I was thinking today (while
pumping at work) about this article I read awhile ago. A woman
wrote that her 4-month old daughter had come to know the
“nursing position” and would calm down as soon as she started
getting settled in for nursing. Lex, on the other hand, gets
all worked up when we’re getting into position. He crunches his
stomach, pulls his legs up, pulls his head up, pulls on my
shirt… like he’s trying to take care of things himself. Then
his head gets going and he makes little snorting piggy noises.
It’s hysterical and adorable and completely unhelpful. :)
Remember that Cosby episode where Mr. Cosby takes Rudy and some
other kids out to dinner at a nice restaurant? He goes through
a series of rules with them and they end up chanting “no mad
dogs when the bread comes.” My Lex is a mad dog with the boob
comes :) Like I said, a totally random thought. And two photos
to accompany the thought. These photos are from dinnertime
tonight – hot off the presses! You don’t get that too
often.

I think we have the world’s happiest baby.
We had a great weekend and Lex travelled so well. We spent
Saturday visiting friends from our childbirth class (I think I
mentioned that already) then headed over to Jim and Julie’s.
Lex napped in the car and was very social visiting everyone. On
Sunday we went to the mall for a few hours and Lex was great.
He sat in his stroller looking around and chewing on his new
doggy toy (thanks Grandma Meem!!) He was also adorable napping
in his car seat with his arm cuddling the musical dog :) In the
mall I was noticing the other babies kind of lying in their
strollers and zoning out while Lex was sitting upright looking
around, playing with his toy and chewing on his stroller. He’s
such a fun baby! After shopping we went to the Johnson’s for
dinner. He took a nap and got a little fussy there (I think he
was too cold) then nursed like a champ and slept the whole way
home. Saturday and Sunday nights were also the first ones he’s
slept through without the fan for white noise. He’s such a good
baby!! I get so happy just thinking about him :) This morning
Alan dressed him in overalls and a thermal, long sleeve onsie –
both too big for him, but he looked adorable with his cuffs and
sleeves rolled up. :) Sigh… back to work now…