8 weeks and ROLLING!

So Cooper is 8 weeks old today!  How in the world has 8 weeks gone by so quickly, yet I can't even remember what life was like without him!

At 8 weeks Cooper:

• weighs 11lbs 3 oz  (based on my bathroom scale, which may not be the most precise)
• LOVES to be talked to and smiles like crazy!
• Enjoys a bath, as long as he has his bath Lovee (see below for a picture of this wonderful thing!)
• has as much hair as the day he was born and it is W-I-L-D!  I comb it down....to no avail....it pops right back up as soon as it dries!
• has finally figured out the whole nursing thing and eats about every 3 hours during the day
• goes to bed around 9 (we started our bedtime routine this week that consists of a warm bath...some nights he just soaks in the warm relaxing water, other nights he actually gets a bath...a nice massage with Johnson's soothing bedtime lotion, a warm bottle, reading "Guess How Much I Love You" and "Goodnight Moon" and then in the bed!  We started out at over an hour from start until the time he was asleep and tonight...45 minutes for the whole process!)
• sleeps around 5 hours (give or take) at night for the first stretch
• has figured out how to ROLL OVER from his tummy to his back.  Today was the first time he did this...I thought maybe it was a fluke until he did it again this evening...I think I've got one advanced boy on my hands!  :)  of course I think so...I'm his mama!  :)
• falls asleep with one hand behind his head grasping his hair....seriously...so cute!
• LOVES his swing and likes to smile and "talk" to the owls hanging from it.
• has started to notice Arnold and follows him with his eyes at times
• is spitting up a LOT less now that we have started baby Zantac for his reflux (and he's getting better at taking the Zantac...it obviously tastes AWFUL based on the faces he makes!)
• is the best, happiest, sweetest baby I could have every hoped for!  I could just eat him up!

And now for some more  pictures!

"reading" with daddy

Love those sweet blue eyes!

The wonderful bath Lovee...it looks like he's not too sure about it, but he really likes it!  it keeps him nice and warm throughout the bath, no cold air giving him a chill.

And now I must go take advantage of him sleeping and get some sleep myself  :)  Thanks for stopping by!