One Month Old

Obviously I'm not as good at keeping up with the blog as I once was.  I'll try to get better, but either way I'll try and at least post lots of pictures of Reed, even if I have little to say, since he's at the age where they are changing so fast.  

We've had such good days.  Reed hardly gets put down, between all of us fighting over who gets to hold him. 

 

 

He's probably up to an hour or two awake during the day now.  All of our kids have been big sleepers as newborns.

 

 He loves to be held, probably because he's not used to anything else, but I can usually manage to put him in his swing long enough for a load of dishes or laundry.

When I need to do something else I put him in the carrier, which he loves and sleeps deeply in.  Usually I can finish whatever I need to, and then when I sit down and take him out he'll keep on sleeping in the newborn insert part of the carrier.  His little cocoon.

 He has been smiling at us lots. 

 

He's still very expressive with those eyebrows when he isn't smiling.

On Halloween he had his one month checkup.  He had gained a little more weight, but is still by far our thinnest baby.  He was back up to 8 lbs 15.5 ounces, and 23 inches long.  Tall and slender so far.  He was holding Neely's finger during the appointment and she said "I fink he wuvs me." 

 I know a lot of you have seen a lot of this from instagram, but not everyone has.  So....here's a little video of him talking with me one night recently.  When he's wide awake, he looks all around for a while, checking out his surroundings, especially the ceiling fans.  His favorite is to stare at us though, and he gets in the cutest moods where he stares quietly into our eyes and starts wanting to talk with us.  It's so cute how much time and effort it takes for him to work up a quiet little coo. 

I know he's my baby so it's my job to think so, but MAN he's  SO cute and SOOO sweet.