6-7 Weeks

 Hello blog world!  I'm now 7 weeks old!  At about 6 weeks I weighed 11.1 pounds according to the Wii fit.  My parents forgot to weigh me this week (or maybe Mommy is avoiding Wii fit in fear she hasn't lost any weight this week..)  We did weigh my two kitties.  For those of you interested, Ashley weighed 17.5 pounds and Alex weighed 20 pounds.  I have a lot of catching up to do!

 My new trick is smiling!  I'm smiling more and more so my parents have been able to capture them with the camera.  At first it was really hard to get me to smile. Now I'm much happier. Maybe I'm happier because I'm sleeping better at night (in turn, my parents are also happier).  For the last week I've been going to bed between 10-11 and getting up at 2:30 to eat and then sleeping until sometime in the 6:00 hour.  Let's count that as one wakeup even though  most of the time I'll go back to sleep until 8:30 or 9 usually.  This allows Mommy and Megan to start their morning routine and sometimes even get to shower.  It all depends on how cooperative big sister is with eating her breakfast in a timely manner. 

 Speaking of my big sister Megan, she has become quite the photo bomber.  If someone is trying to take my picture while she is around she is pretty insistent on being in the picture too.  Just wait Megan until I can insert myself into YOUR photos!  It won't be long!

 We got a pretty decent snow storm here this week which caused the schools to close.  In the spirit of our snow day I wore my snowman outfit.  This was actually a baby present for Megan as the person giving it was really sure Megan was going to be a boy.  Four years later, I'm getting some good use out of it.

 More smiles from me!  I've been a pretty happy boy lately.  I've been taking a couple really nice naps during the day (not in my Mommy's arms) so she has been so much happier too.  It's amazing what a little sleep can do for a person!

 Photo time for me...

 AAAAAANNNND she's back.

 Rapunzel, aka Megan, wanted to hold me this afternoon.  Usually I start crying when she holds me but today I was in a really good mood and was even smiling while she was holding me.  Maybe I prefer blondes? 

 Big smiles in big sister's arms!

So far I've enjoyed the role of little brother. On Friday night Mommy was having a case of cabin fever and really wanted to get out of the house so she emailed Daddy and said, "I'm feeling dangerous! Let's go out to eat tonight!"  Everyone was all concerned about what my behavior was going to be like.  I was an angel.  My sister is the one who threw a fit and was crying.  Believe me, it wasn't me who was screaming, "I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE SMASHBOOGER!" as we walked out the door. It's called Smashburger but Megan keeps calling it Smashbooger.  No one wants to eat at a place called Smashbooger.....

Other stuff about me:

• I'm starting to get into somewhat of a routine.  I have been taking at least two solid naps a day (like 2+ hours) and usually a shorter nap in the early evening.  I've been able to stretch out my eating to more like every 2-3.5 hours with these longer naps. 
• I'm enjoying my bath time more now that I'm in the big tub in my bath chair with my magical "Bath Luve Frog" that keeps me warm. 
• Diaper changes and clothing changes don't automatically make me scream my head off anymore.  Don't get me wrong, I still cry sometimes, but just not EVERY time like I used to.  This is more pleasant for everyone. 
• I go to the doctor next week for my 2 month checkup.  Can you believe it! I'm going to be 2 months old!