He smiles

So I don't know if it was real or not, but it was the cutest thing in the whole world. Are babies supposed to smile at four weeks or is it just a muscle reflex? I think I'll choose to believe that he meant to smile. Of course it wasn't at me. I was just lucky enough to see him smile at his daddy. He stared straight into Jacob's eyes and his whole face lit up with this huge grin. How adorable. I wish I could have caught it on camera. I've spent all today trying to get him to smile at me - but no luck. I guess he just loves his daddy even though I'm the one who stays home with him all day. One of these days I'll be the lucky recipient of a baby smile.

Charity was here this last week and we spent a day at the zoo with little Samuel. We bused our way down there and Sammy decided he didn't like the bus and screamed the whole way. I got my first experience being that parent with the fussy child, and I could do nothing about it. He was inconsolable. Of course as soon as we got to the zoo he calmed down and slept through just about all of the animals. I guess we'll just have to go back to show him all the lions, tigers, and monkeys. I enjoyed myself even if Sammy didn't notice we were out of the house.


I can't believe it's already been four weeks! The baby still sleeps most of the time, but each day he stays awake a little longer. Usually he's pretty good and just stares at us or his toys. He loves to look in the mirror. He already knows how good looking he is. He loves to be held and cuddled and walked. I just can't resist. I guess I'll just end up with a spoiled toddler who thinks he's entitled to anything.

We've had a few sleepless nights where he's just screamed for hours. But for the most part during the night he wakes up to eat and is just occasionally fussy when put back in his crib. I consider myself lucky. The other night he fed at nine and didn't wake up again till three! Too bad we didn't go to bed till midnight to enjoy our uninterrupted sleep. Hopefully he'll do it again.