Bellhaven Farm: One Month Old!

Dear Friends and Family,

Hope this finds you well! As the Holidays approach, we are spending some time reflecting on what we are thankful for. I am thankful that, although I am still not adult enough to remember to grab a towel before I take a shower, we have successfully kept an infant happy and healthy for a full month! Achievement unlocked!

Its actually strange to think that he's only been here a month, and to reflect on how much he has changed. The first week or so wasn't overly interactive, he slept most of the time. Now he is much more awake. It's amazing to watch him watch things. He can track things with his eyes now, which he definitely couldn't do before. Also, he has started smiling with intention! We can't make him do it, but when we have morning time we can sing and talk to him and he will smile at us. It pretty much makes my heart melt. Even at 4 a.m., which is impressive.

Oh hey! Did I wake you? Listen, while you're up...

His umbilical cord fell off at about two and a half weeks. We were pretty excited, because it meant that we could finally bathe him! Here he is, looking dubious about this whole thing. Turns out that he HATES baths. HATES them. So now Daddy has to bathe him, fast, and Mommy goes into the other room because the crying stresses her out. Recently he made a pee-fountain during diaper change time, and peed in his own ear. We explained to him that ear-pee meant an immediate bath, but we're not sure he's made that connection yet (though a second pee-fountain while in the sink did make a connection with Grandpa Graham's toiletries bag).

Maybe if I hide in the corner bath time will go away?

We love all the expression that he does with his hands. He has only recently begun to move with intention, so we're sure that none of these were planned. But here are three adorable photos of pretty impressive hand coordination.

The ~~Sleeper~~ Thinker

Look out ladies!

Harrison confirms that feeding time rocks

For his birthday, we decided to make him a cake. But then we decided that he was little, so he didn't need a whole cake. And what would we make it out of? Why, the only thing he can eat of course! So we set about making him a milk cupcake. With a candle. After all that work and planning, he seemed unimpressed. Good thing that even his unimpressed face is adorable!

Kids these days! So ungrateful for their flaming frozen milk

Now that he is awake more often, we are certainly having more fun with him. We read to him in the mornings and in the evenings. He loves music, and we're working on our duets. We're dressing him up in adorable clothing. We were getting him ready for his one month photos a few days ago, and got the photo below. Very 'Risky Business'.