Today my darling little... i mean HUGE boy is 2 months old. Seriously? 2 months already, it's true. The funny thing is, since I went back to school when he was two weeks old and he is the size of a small toddler I forget that he is that young. For those of you that don't already know, he weighed in at his 2 month checkup at 15 lbs 7.5 oz and 24 1/2 inches long. Holy CRAP! He has grown 3.5 inches and nearly doubled his birth weight. He also weighs almost HALF of what his almost 3 year old brother weighs (who is no string bean I might add...) Talk about a chunk! He held his head up for the first time when he was about 2 hours old, and has just been getting stronger and stronger since. His favorite position is sitting upright or dangling, and he was being fussy one night so we decided to try the jumper. He LOVED it, but I had to keep bouncing it for his because (since it's not made for a 2 month old) he couldn't reach the ground to kick off of. Seriously, I don't think he knows how young he is either.Now, of course since there are two little kids we needed a double stroller. My darling mother purchased one for us as a baby gift (she's the greatest!) but up until now we haven't needed it. However, the other day I was going to hit up the mall to do some shopping, so my thoughtful husband put the stroller together for me before he left for class. It was pretty early in the A.M. so I just left it there while I got ready for the day. I got out of the shower and found that it had been turned into home theater seating. Alex sat right there and watched TV all morning until it was his turn to get ready. It made me laugh so hard I couldn't say no! Sorry about the stupid face he is making, he was real annoyed that I had the audacity to try and interrupt the Wonder Pets.
One of the best parts about a new baby, in my opinion, is when they start to respond. Luke has started smiling over the last few weeks, though mostly only at his dad. And since it is mostly only at his dad I am hard pressed to get a picture of it. But I tried, and I kind of succeeded. You can see the beginning of the smile, but that was the best of many attempts to get it. I'll tell you what, that smile just melts your heart! He's gunna be a cutie. Also, you can't really tell but so far his hair has a definite red color to it.
That's about all I have to report for now. Oh wait! Let me brag on behalf of Jeff since he won't do it for himself. Jeff was a little (understatement of the year) worried about getting into his program at school because he GPA wasn't high enough, so he went in to talk to his counselor to see what could be done. He then got special permission from the dean to waive his GPA as a requirement due to his DRAMATIC grade improvement over the last 3 years. If this were an after school special, what would the message be here kids?? Anyway, I'm pretty proud of him, and I guess I'll keep him for a little while longer.
