was as a baby and have dark brown hair that changes to strawberry blonde and eventually blonde hair. oh mommy does hope so! that keeps her hope alive that you'll also get your daddy's blue eyes, even if the punnett square says it's unlikely!
{{i love how this look says--'mom, put the freakin' camera down already and let me enjoy my light show.' oh. and just LOOK at that HAIR!}}
you've been smiling for a few weeks now, but it's still rather unpredictable so mommy hasn't gotten a great photo of it yet. i think part of the problem is that you don't like it when the red light comes on before the camera takes the picture, so even if you are smiling, you stop when you see the red light. here's two of the best ones mommy's taken so far.
and now, onto the MOST IMPORTANT recent development...YOU'RE SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! consistently. since about six weeks. it's really quite fabulous. you're SUCH a GOOD baby--daddy and mommy feel so lucky to have you in our lives--especially when we get at least 7 hours of sleep at night! :) the last two nights you've slept for NINE AND A HALF HOURS! woo hoo! maybe it was the bath we gave you before bed. mommy's gonna have to test that theory out soon!
{{our little (blue) shrek}}
not only are you sleeping through the night, but you're sleeping through the night IN YOUR OWN ROOM! every night we wrap you in the swaddleme and put you down in your crib around 11pm, but where we find you in your crib each morning is a surprise. today, you were at the very bottom of the crib. yesterday morning, you'd managed to shimmy your way down a foot or two and turn yourself 45 degrees to the left.
{{this morning}}
{{yesterday morning}}
daddy thinks you're trying to get away from your fan we have blowing on you at night and that's why you cover so much ground in those seven to nine point five hours. if only the video monitor had a record button, then we could see you in action!
in the last two weeks, daddy and mommy introduced you to a pacifier. mommy wasn't so sure about this at first, but when you started crying like you were hungry 45 minutes after a full feeding, she KNEW you couldn't possibly be hungry, so we thought we should try a binky. it was pretty funny at first, mommy tried to get you to take the pacifier, but it was no use, you just kept letting it fall right out of your mouth. but aunt chenelle gave it to you with NO PROBLEMS. TWICE. then you took it from aunt nikki. and when daddy got home from his business trip, you took it from him. i think you just didn't want to take it from mommy because you knew that mommy has the real deal. you've since come around and will take the binky from mommy too. here you are with your binky. it makes mommy laugh because it takes up so much of your face!
you also seem to really like having your fist in your mouth (if the binky isn't around). daddy tries to block you from doing it, but if it isn't working, we give you your binky because we know it's just a matter of time before you discover that you have fingers and/or a thumb connected to that fist and (we've heard) that that will be a much harder habit to break than the binky.
since you're sleeping through the night so beautifully, you're down to 6 or 7 feedings a day. mommy will double check with the pediatrician in a two weeks to make sure that that is okay, but you seem fine with it, as long as you get to play with your hair and scratch your head while you're visiting o'boobigans.
over memorial day weekend, you had two firsts! on friday night you had your first overnight stay at grandma and grandpa zoodsma's as we made our way to daytona beach for your first vacation with grandma and grandpa heisserer! the suv was STUFFED TO CAPACITY! this is how much stuff we needed for the ONE NIGHT in orlando and this way only a fraction of the stuff that was still in the car for daytona!
you had a great time with grandma and grandpa zoodsma, your great aunt karen, and your great uncle dennis. oh, and friday too! friday really liked having you around!
on saturday afternoon, we headed over to daytona beach. we got upgraded to an oceanfront room on the first floor, which meant we had our own patio. it was SO NICE to be able to open the sliding glass door, bring out your kickin' coaster or car seat and set you in it while mommy read her book and daddy had a rum and coke...ALL IN THE SHADE!
i make it sound like we actually spent a lot of time out there. i think the scene i just described lasted all of about 7 minutes. this is what you thought of it all...
we3 had a great time visiting with grandma and grandpa heisserer, uncle don and his lady lucia, and jason, stacy, brooke and jordan over the long weekend! it might've been a tad early to try a vacation but everyone enjoyed spending time with you and mommy and daddy enjoyed getting out of town!
daddy and mommy can't wait until YOU are ready for a vacation, where you'll do more than just sleep! we're hoping maybe for new year's this year we can go somewhere tropical, if you enjoy the water that is. you'll be nine months old then--sitting up, eating things other than breastmilk... wow it'll be here before we know it!
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these days you're also really loving:
baths
{{yes, this is a "lovin' it" face. mommy knows so because you were smiling point five seconds before mommy took this picture. i swear it's the red light!}}
naps in the swing in daddy's office
storytime
sleeping in one of the big boys beds
{{napping in the guest bed with a binky in your ear while mommy rides the exercise bike}}
and watching soccer with daddy on the big screen (although it's only happened once).
mommy and daddy love you very much, sweet boy!
oh, and one last thing...carter asked mommy to say a special hello to his great great aunt norma up in ohio! he heard that you check his blog everyday and he hopes that you enjoy all of these pictures of him! he's been begging mommy to make updates more often for everyone to see and mommy will try! :)
after lunch, we went back home to rest for a bit; sadly, after a short nap, daddy had to cut the grass on father's day weekend. :(
