Happy One-Month B-Day!!
Today Brighton is officially one month old...or as his dad would say, 11 months old, since the his life began 10 months BEFORE he emerged into this crazy world. Wow. One month. He already looks so different and is starting to look more like a baby that a scrawny newborn. In honor of my dad who always makes us 'list your favorite three things about...' our most recent vacation, the holiday we most recently had, the new restaurant we went to (okay, thats an exxageration, but he does like the 'favorite lists'), I'm going to do a Top Ten List of little B's first month here with us on earth...to share the good things and not just the sleep deprivation saga.
So here goes...the official Top Ten List of Brighton's first month with us:
10. The night he not only peed on his dad, but then decided to poop down his chest when daddy picked him up...then all over the bathroom floor, then peed AGAIN on the changing table. What a stinker...but it makes a pretty funny story.
9. His Zoolander "Blue Steel" face (picture still coming on that one)
8. Getting to finally take big kid baths and having the most stinkin' cute curly hair afterwards
7. His "burrito man" look - swaddled in his alligator blanket
6. Me learning how to type one-handed or bounce on the exercise ball with him in the sling as I type
5. Having him fall sleep next to me and put his little hand on my chest...as if to say "you're not going anywhere, right!?"
4. Never getting tired of staring at his deep, almond eyes and beautiful little lips or watching him sleep
3. Listening to his endless chatter, grunts, noises...okay, that can be annoying at times too, especially at 3am. But it's cute when I'm not trying to get to sleep
2. Seeing him change already - like his latest new trick is mimicking us sticking out our tongue...if we can hold his gaze, we'll stick out our tongue slowly and he'll follow suit...he IS getting closer to interacting with us, like they keep saying!!
1. And finally, realizing again and again, that this is a little soul God knit together and fearfully and wonderfully designed...and he's OURS!!
I'm sure the future top ten lists will be more exciting as B moves from being a newborn pooping/crying machine into a more interactive baby, but those are some of my favorite things this far into the game.
Here's a picture Matthew stole last week after arriving home from work to find his two babes snoozing (finally!) after a long day of trying to figure each other out. Pardon my wrecked-dazed-drooling-mom look, but Brighton looks pretty dang cute :0)
So here goes...the official Top Ten List of Brighton's first month with us:
10. The night he not only peed on his dad, but then decided to poop down his chest when daddy picked him up...then all over the bathroom floor, then peed AGAIN on the changing table. What a stinker...but it makes a pretty funny story.
9. His Zoolander "Blue Steel" face (picture still coming on that one)
8. Getting to finally take big kid baths and having the most stinkin' cute curly hair afterwards
7. His "burrito man" look - swaddled in his alligator blanket
6. Me learning how to type one-handed or bounce on the exercise ball with him in the sling as I type
5. Having him fall sleep next to me and put his little hand on my chest...as if to say "you're not going anywhere, right!?"
4. Never getting tired of staring at his deep, almond eyes and beautiful little lips or watching him sleep
3. Listening to his endless chatter, grunts, noises...okay, that can be annoying at times too, especially at 3am. But it's cute when I'm not trying to get to sleep
2. Seeing him change already - like his latest new trick is mimicking us sticking out our tongue...if we can hold his gaze, we'll stick out our tongue slowly and he'll follow suit...he IS getting closer to interacting with us, like they keep saying!!
1. And finally, realizing again and again, that this is a little soul God knit together and fearfully and wonderfully designed...and he's OURS!!
I'm sure the future top ten lists will be more exciting as B moves from being a newborn pooping/crying machine into a more interactive baby, but those are some of my favorite things this far into the game.
Here's a picture Matthew stole last week after arriving home from work to find his two babes snoozing (finally!) after a long day of trying to figure each other out. Pardon my wrecked-dazed-drooling-mom look, but Brighton looks pretty dang cute :0)
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