...but the greatest of these is love...: happy 2 month birthday

It really just seems like yesterday that I was talking to you about our one month old baby...and now he's 2 months! Wow!

Michael has grown so much in the past month. We go back to the doctor for his 2 month checkup and shots next Monday, so we'll see how much he really weighs...but we think between 11 and 12 pounds. He has gotten taller also. When you lay him in your lap, he doesn't fit like he used to. We've even had to pack away some clothes that he's outgrown already! He can now wear a lot of 3 month outfits...some of which I've almost waited too long to put him in.

Michael wants to talk so bad. Every once in a while, he'll let out a little sound, but goodness, when he finally does, I'm afraid he's going to be like his daddy! :) I can't wait for that day...he'll be talking in no time. He also loves to smile...until you get the camera out. I've tried to hard to get a good picture of him smiling, but he sees that silly camera and gets serious.

One thing that makes me laugh is when he is so tired and yawning. Most of the time, he yawns so big...but other times, for some reason he tries not to yawn! I don't know why. He's already learning to not let mom see he's tired or she'll make you take a nap!

The boy loves his swing! I mean loves! I've tried everything to get him to take a good nap in his bed, but there's just something about that swing he loves more. He'll take about 45 minutes to an hour nap in his bed, but you put him in that swing and the boy can sleep for 4 hours straight.

Michael loves to be outside too. If he's just a bit fussy, we can walk outside with him and immediately, he calms down. We listen to the birds singing and the dogs barking. We watch the wind blowing in the trees and the clouds rolling by in the blue sky. We watch Kirby play with leaves and bugs too. We water mom's pretty flowers and talk about all the different colors. Did I mention that the boy loves being outside??

He is very active. He is alert more during the day when he's awake. He's moving his feet and arms like he is fixing to take off running. He found his left hand a few times on Sunday night. And if he can ever figure out how to just pop that thumb out, he'd go to town on it. Momma & Daddy are going to try hard to not let that happen. He doesn't really know what to do with a binky though. I'd rather him have a binky than his thumb. (We can't accidently thrown the thumb away, or accidently boil a thumb too long so it melts, or Kirby can't accidently chew up a thumb....I mean, when it's time to give it up.)

He has started holding his head up more and more on his own. It still gets a little heavy every once in a while, but for the most part, he can hold it up.

For his 2 month birthday, we got out the jumper! He has really started 'standing' up when you hold him up, so we thought he'd like this. He did at first, but he still can't sit up good enough to really jump good. He could twist and turn in it, but not jump yet. We'll keep trying!