Busy Growing!

As you may recall,

Matthew was 8 lbs, 7 oz and 20.25 inches

when he was born.

At our doctor's appointment this week

(a mere 5 weeks later),

he weighed in at 12 lbs, 4 oz

and is over 22 inches long.

Wow!

Our little man has been very busy growing!

Matthew is becoming more and more alert

and enjoys exploring the world around him.

In the last few days, he's started cooing at us...

and he's given us a couple of silly grins

that seemed to be on purpose to me!

It's all happening too fast!

It has been such a privilege to watch

Kate and Matthew get to know one another.

Kate is a really sweet big sister!

Matthew was a little fussy this evening

while we were trying to get dinner on the table.

Next thing I knew,

Kate had gone to get a bunch of Matthew's toys

and had piled them on his belly!