Patrick and Keegan: Quick Update

So the pictures which follow my entry are kind of in backwards chronological order because of the order I uploaded them and the fact that I am too lazy to rearrange them. Mostly, I just wanted grandparents and other interested parties to see the latest changes with the baby. He's so dang cute and, if possible, seems to be getting cuter.

One of the latest joys with him has been that we were able to sleep six hours straight last night -- from 9:00 pm until 3:00 am and then he didn't wake up for the morning until 6:00 am. This is a change from his usual 1:00 am feeding and then his personal alarm waking him up for the morning at 4:00 am. We hope this is his new schedule until he manages to sleep 8 hours straight, but even if it's not, we're grateful for this one night of blessed sleep. In any case, I think he sleeps better than a lot of people's babies even on what's a rough night for him, so we really can't complain.

Also, he rolls over. I mentioned that in the last entry, but I had hoped to get it on camera. To no avail. He is not a showman. In fact, I don't think he's done it when other people were watching yet, so Patrick and I are the only witnesses. It is still true, though.

I think one of the interesting things I'm discovering as a mom is how quickly he changes. We seem to be on a schedule or have something figured out and then the next day he behaves entirely differently, so we have to figure him out anew. It makes for an adventure though, doesn't it.

Without further ado, we now present, the cutest little pumpkin (almost literally in some of these outfits) you've ever seen:

Here he is yesterday, wide eyed and bushy-tailed. When he's awake and calm he always seems so interested in things and curious.

Here he is again from a different angle. One of the things I've learned that I most enjoy about him (and perhaps newborns in general) is watching their raw (unpracticed) expressions, which are so varied from minute to minute.

All spruced up for Halloween. He's dressing for it all month because his grandmas each got him an outfit or two for the holiday. He's outgrown some outfits already because he's growing so quickly. This outfit seems like it might last him the three months that it promises, though, so he may be dressing for Halloween periodically all the way into December. I don't mind. He's so cute! (By the way, the hat says "Boo!" He doesn't like hats very much, so we're lucky it's even on even though it isn't at all straight anymore.)

Oh, a look at another one of his fun expressions. The best expressions come when they are stretching, and he is the master of stretching. Here and above he's sitting in the swing which Patrick's cousin Sandy sent us. He loves the swing. In fact, he really just loves to move. He mostly just sits still when he's sleeping and not a whole lot even then.