Sunny Day

It's been a while since I updated....Our days don't change too much. I've returned to work (6 days a month). David is adjusting well and, although it took me alot longer than him, I am able to drop him off without bursting into tears now. Below are a few somewhat random pictures from the past month:

David loves the purple monkey on his play mat.  He is starting to reach for it and sometimes he actually catches it!
He's doing much better holding his head up and we are starting to let him sit in his "Bumbo" for a few minutes at a time...
Mom bought him a new hat to hide his tiny head from the sun....

I rarely get a picture with David since I'm usually the one with the camera but I have these so I thought I'd share these too....

Dr. Appointment

David had his 2 month check up today. He weighted 11 pounds, 8 oz, he was 22 inches long, and his head was 15 inches. He was 50% for weight, 25% for length, and 15% for head measurement. He also had his first shots and was NOT happy about that!!! I'm off to try to soothe him.....

Baby David Two Months Old

The big news this week is that David slept through the night!!! He has been doing it fairly regularly for about a week now. WOW...what a difference to his mom :-) This is a picture of him after his first full night's sleep....doesn't he look well rested?
He continues to enjoy play time on his play mat and we have had more play dates with Miles:


He has also found another toy....He is fascinated by his Pooh Mobile. I tried to put him to sleep in his crib but he is so enthralled by the mobile that it becomes play time. I guess we'll make the move to the crib at a later date.

He's getting big....I think the first picture shows just how big he's getting. He continues to make progress holding his head up during tummy time:


And of course, he continues to melt his mom's heart with his precious baby smiles......

We have our two month Dr. appointment tomorrow. He gets his first shots and I am absolutely dreading that!! I will post the stats from his weight and all after our appointment. I think he will be close to 12 pounds!!!
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Play Times

David is now 7 weeks old and continues to get more and more alert. He has started really enjoying his play mat and it has amazed me to watch im interact with the toys and mirror more and more every day. I can't capture that here but I've posted some pictures of him on the play mat for you:

He gets "tummy time" every day and is making progress in holding his head up....it's short lived now but gets better every day:

And of course this is how he controls his mom....I completely melt for a baby smile!!
We had our very first play date this past week.  My friend Amber has a son, Miles, who is about 10 weeks older than David.  It has been wonderful to have a friend with a child so close to David's age and I suspect this was the first of many many play dates with them :-)  Of course the boys mostly seemed to look at each other and do their own thing but it was cute to watch and good for the moms:
Although Miles is older than David they are just about the same length...Miles obviously wins in the overall size category :-)
Play dates are exhausting!!!!
David was completely sacked out after play date:
We will update again soon....

Growing Boy

I took two pictures during David's "tummy time".  One is from about three weeks ago and one is from yesterday...I think his little legs (well actually ALL of him now that I look at it :-)) are filling out but I'll let you be the judge:


And this is from this morning. We are trying to learn to sleep better at night and he did well last night....he seems content this morning too:

Update

David and I are settled in at home now and trying to settle into a routine (trying to get David to sleep at night anyway :-)).  He had his one month Dr. appointment earlier this week and he got rave reviews from the Dr.  He weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs and 10 oz!! and he was 21 inches long.  I guess his eating is going well :-)  The other big news is that yesterday HE SMILED AT ME!!  I mean it was an actual interactive smile and not just gas....I'd post pictures here but I haven't been able to catch him on camera and anyway I am still hoarding all of the smiles for me (hee-hee).  So all in all I'd say David is thriving.

Tim continues to do well in Baghdad although I think this second half is harder for him to be away from home (for me too).  It has started getting warm there and he's experiencing his first 90+ degree days in Iraq.  Please keep him in your prayers!!  I send him pictures of David just about every day so he isn't missing too much but we are still counting the days until he comes home!!

I'm posting some random pictures of David for you to enjoy!!

David has this really cute habit of raising his hands with palms out when he stretches which makes it look like he is "blessing" the world....it is really cute!!
Sleepy in his car seat.

He's smiling!!!!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!  David and I are still at my parents house where we have been well taken care of.  We will most likely head back to Mississippi this week but we had a wonderful Easter here and it has been a blessing to have been able to spend the past three weeks with Mom and Dad!!