Seven Weeks Old

Full disclosure time. On Monday I forgot it was Aiden's "birthday" until it was too late to do anything about it, so these pictures were taken on Tuesday...seven weeks and one day...that's why he looks SO old! What kind of mother forgets her child's birthday?? or maybe the better question is, what kind of mother obsessively documents it every week?

It kills the legalistic part of me to have taken his picture on the "wrong" day, but the fact that I'm being honest about it helps. I mean, he's seven weeks for a whole week, right?? And yes, I DO often have to tell myself to chill out!

Anyway...Baby Brother is doing great. He's sporting the slick-hair look right now because I've been using baby oil to work out his bad case of cradle cap. He had formula for the first time and my mom said his face didn't even register a change...he just likes to EAT!

He has smiled several times, but it is a faint, hesitant twitching of the lips, nothing defined or regular. He's doing better with eye contact, although he still does the eye-dart thing often.

He really enjoys his belly time and also likes to stand up while we hold his hands. He's pretty wobbly...well, very wobbly, but he likes it better than when we hold his sides to support him. Guess he thinks he's cooler if we are only holding his hands.

Classic picture. The girls lined themselves up, dressed in their normal get-ups, albeit "outfit" number 5? 6? of the day. Also classic is the mess in the tv room behind them. I wanted to crop it out, but that's how it looks 90% of the time and maybe one day I'll look back lovingly at the mess. :)