8 weeks

Today, Elliott is 8 weeks old and life is looking pretty good. In the last week Elliott has developed a schedule. Yeah! He naps at the same time every day and screams at the same time every day. And, in the last 3 nights, he is sleeping only to wake up once, between 2:30-3:30. The lat two mornings he actually slept until 7am. There seems to be, for now, a light at the end of the no sleep tunnel.

Elliott smiles all the time now, especially when we are moving his legs to make him run, right after he has eaten, and when he is bare naked. Either right out of the bath tub or just chillin' in his diaper, this kid loves to be foot loose and fancy free. His smiles are great, too. They start on the left side of his mouth and then his whole face lights up. I think that he is feeling the spirit of Elvis though, because he smiles like the King. Maybe his first phrase will be thank you very much.

Elliott also has decided that he is an outside kid. He really seems to enjoy the sun in his eyes, wind in his face and his adventures in the stroller and looking at the flowers every day. I hope that his love of the outdoors doesn't turn into a love of things that live outdoors. I don't like bugs, lizards, snakes, dogs...pretty much any animal and hope that my boy doesn't want to bring them into the house.

Everyone that meets Elliott is delighted by his cute-ness and doesn't beleive us when we tell them how old he is. They think is is much older than he looks. Maybe that's because he fills out his infant car seat, and had arms so fat that you could roast them for dinner. I am happy that he is a big kid and hope that he grows to be as big and strong as his Uncle Willie.

I can hardly believe that he is two months old this week. It is so amazing how time flies, how you learn to be a parent, and how such a little person can make your life so happy (and sometimes stressful) at the same time.