Emmett at Two Months

1. We call him Squeakers because of the little squirrel-type squeaky sounds he's made since he was born. Now the name still fits him b/c he sucks so hard on his pacifier sometimes that it makes squeaking sounds (just like baby Maggie on the Simpsons). **update: I typed this a week or so ago. Since then, he has pretty much given up the pacifier. Oh, well - it was fun while it lasted.

2. He's starting to smile... not too often, but every once in a while I'll get a big one and it melts my heart! He has a pretty big dimple on his left cheek that you can see when he smiles - it's great. He's also starting to make little cooing noises... again, not too often, but they're priceless when they do happen.

3. That crazy, dark hair that he had at birth? It's starting to fall out! He has an almost-bald strip around the middle of his head. I'm wondering what color it will be when it grows back.

4. He's a great eater, burper, and pooper. He's very efficient at getting as much milk as possible in the shortest amount of time. He gives me several good burps as soon as I put him up on my shoulder. I don't even have to pat his back at all! He used to have a poopy diaper every time we changed him, but thankfully he's slowed down a bit. He's started limiting his poopiness to the daytime, which is really great. It's nice not to have to turn on the light at 3 A.M. to change a poopy diaper. :)

5. He is very stubborn when it comes to sleep. He will fight it with every ounce of his being! When he does finally give in, though, he sleeps really well.

6. He's very strong! He loves to put weight on his legs and can push his chest up off of the ground with his arms straight. He also just learned to flip from his stomach to his back.

7. He's still a chunky monkey - I've officially packed up and put away all of the 0-3 month clothes. I'm looking forward to finding out his length and weight at his 2 month appointment next week.

8. He is adorable and we all love him so much! (Sorry for the large amount of pictures... it's hard to pick favorites when I think they're all so cute!)