It's hard to believe that LittleManSam is 10 weeks already. It feels like forever! In a good way (mostly). His crying jags have lessened. We're rarely on the "level 3 alert" - which was eyes scrunched closed, mouth wide open and WAILING at the top of his lungs repeatedly. Not fun for any of us. He still cries and fusses, but at (usually) lower levels and (usually) not 3+ hours at a time.
We haven't taken too many photos of the cry jags. I've been TRYING to get a photo of his smile, which is completely adorable. But it comes and goes rather quickly. His first smile was around 8 weeks.
You might think, from the photo above, that we entered him into some sort of old-tyme photo shoot. Not at all. He's not pretending to be a founding father (with their white wigs)- this is actually his baptismal outfit. It was mine, actually, which is kinda cool. (Kaden used a combination of my 2 brothers' outfits.) I swear he looked much more normal when he was baptized. That was around... 6 weeks old.
My thinking brain hasn't fully engaged yet. It does, for brief spans of time, and then... it doesn't. Very frustrating on some levels. A bit worrisome since I ease back into work this week. But most of the time, with those cute toes, a bit of aspirin and strong coffee- it's all good.
Here's the close up of our founding father. I love all the expressions on his face here. All these photos were taken by a (new) friend of mine... she offered to take newborn photos, but she has a toddler and it took us about 7-8 weeks to synchronize :) She's pretty talented, though, and the day was a lot of fun.
Sam's face seems to be changing day by day this week. Kinda amazing, watching him grow. The 2 month doctor visit went fine. We're still doing both nursing and formula. Kaden is still over- enthused about his baby brother. Spring has sprung, Easter's around the corner, and all in all, life is looking better each day :)
OH! and this week, Sam has started focusing more intently on stuff (and people, too). He really likes patterns and the feel of flannel. One day he was wearing a footie outfit, where the footies were little bears, and it looked like he was trying to grab them. He hold his head up really well, and usually prefers to be in a sitting position. If you try to lay him down, or just recline his head/back a little, he grunts and moves his head up. It's kinda adorable to see him trying to do stuff, but not having the body control to do it. I'm sure he'll get there soon.
And, even though it's way too early for him to be teething, we've noticed that sometimes he likes to bite down on stuff. Interesting, that little boy. Another fun tidbit- when he sleeps, he'll often still do the moro reflex (where his arms flail out for no reason). He's almost 12 lbs of fun, that little boy!
