1 Month Old!

Today marks David Scott's 1 month birthday!  I cannot believe that this bundle of joy has been a part of our little family for a month already.  Part of my reason for doing a blog is to document DS' life for him to be able to look back on my printed out posts which I will keep in a baby book/scrapbook b/c who knows what the internet will look like or if it will even exist by the time he may be interested in this type of thing.  Here goes:

David Scott, you've changed so much in just 30 days.  Every single day, it seems like you're working on mastering some part of a "task." 

• You are now able to hold on (occasionally) to your paci (the pacifier), which you are indifferent to most of the time.  You want it when you want it and when you don't, you spit it out or throw it.  Obviously, you probably don't understand your actions at this point in your young life, but it's still funny to watch you do things. 
• Twice in the last two weeks we've seen you roll over.  TWICE! 
• You seem to be drawn to the color red and your eyes immeidately go towards our red roman shade on the back door or to the Christmas tree (not red, but pretty when its white lights are lit up) when you're with us in the living room. 
• You are very strong and have amazing head control as well as a strong grip when you hold on to our fingers. You like holding my finger when you nurse.  Speaking of which...
• You seem to have a pretty big appetite  -- eating for about 25 minutes every 3 or so hours during the day although you've gone up to 5 hours a few times at night.
• You can sleep through almost anything -- the vacuum cleaner, Lola barking, Daddy yelling at the tv when his team is playing -- although you do hear what's going on as evidenced by your reaction ("jumping") to a new sound.
• You hate having your diaper and your clothes changed.  I think it's because you don't like being vulnerable.  Don't worry about it -- nobody likes changing clothes in front of another person.  However...
• You love taking a bath.    It instantly chills you out if you're upset and generally seems to make you more relaxed.  I hope this means you'll like the water as you get older as there will be many opportunities for swimming and beach trips in the future.
• You are a very expressive and alert baby; again, you arrived that way.  I love watching your facial expressions as you drift off to sleep.  You go from a gummy, toothless smile, to furrowing your brow, to poking out your bottom lip and looking upset, then  back to smiling...you get the picture.  You've also smiled back at me when I've been smiling at you several times...I don't even care that it's probably caused by a gas bubble passing through your system -- I love your smiles whatever the reason.   I could look at you for hours.
• You are a good baby.  We've been running errands most of this week, including going to my office's Christmas party today, and you seem to be able to adjust to different surroundings whether it's a restaurant, store, or being passed around by my co-workers.  You typically cry b/c you're getting hungry, have a dirty diaper, or are tired.

Our lives are forever changed by you.  We love being your parents and are very much looking forward to watching you grow and learn. YOU are the best gift we've ever received!

Love,
Mama

P.S.  We went this week to have your very first picture with Santa.  You were an angel and slept through the event.