2 Months

I know this is late, but here's a little update on what Bennett's been doing. At 2 months old, Bennett:

* can hold his head up (for a little while at least)

* likes to stand up and look around (while we're holding him)

* smiles (not just from gas)

* has rolled over from his tummy to his back...this happened around 6 weeks and he did it 3 times in a row, but hasn't done it since then. As exciting as it was, I'm not encouraging it too much - I'm not quite ready for him to be mobile!

* sleeps through the night sometimes (as of the time I'm writing this, we're going on 5 nights in a row - hooray!!)

* likes to grab things and has a strong grip. Unfortunately, the things he grabs includes my hair, etc.

* is starting to like looking at toys during his awake / play time. He still doesn't seem too interested but he likes looking at some of them.

Other than that, he mostly still eats and sleeps. We love having him around! We're taking him to the dr. on Monday for his 2-month appointment, so we'll have to post an update on his stats. I knew he was growing, but until I held and saw a couple of younger babies recently, I didn't realize how much!

I haven't been great at taking pictures of him recently - but here are a couple cute ones.

from left to right:

- I had just changed his diaper and had to run and get something, and came back to find him like this - his head was on the white part of the changing pad when I left, so he scooted all the way up.

- all bundled up ready to go for a walk with mom - we have been enjoying the fabulous weather this week! (don't worry, this was a couple weeks ago when it wasn't 80 degrees outside)

- we left his bouncy / vibrating chair in St. George at Nate's grandparents' house, but had left the toy bar here, so I figured out a way to set it up so he could still play with it.