2 months old and week 9!

 I can't wait till you take your first ride in Daddy's red "rooster" VW truck!

 Formal lunch. Cousin Vanessa finds you the cutest things thrift shopping!

 Where did 2 months go??

 Who says men can't multitask? Daddy made me dinner while also feeding you yours. He placed the tea pot in between you guys to keep the fried chicken from splattering on you, turned your face AWAY from the stove, AND put a hat on your head. He was thinking!

 You ARE a hunk!

Your first smile caught on camera at 8 weeks and 1 day.

We took you to your first public concert this week. AND you slept through the night one night this week. You are much more engaging and alert. You now like to read books, can sit upright in your bumbo seat, have fun on your activity mats, and still LOVE the crib mobile. You giggle and smile and coo and practice other sounds. You have moments where you love to cuddle and moments where you like to look at your toys by yourself. I am soooo in love you Monkey!!

Weeks 7 and 8

 You are so gorgeous!!

 Took you to your first public concert to watch the Prince Dance company. You did great! You only cried once when the audience clapped. Mama bolted out the doors to calm you, and you promptly fell back to sleep. You woke up towards the end and loved watching the last 2 acts!

 Ready to ride diggers with daddy. I figured with all our shop days, you will need to protect your little ear drums!

 I took this photo the Saturday you turned 7 weeks. You weren't happy about it. But you sure looked cute!

 Your first smile caught on camera at 8 weeks and 1 day. You smile so brightly when you see your crib mobile, but I've got a few great smiles from you when you recognize your mama!

Cousin Nessa finds you the cutest stuff when she thrift shops!

Week 6

Hey! I'm pretty proud that I can keep up with your blog! I can't believe you are 6 weeks old this week! I took you to the beach for the first time and we hung out with 3 other babies from my baby class. It was fun to sit around and talk to other moms. You are so much more alert. I'm still dying for your first real true social smile. I've caught glimmers of smiles from you. And you smile at your crib mobile. You love that thing! I bought a book called The Wonder weeks and it goes through particularly fussy weeks. We are in one right now. (week 5-8). You are doing a great job considering how fussy this period can be. A true life saver for soothing you has been the exercise yoga ball. You could bounce on that thing and look out the window for hours. I will get in shape this way! Right now you are bouncing on the ball with your new babysitter Carly. She started today to get used to you and also so that I could show her some of my "tricks". I start teaching next week just for a few hours a day. I'm so lucky that I get to work from home. It will making working so much easier for me. You are addicting and I just don't want to put you down!
Here are some pictures from week 6!

 You look like such a big boy in these overalls. I'm having fun playing dress up!

 Milk drunk

 You are the spitting image of your daddy in this beach chair photo

 First time at the beach. Those mitts are on your hands because you HATE the car and tend to try to claw your eyes out when I'm driving. You've given yourself deep scratches and cuts in the car, so these mitts protect your gorgeous fussy face!

 A little mama snuggy time

 Trucker Al

Boys and their toys