I Have Hands!

Hi everyone! I have been busy since I last posted. I've been working hard trying to get my hands to do what I want them to. I like to suck on my knuckle to soothe myself and sometimes I can even get my thumb in my mouth. My parents hear me sometimes in the night sucking on my fist trying to get back to sleep. It usually works and I sleep the rest of the night until 7:30 or 8. I haven't gotten them up in the night for about 2 weeks now and I think they appreciate that.

I can almost hold toys now. My mommy will hold one in front of me and I stare at it intently as I try to get my hands to move toward the toy. Sometimes I can get the hand I want up to the toy and then I open the fingers on the other hand to grab it. It's hard figuring out how to make them work independently. Sometimes I work and work to get my hands to the toy and miss the toy and put my hand in my mouth. I like that too.

I'm also starting to laugh and that seems to make everyone around me laugh too. My daddy talks to me in a silly voice and I crack up. My mommy has found some of my tickle spots too and she has fun with that whenever she's changing my clothes. I'm very ticklish under my arms and on my chest. If you want to see a video of me laughing a little and talking to my dad, just email my mom. It's a 3 MB file so if you have dial-up it might take you a long time to get it, but it's cute!

Yeah Me!

Hi everyone! I am really growing up. Guess what I've done every night this week? Yep, slept through the night! See how excited I am about it? I eat about 10 each night and sleep till about 7 every morning. One morning I slept till 6 and the other morning 8, but my usual wake-up time is 7. I'm proud of myself for figuring this out.

I went to the doctor for my 2 month check-up last week and she said I'm growing great. I'm REALLY growing because I'm bigger than my brother was at this age and he was a big baby. Actually our heads are the same size (17 inches), but I weigh 15 pounds 4 ounces (half a pound more than him) and am 25 1/4 inches long (2 inches longer than him). All three of those measurements are in the 100th percentile which if I understand my mommy correctly means that if you line up 100 two month olds, I'll be the biggest one.