bye bye baby?

we've been hitting some milestones over here. they're both exciting and sad at the same time. here's the run down

• i had to pack up his 0-3 month clothes already. the boy's only nearly 6 weeks and he's in 3-6 month clothes. what's up with that? i know part of it's the diaper, but i think the other part is his girth and length. i hated to pack away so many clothes that he didn't even get the chance to wear. but oh well...what can ya do. the boy's a'growin'
• he smiling, cooing and kinda laughing. he gave us a few sporadic kinda smiles here and there but last night at his 5am nursing time, in between feedings, he was super happy and as i was playing with him he kept smiling and laughing! it was so cool. then this morning he was doing the same thing. smiling when i smile or talk to him and then kicking and cooing. i got some video of it. when steve has time, i'll have him download it from the camera so i can post it.
  
• he took his first shower today. it was awkward. i used a sling for about 2 minutes and then just took him out and held him. he got more rinsed than washed, but he seemed to really like it. i don't know if i slung him wrong or something, but i thought the pouch was hard to get at his crevices and such...plus i wasn't really able to shower with him since i didn't want my shampoo to hit him, and then getting him dried and myself dried was a challenge...i ended up getting him dried, wrapped in a blanket on onto the vibe chair so i could jump back into the shower to shower myself. it was all a bit of a show...but he seemed to like the shower. i'm just not sure how effective it is, although i have to say that we were both showered, lotioned and dressed before noon!
• and the last thing is he's starting to really search things out, follow and reach out for things. super cool. i love the way he searches out steve and just stares at him. i got some super cool pics last night that i'll post in his 5 week photo montage.
  

oh yeah, and he met his first girlfriend yesterday too...miss evalina grace summers graced us with her presence for a brief moment on sunday. it was wonderful getting to see and hold her as well as visit with her lovely parents whom i miss dearly!

i think that's it for now. my boy is growing! it's so cool to see all these changes and to watch him grow, but it's all going so fast! pretty soon he'll be crawling and talking! man oh man...