The Quest to 10 LBS

First of all, I should be sleeping, but have a bout of insomnia all of the sudden. Plus...it seems like this is the best time to do this as I have a large chunk of time to upload and blog. :)
Holden is doing really well. He continues to gain, gain, gain weight. It is quite amazing. He did catch a little cold last week and Mommy learned all about the snot sucker. That thing is interesting and kinda scary to say the least. He hated it. He is feeling much better now. We are so lucky that he has such a great temperament, as the only thing I noticed differently while he was sick was that he was a little more needy and wanted to be close to us ALL of the time. Which is normal! Who doesn't want to cuddle when they are feeling ill?

He is doing awesome on sleep, unlike his mother. ha! We only have to get up once during the night now. He sleeps for about 5 hours, has a quick feeding and goes back to sleep until morning. It is incredible!

His personality and temperament have not changed much. He is still such a joy and a rather "easy" baby. Although, he is making his presence known more. He is really impatient when he wants to eat. He is also increasingly more and more alert and wanting to stay up. During the evening he appears to be fighting sleep and will get a little fussy. Jesse often has the magic touch to calm him and get him to take a little nap. The other night it took him 8 minutes to get him to sleep. It was impressive. We actually enjoy that he is staying up more. Another thing he really likes is going on walks in his stroller. We have only taken a few in the stroller of all strollers, The Bob, but every time, Holden loves it. He basks in the sun. We took a walk on the most beautiful day this week and you could tell he enjoyed it.

Now..onto what you people really want....pictures! Holden is just a growing machine. The last time he was officially weighed at the doctor, he weighed 8 pounds. I weighed him today and it was over 10! He is just doing so well and catching up! So the first picture up there, with his tiny democrat t shirt...:), is pretty close to what a ten pounder looks like!


A little fuzzy, but I like it. Look at those eyes!
























































ahhh...and the nake pictures begin!














I didn't have any pictures of him and his father, but when I look at this picture, I see his father. I think he may look like this when he sleeps too.
















I had to capture him in the "Moby" wrap. He likes being in there!