Milestones

At about 2 days old Wade was randomly smiling. In his sleep, while working on a fart, etc... But, beginning at 5 weeks he began looking right at his Mommy and Daddy and smiling. Now he smiles regularly (when he's in the mood), when either one of us talk to him. Here's the tail-end of a smile just before bath-time. It's difficult to get a picture of his big grin, but I'll keep trying!

Also around 5 weeks, we were walking around the neighborhood in the stroller, he was watching a toy I had hanging from the handle. He very slowly reached out and batted at it. You could tell that he had done it on purpose, and wasn't just flailing his long arms about!

While cutting his nails, I accidentally cut his little finger! He was eating at the time and didn't even notice. I really think it bothered me more than it bothered him. I was taking a picture of his chubby little hands, and he stuck that finger out like, "Look, this is where my mom cut my finger, see?"

Last thought- note to everyone: TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH! I finally went to the dentist after about 7 years and the news was not good. I had 3 cavities (I've only ever had 2 my whole life), had to go to a specialist to get a deep cleaning, and need to have a gum-grafting surgery on 3 of my teeth (think skin-grafting, only in your mouth). After numerous shots and hours in the dentist's chair I've taken care of the first two issues. Still to come is the surgery. They told me that all the issues with my gums could have been due to the pregnancy, but the cavities were my own fault. So the moral of the story is don't neglect your teeth, otherwise it is very, very painful & time consuming to get them back into shape!