Week 23- September 22-28th: Hi Baby! You are so much fun for Papa and me to be around. You make us laugh in ways we didn't know we could. We have started you on a strict bedtime routine and it has been working! You take a bath every day at 6:00. Then at 6:30, we read one or two books and have lights out. You are usually asleep right around 7:00. This has been great for the both of us. My next goal is to get you to sleep through most of the night. I think being sick really messed up your sleep routine because you are now up almost every hour wanting to nurse.

When you nurse you hum. It is very sweet. I love listening to you. It slows down after you have nursed and become drowsy and if I don't get to you in time, you hum frantically. Your little nails grow so quickly. I need to file them almost daily. They are so sharp, it is easy for you to scratch your little face and my back and breasts have scratches on them too. It hurts! Your new activity this week is sticking your tongue out and blowing so saliva goes everywhere! I try to catch it on videotape but each time I turn it on, you stop and just stare at the camera! Late last week, we went to lunch with my mom. At the restaurant the server, took your toe and squeezed it. You were facing my mom and just looked at her. And then came the lip, and tears! Oh baby, you didn't like that at all. The server felt so badly. My mom cheered you up though and you were soon smiling smiling smiling again. You have really begun to notice Zed too, this week. Your eyes follow him whenever he is near you, which is quite often. You also have begun to grab his face. We watch the two of you very closely. He has been known to not be patient with little ones, but we think he understands that you are different because you are ours!

Ok baby, after the fuss and chaos of the past several weeks, this week feels as though it was slower, a welcome change for the both of us! Although, my father did mention that he was concerned about the bones in your head fusing too quickly and that a neurosurgeon would have to saw open your scalp. UGH! So dramatic, especially after all we have been through together. So you and I went to Dr. Schramm to have your head checked. It was actually funny. She gave you a pretty thorough head massage and each time she tried to look at the side of your head, you would turn your head to watch what she was doing! I had to hold you looking over my shoulder so she could finish the exam. Turns out, you're normal! But we knew that, just went to appease my folks. And you weigh 14.6 pounds.

Papa said something interesting the other day. You are almost six months old. Where did the time go? In another six months, you will already be a year. Time is flying by, a moment ago, you were five pounds and could only move your legs and arms and now you are so mobile and independent! You play by yourself for longer periods of time, you are eating solid foods, you stand when we hold you! My folks have an excersaucer in which the seat rotates around the activity center. When you are in it, you walk around in circles! It is so funny to see you walking and you love it! You were born ready to move; just waiting for your body to catch up with your will. We try to appreciate every moment we have, but time still passes us by. You change constantly. We love you so much! You are my heart and my soul!