Burke's 10th Week

Since this was my 2nd week back to work and still working only Monday through Wednesday, Nonna and Papa came up to visit Thursday. Burke welcomed them with more smiles and cooing. He is more alert and interactive, responding to faces and voices. Here is a sampling of his range of facial expressions. Odd. We don't seem to take pictures of his mad, sad and crying face.

Nonna has full blown conversations with Burke that are pure entertainment. He will furrow his brow and concentrate on her face as she talks dramatic nonsense. After a few minutes he even realizes how funny she is and he spontaneously bursts out into contagious laughter.

Burke sporting one of Reid's hoody outfits. Super snuggly!

The boys sit at the edge of the kitchen to watch me make dinner. They tend to hang out together.

Gage loves to be a part of everything Burke does. And when Burke is not using his boppy to lounge in, Gage tries to keep it warm for him before we shoo him away.

Hey there! : )

The Old Faithful Gas Hold is what we call Dan's manuever here. Weeks 5-9 evenings were rough with our gasy baby. We aren't sure if we were dealing with colic, but the last few weeks have been much better. Burke now has an 8:00 pm bedtime.

We had friends and their dogs over for dinner Saturday night.

Burke's hand coordination is getting better. He usually has a fist (or two) in his mouth. This is his wub-a-nub pacifier that he can hold onto. We call him Jeffrey (like the Toys R Us giraffe).