Samuel is now two months old. His personality has really started to emerge. During his play times he will laugh, giggle, smile, and coo. These developments are especially important so that we can remember the good side of his personality since he also has become colicky between the hours of 6pm to 9pm everyday.

He is getting stronger and stronger as the days go on, including being able to support himself on his legs (we have to hold him in position) and almost complete head control. He also has started to suck on on his thumb a little, which is an improvement over him trying to get his entire fist into his mouth. He is getting bigger and bigger as the days go on and is putting on his baby weight.

There are new photos in the Samuel two months album:

(Joe calls this “Swaddle FAIL”)

Samuel also had a little photo shoot with my favorite childhood stuffed animal “Barf Bear”. Barf Bear got his name because shortly after I received him as a Christmas gift from my Uncle Gregg (or Uncle Peanut Head, but that is a story for a different time), I got really sick and threw up on him. My mom cleaned him, but his fur on the left paw was never the same. Now Samuel gets to play with him like I always wanted to – by laying on top of him.

Last weekend my parents and my grandmother came down to visit. They prefer to be called Nonno, Noni, and GG Marie now that Samuel is here. They had a great time playing with him and got him to laugh a bunch.

Lastly, I’ve moved around some photos. There is now an album called Samuel with Friends. There are also some new photos in there, including the one below that was taken at Avila Barn last week. Samuel and I hang out with some mommies and their babies that are close to Samuel’s age every few weeks. Last week we decided to head to Avila Barn and it was a lot of fun.

Whew. This is a long post, and it’s not everything that we have been up to. Now I know why we have been more tired than when Samuel first came home.