Eight weeks.

Your seventh week! You are smiling and chattering like crazy. Your pop often entertains you while he gets ready for work. You wake up for real around 8 am, cooing and screeching at my still sleepy form, telling me all about it. You are starting to intently focus your eyes and it is clear to us and everyone else that you are a tiny baby sponge, soaking up your existence. We took long walks and naps together this week, enjoying the preview of spring to come. To my disbelief, you're about to outgrow your basket... not that surprising I guess, considering you wear size 6 month clothing already. You have a bald spot on the back of your head where the (reddish!) hair has rubbed away as you look around. Your tiny fists have unclenched and are opening up into tiny hands.

You had lots of naked time this week for us to get in tune with you... you seem pleased when we respond to your cues with a potty opportunity. We average about a catch a day now! Post Valentine's, Steven made me a beautiful necklace, the stones perfect for tiny hands to grab while eating. In a moment of mom genius I hung a mobile over the kitchen counter and you stare and coo at it from your basket for hours on end, freeing up my arms to get some housework done. I moved this mobile from apartment to house over the last five years and now you finally get to stare at it, drifting off to sleep while holding your lovey giraffe.

While taking a walk with Snickett we figured out how to breastfeed in the wrap- a major discovery. You were totally content, being both fed and walked at the same time. One afternoon we ventured out to Wendell Smith's for lunch where the waitresses all exclaimed at the size of your cheeks and general cuteness. I ate there about once a week while pregnant so they were tickled to see the end result. There was a dinner one evening with friends, including sweet baby Vincent. You slept through the whole thing! We feasted with pot pie, a salad with beets, and a vegan vanilla custard with berries on a gingersnap crust. We visited the Farm on a gorgeous Saturday for your last checkup. Everyone was thrilled with your chubby-ness- all 13.9 lbs of it! You've gained nearly five lbs and grown three inches since you were born. Good girl!

We are looking forward to your two month birthday and to ticking off more milestones. To warmer weather and longer walks. To travelling in the near future. To reading books together. To more visits with friends and family. To gardening. To all the newness that spring has to offer, so perfect to enjoy with an almost brand new baby.