Post # 6 - William

William is 7 weeks old today! Time definitely does fly. I feel like I am always saying that, but it's just so true. He continues to be a fabulous baby and things are going really well. I finally feel like I've adjusted to our new life as a family of 4 and a mother of 2. My days feel normal again. I'm able to check my email, (and blogs, of course) make dinner, do some laundry, just normal stuff that I thought I'd never have time for again after William was first born. I was just thinking of how I feel productive now just when I make it through a day with the boys. That's without even doing a single other task.

William's doing great. He started smiling this week (he adores the ceiling fan and light fixtures and just loves to look at them and will break into a huge grin). A baby smile just melts my heart. What's not to love about a big, gummy, toothless grin? It's so much fun that he's starting to interact that way. I just love it. He's also sleeping great and started sleeping through the night this week. I was nervous to jinx myself and it still may be a fluke, but he's slept until at least 4 am every day this week since Sunday. And three days he's slept until 5 or 5:30. And once I feed him, he goes right back down until 7 or 8. He is amazing me. It's been especially restful this week because Henry has been sleeping through the night. I know that seems like no big feat for a 2 year old, but he hasn't been sleeping well for the past few months. He'll wake up usually once in the night a couple of times a week. So, that being said, with both boys sleeping this week, I feel like a brand new woman! William absolutely loves to be swaddled. We have a swaddling wrap that was given to us as a gift that we absolutely love and couldn't live without. After I feed him for the last time around 9:00, I wrap him in that and he just conks out. He's also started to coo when he gets excited about something. This has really been a big week for him now that I'm writing about it. Go week 6!