1 Month

He just looks so big in photographs...
The Milk Coma.

"If I keep it open like this long enough, eventually someone is bound to stick some food in there..."
Corbin had his 1 month check-up.
All that round-the-clock eating sure shows!
Corbin weighed in at 10 lbs... what a little chunker! I love it. Reese and Quincy were SO tiny for SO long that I just felt like they might break or something. Corbin is still tiny, but it is so foreign to me to have a baby that is closer to the "normal" range on the growth chart, that he seems enormous! He is still only 21 inches long...we are thinking that most of his weight is in those cheeks. I kiss them at least once every time I pick him up. I can't help it.

Corbin is such a sweet baby. Reese and Quincy love him so much. Just yesterday, I put him on his playmat to look at himself in the mirror. When I looked at him a minute later, he was not in the same place I'd placed him. I asked Reese about it and she replied, "well he had a little bubble and was starting to fuss, so I burped him and he spit up a little, but he's fine now."

???!

"burped him, how?"
She then showed me how she put a burp cloth up on her shoulder, picked Corbin up perfectly supporting his head, held him to her chest exactly the way I do, and patted his back. He burped again!

My little babysitter! I was so proud of her natural mothering instincts. Of course, I also freaked out a little and had to remind her that she must ASK to hold her brother and can't be picking him up when I turn my back...but still, what a good sister!
Having an infant in our house has been the BEST thing for Reese. Corbin brings out the loving, nurturing, thoughtful, side of Reese that we would all love to see more of. Today, she told me "You're the nicer Mommy I've ever seen in the whole world" I wanted to stick that Reese in my laminater and keep her that way forever.

Quincy loves to rock her baby in the swing, and gets mad when we don't rush to his side every time he squeaks, grunts, or basically if he does anything other than sleep. If Quincy does something that makes us laugh (which is often, she is such a tease lately) she will go sit in front of Corbin and repeat what she said or did, just in case he missed out. Luckily, Corbin is still in that "stare into space" phase, Quincy is delighted to have a captive audience.

We just love our little Cheeto. It is so fun having a baby boy in our home!