7 Week Birthday

Camden celebrated his 7 week birthday today by a very impressive new development - he had his first explosive diaper! So now I have to put my seriously impaired thinking skills to the task - how do you remove a significantly soiled gown without smearing it all over the baby? Especially a wiggly baby?

Here is his cute self, after removal of clothing and debris. I just like his He-Man pose here. Plus you can see his cute belly button. He did not used to have any crevasses really. So all those wrinkles on his arm are proof of his excellent snacking abilities.

I celebrated his 7 week mark with ice cream. Of course, I don't know that that is actually significant; it's a pretty regular occurance.

Here is a comparison of Camden 3 days old and Camden at 7 weeks, using the disc for scale (sorry, I didn't have my rock hammer handy at the hospital, that's what a real geologist would use.)

Camden sports this expression quite frequently. He stares intently and focuses for quite some time, and lots of times one can't quite figure out what is holding his interest.

He has also started to stick out his tongue and make even cuter faces. He holds his head up pretty well, although he doesn't seem to enjoy tummy time. Oh, and he does really cute snuffling noises when he is really hungry.

So Camden has been smiling for a while now, usually as he is falling asleep - and he would look like someone just whispered the most delicious secret in his ear. But now he does these adorable open-mouthed grins for me. I love it! This is just a very cute picture - Camden doesn't really smile for anyone else except his dad right now.

In some ways, it's still really surprising that I have a child. That this little boy wants ME (or Dan) to sooth him and help him and hold him. This little boy reserves his cutest faces and expressions for us. It's so odd to drive around with our little boy cooing and chirping and grunting and crying in our back seat. I love it! I love Camden! I wonder if he will still be a snuggler once he has enough muscles to choose.