Briggs

 1 month old

 Dear Briggs,

In two short months you have brought a lot of change to our family!  We all completely adore you and love to make you smile.  Your brother Knox continues to treat you as if you just arrived.  The newness has not worn off a bit for him.  He talks to you all the time and brings you toys.  He is so sweet to take such good care of you.  Eli loves you very much too.  He worries over you, more than trying to play with you.  He really wants you to talk, and sometimes when you make a noise he will insist it was your first word.  Both of your brothers are still very proud of you and insist on showing you off every chance they get.  The pictures above really depict your sweet personality.  You began smiling at me when you were just 5 weeks old!  You grin at us a lot, but are not yet really cooing and trying to "talk". 

 This is your very serious look.  You are so much like Eli when he was a baby.  One of my dear friends began calling you the professor this week.  I think it fits.  You study us, your toys, and your surroundings.  I cannot believe how much you behave like Eli did.  I still think you look a lot like Knox.  Some of your baby pictures are going to be really hard to tell apart!

You have been fascinated with your hands since birth.  In the hospital we noticed that you could interlock your fingers.  You still do this a lot!  You rub your hands together and will even bring them up to your eyes and study them too.

Your two month visit was last week.  You weighed in at 13 pounds, 13 ounces (97th percentile).  You are 24 inches long (85th percentile).  Your pediatrician was very surprised to see your two bottom teeth.  I noticed them when you were just 6 weeks old.  You began sleeping 12 hours at night when you were 6 weeks old, and after a long bout with RSV you are sleeping about 10 hours a night.  You are such a big boy!  Even yesterday you broke my heart when you began rolling over.  We love you so much and would give anything to slow down the hands of time as you are so quickly changing and growing!  

Love, Mommy