8 weeks old!

Dear Noel,
Today you are 8 weeks!!! 2 months (or so :p) Some people wait til the date of birth to say their baby is another month old. In that case I guess you have 6 more days. But anyhow, 8 weeks! I love you and I love having you. <3 Recently we've been cuddling, nursing, and sleeping a lot. This past week you've sort of taken to getting REALLY fussy at nights and at first it was overwhelming and I didn't know what to do. It seemed like you didn't want to nurse - not even comfort nurse, you were already burped, had a clean diaper, and didn't want to be in the swing. But I realized you just really wanted to be laying down, barely touched, but able to nurse so you could fall asleep. It's worked! In this picture you have a scratch on your eye. I don't know if it was done by you and your crazy long fingernail
s - which I clipped last night. Or by me on accident while I was moving you. :( But I felt like crying. You didn't cry though because I didn't notice it until a while after it was done. :/
You are now officially in size 2 diapers and you even happen to fit into some 6-9 clothing (but not too many yet). You've also started grabbing a hold of my hair - I think I'm going to chop it all off. And earlier today you were grabbing my fist and gumming away on it. I wonder if you'll teeth early.

You are getting so big and so strong!! You can hold your head up really really well now. :) And you love to be held sitting up on someones lap so you can look around the room. You get more and more curious the older you get. You seem to even try to pull yourself to sit up. When we hold you up under your arms so that you're standing you hold a lot of your own weight on those little legs of yours!





You are now talking up a storm!! It is the CUTEST thing ever! Seriously. You coo and make the most adorable sounds. And you really seem to be responsive and not just babbling. You now focus extremely well on faces and you also make some of the greatest faces! Your facial expressions are just priceless. You still only giggle in your sleep so far but I can not wait to hear you giggling and laughing away! For now I will continue listening to you and your precious coos! And those big beautiful smiles you give me! <3 Oh, I'm so in love with you sweetheart :)


Our nursing is STILL going strong!! You love your numnums!! No bottles at all yet! We just nurse whenever you let me know you're hungry. Oh and daddy and I are going to teach you how to do some sign language. Like - milk please, diaper, mommy, daddy, and eat. :) I love nursing you. I love that for the past 8 months I've been able to continue supporting your life through using my body. That all of your growth is done by the most natural process there is - a mommy feeding her baby! I love our bond and I absolutely adore the way you look up at me with those big (blue for now) eyes !! <3 Check out this smile you gave me!