It's been a big month for you, little one.  You spent your first time away from us with a babysitter, spent your first night away from home at the Hotel Zaza, saw your Uncle Michael and Aunt Ashlee get married, got your first little touch of sickness, went to church regularly, slept (once) through the night and began regularly getting a bath around 1030pm, getting swaddled, eating and going to sleep around 11pm, sleeping for about 5 hours straight , then getting up for the day with Daddy around 7-730am.  Bedtime has become very easy and routine and we're all feeling a little better now that we're getting a little more sleep!

In this last month, you've really started to show us who you are and give us little peaks into your personality and we love it!  It feel like you've really turned a corner this month (and really, the last 2 weeks) and all three of us are starting to figure this thing out a little bit.  You've become such a sweet happy baby, with much more time spent smiling than crying, which has been so much fun!  You still like swinging and bouncing and the sound of rain white noise, but we don't have to use it quite as much just to keep you happy.  And, you've found your thumb, which you LOVE--it keeps you content and even helps you to put yourself to sleep for some naps.  You're also very into looking at lights and fans--they can keep you happy for quite a while. You smile and coo and talk to us all the time--its so fun hearing your new noises and sounds.  We keep saying "mama" and "dada" back to you, but nothing yet. :)  And, you've begun grabbing onto to all kinds of things around you--my hair and earrings, our shirts, your little toy rings on your play mat.  You are to the point where you like to play and can entertain yourself for short (10-15 minutes) periods of time.  I love looking over to see you playing with your little Baby Einstein ocean play mat and just smiling and talking to the little octopus--we refer to her as your girlfriend, ha.  Precious. You're also pretty opinionated--you like what you like and don't like what you don't and don't hesitate to let us know--most recently with this little shreiky yell.  It's kinda cute though, so sometimes we just end up laughing when you get angry about something.  And, you've inherited your momma's ability to sleep--sometime you'll go from screaming mad to sleeping on our shoulders in about 2 seconds flat.

Your eyes are still a beautiful grey-blue and your hair is finally starting to grow back in on top!  At first we thought it was coming in blonde, like your dad's was as a baby, but now it's looking more brown like mom's.  You're still in your newborn diapers and some newborn clothes--but also all of your 0-3 month and some 3 month outfits, though they're still a little big.

You light up our world, sweet one.  We love seeing you grow and change and learn new things!  Here are some pictures from month two.

We started our night at Brian and Janine Kaul's house with some yummy appetizers--some fruit and crackers and a couple of different kinds of dips!







Next, we went to James and Tiffany Wright's house for the main course, a little Texans football watching and hanging out with some more people we hadn't had a chance to talk with yet.


Then, we ended the night at David and Cynthia Liakos' house for some DELICIOUS trifles for dessert!  I think we all sampled them all and had fun just hanging out and relaxing.  The trifles were the perfect dessert to end a night of eating because they were still kinda light--we had banana pudding, tiramisu, brownie berry and berry pound cake.  Yum.




Christel and I with our sweet baby boys--we were pregnant together and our babies were born about a month apart. :)

Once almost everyone was gone, some of us stuck around and helped them clean up.  I changed Aedan into his pjs and he hung out for a little while, as happy as could be.  And, on a side note--I think he has officially outgrown all of his newborn jammies, ha!




Time to go home.  It was such a fun night, but by the end, we were all tired. :)