Milestones

One of Eli's first smiles

The past few weeks have flown by in one busy, sleepy blur of baby.  And as of Monday, our little baby boy was eight weeks old. Eight! Has this little boy really been a part of our lives for that long? It's flown by!
I happened upon a baby developmental milestone webpage the other day, and it got me noticing all of the little things Eli has been doing, like at:

• 4 Weeks: smiling
• 5 weeks: standing, pushing off of lap
• 6 weeks: blowing bubbles
• 8 weeks: screaming

It's really quite impressive, these milestones. And maybe a bit silly (blowing bubbles... really?). We've had these firsts:

One of the first baths after the umbilical cord fell off (and already too big for the hospital bathtub!)

First time making it through 3 hours of church... and lookin' a little dazed, I must say.

First time being dressed up by Mommy and her friends.

Our little guy is really growing, and I even have some video evidence. If you get sick of listening to a gushing, goober-fic new mom, just feel free to mute me. I really can't help the decibel level of my voice when talking to Eli.

Here's him at only 5 days old...

And only 4 weeks old....

And now...

(The smiles are best at the beginning and end, but he's pretty darn cute throughout.)

I promise, he does occasionally wear clothes. Anyway, being the one that gets to witness all these firsts is pretty awesome.We're so happy to have our little chunky monkey (14 pounds now!) in our lives!