The one with new skills

My babe is growing up! He's trying so hard to do new things and it's adorable. He's reaching and grabbing his toys and shaking them all around, and attempting to get them to his mouth. I love watching him learn and grow. 

I have taken a lot of child development classes and I love seeing the milestones he makes and knowing what's coming and what to expect. 

I love watching him try try try. 

He tried so hard to get his bottle but his arms were too short. 

This is a new game. He likes to chew on these bracelets that kate made us because they are rubbery so they squish weird. 

He has also liked to hang upside down lately. Not really upside down upside down. I swear I don't dangle my child by his feet. But that would be fun. Just hanging his head off our leg or arm. 

The other day I was feeding him and I got distracted by something--possibly this--as I am holding and feeding him as I type now--and when I looked down this was him. And he didn't move or react in anyway. Even when I laughed at him. He just kept laying there. He was too tired to care. Or move apparently. Even though he didn't sleep again for hours. 

I love this new stage he is in, being so much more involved and laughing all the time. I love that he is used to being a human now and everything doesn't freak him out, so he can entertain himself and not be scared when his hand touches his face. Now it's purposeful. He even scratches his head when it itches, and rubs his eyes. It's precious. 

We are very lucky to have such a happy child. It's only when we wake him up from a nap that he gets mad, otherwise he just wants to laugh and play. 

He is almost 11 weeks old now! I can't wait for what comes next!! 

The one with Luca

The other day Jose took the girls bowling, and I needed I run some errands but I needed to wash my hair first. So I propped a happy baby on my bed in the nursing pillow---by the way--why in world is it called that? It only makes nursing harder I think, it's just in the way for me--and everyone I know just uses it to lay their children in---anyway. I put him in there and out some toys around him. 

I went in my bathroom--I can still see my bed from there, and once I started washing my hair I could hear him babbling on to himself and then he started getting irritated it sounded like but my head was wet so I couldn't look up. So I just kept saying, "you're alright love" "you're just fine" because he was. But he kept sounding irritated. So when I was done I looked over at him, and this was him: 

He was laughing once I got close enough to take a picture. He just hasn't learned that he can actually move his toys off his face if he wants too yet. 

Kate made that bracelet that he is holding, for me from the rainbow loom thing that is huge right now, and seriously I had her make one for him because he loves to hold on to them so much! He will hold them for hours--it's one of the only things that lasts that long. 

While we were at Jose's parents tonight they laid him on the table for a bit and he just watched the lights on the chandelier, and was in a trance, so Jose put a stuffed stripped caterpillar up there and he laid there forever and just kicked around and laughed and laughed at it for like 15 minutes! It was precious. 

Then Jose dimmed the lights a bit and he got all wide eyed everytime he did it. We did it over and over again, but he had it backwards and got wide eyed when the lights were lowered. 

When we got there Nicole said to me, "I just read your blog--I was waiting and checking all day!" That made me a very happy blogger. You're my favorite woman. 

This was our goodbye to the Jackson clan for now (hopefully we make it for breakfast) and Gaby kissed Luca when he was in his carseat 3 times and it made me think of grant, as this is a usual occurrence now when we go to Sara's. 

Grant climbs on in to say hi and kisses him and plays over there for a bit and reminds us that "caca" is still there. 

See the similarity? 

I love that my baby is loved.