One Month

I can't believe that our little man is already a month old! But then again, I still have absolutely no concept of time since he was born, so that really shouldn't be surprising. When I think about it, Sam really has changed a great deal already in just his short one month of life. Most noticeably is that he is so much more awake! He likes to look around and just hang out on your lap. I think that he's actually seeing our faces and some other things now, which means he also enjoys spending time on his playmat. No, he can't actually interact with anything yet, but he likes to look at all the brightly colored items. On his back he likes to either lie there and look or kick his legs a bit. He's pretty tolerant of tummy time (he'd love it if we'd let him sleep on his tummy all the time!), during which he squirms his little legs so much that he actually moves himself to the edge of the mat. He can push up on his arms if he's really motivated/mad, and holds his head up for many seconds at a time.

He's still trying to figure out those hands. As much as he loves having them up by his face, he still hasn't been able to separate any fingers to get into his mouth as he so greatly desires. He has, however, figured out how to hold onto Mommy's hair...and a burp cloth. He actually "carried" it with him from my shoulder to his changing table the other day. Now if we could just switch that out for a lovie...

And of course I think he's even cuter than the day he was born. And bigger, too! Everyone keeps telling me how tiny he is, but to me he just looks huge. I can't wait to find out at the doctor tomorrow just how big he really is!