Vinnie has such a great smile and we have been lucky to catch a lot of these smiles on camera. He is just starting to accompany his smiles with a squeal or two...we think we are very close to some giggles. Hopefully when that happens we will be able to catch it on video and show it to all of you.Vinnie continues to be a happy, laid back, easy going baby. He is sleeping through the night and just started spending his nights in his crib in his own room. He even gave his mom and dad 8 (almost 9) hours of uninterrupted sleep last night! He continues to grow and change. He is becoming more interested in toys, especially those that make noise or light up and he is now reaching for and holding onto things. My hair, jewelry, and clothing have just started taking the abuse of this new-found motor skill...and I know it is only going to get worse! Vinnie also continues to love bath time...which is a good thing, because he seems to be having a lot of baths lately! :)
As we start to enter back into the real world, this time as parents, we are finding that our weekends are our special times and we like to make the most of every bit of them. Saturday mornings have been spent either lazily preparing for a day of college football in bed, or heading to the CR Farmers Market. Below you can see Jon, Vinnie and Darby, all enjoying a lazy morning in bed!
I started back to work Thursday this week, which meant Jon spent a few days being Mr. Mom. He joked that he and Vinnie would play video games or venture to the casino. Fortunately, Vinnie spent most of the time napping and Jon helped out around the house and tackled quite a bit of laundry. My return to work was fairly smooth! Everyone was eager to have me back...I was even greeted with a "Welcome Back" sign. My days are so busy, and I was forced to dive right back into routine which prevented me from dwelling on how much I just wanted to be at home with Vinnie!
Monday (tomorrow) Vinnie turns 8 weeks old (CRAZY) and will venture off to daycare. We took some time this week to visit his room and drop all of his stuff off. He has great teachers and we both left feeling comfortable...of course we left WITH Vinnie. It may be a different story when we have to leave him there. We know we've found a great daycare...we've heard lots of things about it, and this will be a chance for him to meet and make friends!
Vinnie is all decked out in his football gear today...and we are unable to watch the Vikings on TV. Instead, Vinnie is napping, mom is cleaning and doing MORE laundry, and dad is working out in the garage. We are all eager for all of our family to trek to Iowa next weekend to celebrate Vinnie's baptism! We so appreciate everyone making the trip and look forward to spending time and celebrating together. I realized that Vinnie is usually sleeping, fussy, or curled up in one of our arms on our many Skype dates, so I am including some video of Vinnie to wrap up this blog post. This was taken this afternoon. Vinnie is propped up by some pillows and is sitting on our bed wiggling and grunting like usual. Enjoy!
