Aaron - One Month Old!

It is hard to believe that an entire month has gone by and that Aaron has grown so much already!  He is so sweet and adorable, the perfect addition to our family.  Aaron is definitely more alert these days, although he still sleeps more than he is awake.  When he is awake, he likes to look around and check out the world.  He looks up at his toys when he is on his playmat and loves to watch Cameron and Leah do silly things to make him laugh.  He has just started reaching up towards his toys too.

Looking at big sister Leah

Grabbing at his elephant

He is also content to sit on our laps and hang out.  At dinner time, if he is awake he wants to be held so he can be up at the table with us - he gets mad and cries if we keep him in his bouncy seat down on the ground!  I guess he already knows he needs to be in the middle of the action.

He is sleeping in three or four hour stretches at night now, and once he even gave us five hours in a row!  He is good at night though, when he wakes up he just eats and goes back to sleep.  He loves being swaddled, just like the older kids did when they were babies.  As soon as he gets in the swaddle, he relaxes, calms down and waits to be fed so he can go to sleep.  It is so sweet.

Aaron has been eating really well too, every three hours or so.  He is certainly growing into a little chunky monkey, it is so cute!  He can hold his head up for a while although he really dislikes tummy time.  He gets tired of it quickly and then lays his head down and cries to be turned over!

 The most exciting thing is that he is starting to smile.  Just little ones for now, but they are so, so sweet!

Aaron went to the doctor a bit before his one month birthday.  Here are his stats:
Weight: 9 pounds, 2 ounces - 25th percentile
Length: 22.5 inches - 90th percentile
Head: 37 cm - 20th percentile

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