Isaac at 9 weeks

Isaac 9 weeks

Isaac was 9 weeks old on Saturday, so I thought I'd give everyone a brief update on how he's doing. He's laughing and cooing more, enjoys playing by himself for longer periods, and is definitely seeing more detail in the world around him. He's fascinated by his hands, but can't quite figure out how to get them to do what he wants. He discovered the mirror at the piano on Monday and sat there in my lap for the longest time just staring at himself. We've also introduced a lot more color and detail into his play area and he seems to be enjoying the new scenery.

As great as all of these new developments are, I have to say there is none greater than the fact that he's been sleeping through the night for the past 2 weeks! And I don't mean just 5 or 6 hours, which some people consider "through the night"! No, our boy goes to bed around 8pm and sleeps until I wake him at 11:30 for his last feeding. After that he goes right back to sleep until 7 or 8 in the morning! It's so nice to get several hours of uninterrupted sleep - especially since I haven't taken an afternoon nap since the moms were here!

Before I go on, I want to comment on a couple of the pictures that you'll see in this gallery. First the little yellow outfit he's wearing in a couple of the photos belonged to my father, and was also worn by my brother. Thanks mom for sending the vintage outfit so that Isaac could wear it too! You'll also see a couple pictures of the beautiful Ragedy Ann and Ragedy Andy quilt that Baby Donna (my aunt for those of you who are confused by the nickname) made for Isaac. Thank you so much Baby D for the beautiful quilt! We love it!

OK, now for other exciting news. I've been looking forward to the end of this week. We're having our first official "play date" which at this point is certainly more for the moms than the babies, but that's OK. Whatever it takes to keep up all sane! I've also been working on a few craft projects, but that's another post. Hopefully I'll get some pictures of the finished products and get them up by the weekend.

Speaking of the weekend, we're looking forward to Grandpa Steve's visit! He's driving down on Friday or Saturday and staying for the weekend. I'm sure that he's looking forward to seeing his new grandson. I've got the camera charged up and ready to go for lots of photo ops, Steve!