My Strong Little Man!

It seems like some days Eirik just grows and develops overnight! Yesterday he discovered something new... holding things! Up until now he's shown interest in reaching at things, but never really holding them. Well yesterday he actually held a rattle and shook around for a while! I'm not sure if he realized he had something in his hand at first... and I MAY have helped him a bit by putting it in his hand... but by later that evening he knew something was there. He was trying to get the entire rattle in his mouth and as you'll see in a moment there is no way that was going to happen! I tried him on a few different toys with different textures just to see what he would do. I think sometimes I get more amusement out of things then he does! 

I noticed today that his eyes are definitely going brown... no blue eyed boy for me! He is going quite bald on top and the sides, but the hair in back is still there. He looks like a grumpy old man! Both my husband and I think he's going to have blonde hair as a child and that it will darken up as he gets older. My husband had blonde hair as a child and the hair that is starting to come in on Eirik is very light. We shall see! 

We also had our first big milestone... going out by ourselves! On Sunday I finally got to meet up with a friend from the IF world. I met her, her husband, and her son who is just too cute for words! My husband couldn't come so just Eirik and I went out by ourselves for the first time. We did so well that I even felt brave enough to go grocery shopping on the way home. Nothing major of course, just a few items. Now I am over the fear of taking him out alone the little man and I are going to be going out a lot more! Yesterday we went to the mall to window shop and next week we are going to visit my coworkers. He really likes going out... he actually sleeps most of the time. I plop him in the carrier and wander and he either zonks out or watches what is going on. 

Sleepwise we are still up every 3 hours or so. I know this is totally normal so I am trying not to feel depressed but I read online about people whose babies are sleeping for 4, 5, or even 6 hours and am so jealous! We have gotten a few longer stretches of sleep out of Eirik but that is in his swing and I am afraid if we keep doing that he'll become addicted to sleeping there. He is going down earlier however... we've been getting him to go down between 9 and 10 for his first stretch of sleep which is amazing compared to a few weeks ago. Small steps in the right direction!

And now, for the thing you really want, the pictures! Today you'll get the added bonus of a video! And yes, that is my voice in the background.