It's a Dorsey Life: Eyes wide open

Where have I been you wonder? Well, our newborn has finally woken up and he's rather demanding when those eyes are open wide. Those eyes have been open wide a lot latley, and when his eyes are finally closed, I am attempting to close my eyes.

I finally got his attention a few weeks ago, there is someone in there! I think....I got a real smile the other day too. I had curlers in my hair and he looked up at me, studied the curlers then found my face and that's when I think I got his first real smile...apparently I looked funny. I've since then had smirks, I'm hoping it will continue. :-)

We're slowly learning the things he likes and dislikes. We found out he loves music, which is wonderful because we do too. He seems very entertained when I dance right next to our soundock. Like most babies, he also loves the car, but it has to be moving, otherwise he'll let you know. He loves to nurse, this is usually the one and only thing that stops his crying when it's gotten out of control. I need to break this soothing habit, or his daycare provider won't be happy with me! He's in love with the fan in our living room, he stares and stares at it. Wait till it gets hot out and it turns on, it's going to blow his mind.

With the 60 degree weather we had on Friday we decided to take full advantage of this and we went on his first walk, something I've been SO anxious to do. Once we got moving he passed right out!

Let's do this Mom!

Lena enjoyed it too.

All the fresh air knocked him out. Is this what I need to do at 4am?

So Reed weighed 5lbs and 2.4 ounces when he was born on Dec 30th, he dropped down to 4lbs and 11 ounces on Jan 6th, and to our delight, on Feb 15th he weighed 7lbs and 2 ounces!! Yay for Reed! I'm hoping he'll be a whole 8lbs for his two month appointment on March 3rd. Getting to be a big boy. ;)

Don't be fooled by his "calm" pictures, this is a face we see often as well. Poor guy!

My parents brought lunch over one afternoon from Shoreline Seafood, I got a fish sandwich. I couldn't stop laughing when I opened this. The funny part was, there was sauce under the bun too.