Finley is 3 weeks old and he’s going through another growth spurt to prove it. (He most definitely went through a 10 day spurt that wore all 3 of us out.) Today he was awake for about 10 hours and wanting to eat constantly. There’s really not much else I can do during the day other than feed him when he’s going through a growth spurt. Literally, I am parked on the couch either nursing him or hanging out with him. Awake. When he finally went down for a nap I started scurrying around the house to get a few things done. What I should have done was dropped everything and napped with him. I kept assuming he would wake up after 15-30 minutes but over 2 hours passed and he was still sleeping. I decided to wake him because I knew it was time for him to eat. He just now went down for another nap and I. Can. Hardly. Believe. It.

He is so alert these days! He is starting to make more and more baby noises. I suppose they are what you would call “coos”. It is very cute. I enjoy the times we have together when he is not feeding or sleeping but simply being. We cuddle, we read the bible and other books, and I chat with him about all kinds of things. He is very interested in his surroundings. The look on his faces seems to say that he is studying them intently. He is especially fixated with the large landscape photographs in the living room. Today I told him we would someday take him to all of the places in the photos. We are already thinking about if/when/where we might be able to go next summer for his first big adventure. (I vote San Fran.)

Here he is, in a pretty chill mood. Is it too soon to think that these smiles are real? I love this sweet boy.