Two Weeks Old!

For you Tommy:

Yesterday you reached your two week old birthday. I was going to post this last night, but you were having an absolute screaming fit, and once you fell asleep, I scooped you up and we were both off to bed.

This was another big week for you. To begin with, your head is healing very nicely. You had lots of scabs on your head from the doctor having to do a vacuum assisted birth. Your head looked pretty painful for the first week and it's getting better. Over the weekend, two big scabs came off. Your perfect, little head is looking much better! Just two smaller scabs to go.

You have started to grab at things...my hair is being pulled more frequently and you were also pulling on Auntie Tara's necklace while she was in visiting you. (I don't think you realize you're doing this...but it's something new). Physically, I can see that you have grown. Your head looks bigger and face is fuller. You still fit into newborn size clothes and probably will for a little bit longer. I think you're probably about 8 pounds by now.

You met my sister, your Auntie Tara, (or Yaya as Willby calls her), over the weekend. She was shocked at how tiny you are, and just couldn't get over how cute and precious you are. It was instant love. She will be having your very first cousin in just about 5 more months...so I think she was excited to see you and think ahead to her own baby! While Tara was in town, we also celebrated her birthday, your Grandpa's birthday and grandparent's anniversary with a big family dinner at Teibel's. You behaved perfectly.

Friday night you attended Julie's wedding. You had on a beautiful sweater set with matching overalls and looked devastatingly handsome. You were the hit of the wedding(besides the beautiful bride of course!) During the mother/son dance the DJ invited all of the mothers and sons at the reception to join them on the dance floor, so I took you up and danced with you. There was hardly a dry eye in the place. It was very sweet and touching and one of mommy's proudest moments. I couldn't believe I was holding my son. You're a great dancer by the way...

You also took a trip to downtown Chicago to pick up some information with Auntie Tara and then stopped by Jenny and Andrew's condo for a visit. Jenny got to give you your bottle of mommy milk and also helped me change you! She loved holding you!

Kristina and Eric came over Thursday night with a delicious homemade dinner of manicotti and visited with you and mommy and daddy. We enjoyed a nice evening at home with them and you loved visiting with them! Kristina held you a lot and you were just the perfectly behaved baby again! Earlier that day, we had eaten lunch at TGI Friday's with Gammie's "lunch bunch" and all of Gammie's closest friends got to meet you. They showered you with even more gifts and just melted over cute, sweet, little Tommy.

You are lying in your moses basket next to me right now and just let out the cutest little fart...here I thought you were sound asleep.

Other than that, you made your first trip to the grocery store, and have done nothing but fill our lives with more and more joy everyday! The weather and seasons are beginning to change. The air is cooler but our hearts are warmer thanks to you being in our lives.