Evolution of a Bath

Is there anything cuter than a baby in a bath tub?  Probably not.

I dare you to look at this photo and not smile.

Our little man is a big fan of his bath time these days. And in the 4 short months that Andrew has been in this world, bath time has evolved - as has is love for them.  His first bath was on day 1 in the hospital.  I was still bed-ridden because of the c-section, but had a ring-side seat for this momentous event.  Rather than take him to the nursery like they did with James, our lovely nurse gave Andrew his first bath in our hospital room.  He didn't like it - TOO COLD - he screamed!!  But he survived.

His second bath was in the kitchen and was a simple sponge bath since his belly button nub was still holding on tight.  He took to it pretty well. There were no screams and I even got a content stare as Daddy sponged him down.

At 3 weeks old, he got his first official bath in the tub.  Again, he took to it pretty well, but he did not crack a smile.  His face was mostly concerned the entire time.  Like a "please-don't-let-me-fall-out-of-this-thing" face followed by a "thank-you-for-the-warm-towel" grin.

Recently, we have changed bath time up a bit for our little guy.  Rather than pull out the baby bath every night, we now toss him in the big tub in the bathroom.  I picked up an oversized tub sponge at Buy Buy Baby for a whopping $6.99 and it has made all the difference at bath time.  We now get  giggles and SMILES!!  Andrew can splash and kick and stretch out those long legs of his - way comfier! Plus we can now get rid of the oversized, plastic baby tub that takes up more space than we have (anyone interested???).  

We can't wait for bath time to evolve into the boys taking one together (uh - hello time saver!), but in the mean time, this makes all parties involved pretty stoked. Rub a dub dub!!

Stupid Summer Cold

There is nothing worse then having cold in the summer.  The itchy eyes, runny nose, annoying cough all while it is 98 degrees out.  Blah!  What's worse is being a 4 1/2 month old baby with a cold.  That's right ~ the germs of daycare have struck and our little guy is now experiencing his first full on cold.

He's got the runny nose...the hacking cough...the watery eyes and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it.  Poor kid is too young to take meds so we have to work with the old fashioned remedies.  And let me tell you ~ he LOVES them. We have the humidifier running...we sit in a steamy bathroom with him to help loosen up the snot.  And his ultimate favorite - when I stick the bulb thing up his nose and suck the snot out.   He's a BIG fan of that one.  Can you sense the sarcasm?!

But at this point, we will try anything to help the kid breathe.  Luckily, he is taking it like a champ and is still the happy go lucky kid we have come to know and love.  We still even manage to get him to giggle despite the snot. :)

Evolution of a Smile

James is not really into photos.  When the camera is aimed at him, he usually turns his head or squints or puts his hands up to his face.  He's not into the paparazzi and because of that, we have to take about 57 photos before we get one with a smile on his face.  I'm telling you, this kid smiles.  A lot.  We just have a hard time capturing it on film!  It doesn't help that the shutter speed of our camera is slower than molasses but that is an entirely different issue in itself.  So here, I give you, the evolution of a smile.

Here we are, sitting in our chair, playing with our new toy.  We are inspecting it for it's level of fun/will- this-fit-into-my-mouth ability...

... we find the piece of toy that we like but notice the camera hovering over us...

... so we give a wink which says "Mommy, there ain't no way I'm cracking a smile for you!"...

... so we focus back on the task at hand ~ getting this toy in our mouth...

... we continue to tease Mommy by giving her a kiss face ~ but nope, not ready to crack a smile until....

NOW!!

It's a good thing he is cute. :)