one month...

that's right! daniel is now one month old.... does it feel like its been a month? nope! it has gone by so fast and it feels like so much has happened when nothing is really happening. we had his 6 week check up and here are his stats from the doctors today:

height: 22.75 inches (70th percentile)

weight: 9.5 pounds (20th percentile)

 he has gained 3 pounds since our first visit

yep... he's tall and skinny!! haha

this has definitely been the month for firsts.... obviously since it was the first month. ha!  but seriously here are some things that happened for the first time:

everyday consists of eating for about 40 min every three hours, being awake for a little bit and then napping for an hour and a half sometimes more and then starting the cycle over. eating is going really well and he's a hungry little guy. he's been gaining lots of good weight even though he's as long and skinny as can be! when he's awake there is a little tummy time, cuddle time, bath time, singing time, and mommy and daddy time.  when he's not awake or eating there is a ton of this going on:

and when i try to wake him to eat he does this for at least 15 min:  

he is the stretching king!  he grunts and cries and yawns and squeals the whole time!!

at night he's been waking every 4 hours to eat... hopefully that will stretch as he gets older.  i haven't been able to try crying it out yet.  one day we did it for a nap and i only last 5 min.  he still seems so little to let cry it out... but i'm going to keep trying till it works and he falls asleep on his own.  at night i'm so tempted to rock him to sleep cause he falls asleep so much faster and i don't have to keep getting up when cries after 10 min trying to fall asleep on his own.  i never thought i would be such a wuss... but i totally am!! 

some of my favorite things that he does:

- hiccups all the time!! he did in the womb almost every night so its no surprise me that he gets them almost once a day. 

- sneezes! it is the cutest face that he makes! and he usually sneezes more than once... and it looks like this:

- he also makes the poutyiest faces! anytime he's getting his diaper changed he puts on the poutyiest face.

- since he is such a newborn and really doesn't do a whole lot its easy to get excited about these few little things.  i also love his face right after he fully fed and he's wide awake... its a very alert and content face. 

here are a few more pics from when i was trying to take his one month pic.... its tough to get him to stay and not twitch or flop over and just scream cause he does not like it!  haha