8 weeks old!

This day, 8 weeks ago, I was holding my precious baby boy for the first time!  It is so hard to believe that it was only 8 weeks ago, I feel like I have loved him forever!!!  It is such an amazing (also exhausting) experience and no one can quite explain it to you, you just have to experience it for yourself. 

For the record, Gavin has started consuming 6 ounces (2 milk, 4 formula) at 5 am, 8am, 11am, 2 pm, 5pm and 8 pm.  He also just started sleeping thru the night 2 days ago which happened to correspond to his moving up from 5 to 6 ounces.

He is starting to smile quite a bit and is really developing quite a personality.  He still takes after me in the temper department, but he doesn't show it usually unless he is hungry or dirty.  He is for the most part the most content and happy baby, we are so incredibly blessed!

He still loves to be swaddled and to be nice and toasty warm.  The easiest way to get him to calm down when he gets mad is to take him outside, he usually stops crying instantly.  Baths are not his favorite, he doesn't mind the water, that is until, Clay starts to rinse the soap out of his hair.  Then the screaming begins :).  He can hold his neck up by himself for a little while but tires out pretty quick.  We tried to put him in his Bumbo seat, but he is still a little small for it.  His vision gets better and better everyday it seems like.  We notice him looking/staring at things that are farther and farther from him all the time. 

Below are some cute pictures I took over the weekend. 

From 2010-07-05

This is a fat happy baby!  Notice the bulging of his buttons :-)

From 2010-07-06

From 2010-07-06