First, Matt's family had a baby shower for me and Marek at the farm. It was so nice to see everyone, most of whom were meeting Marek for the first time. He slept most of the afternoon but put on a great smile show for the Grandmas and all the ladies and showed them how tough and strong he is.
We got to see everyone again the next weekend for Birthdaypalooza at the bowling alley. Marek gave Auntie Katie a big birthday present in his pants :)
The next morning was Marek's baptism! Almost all of his grandmas and grandpas, aunties and uncles and cousins made it out for the big day including his Godparents, Laura and Butch. He wore a special gown that Grandma Barb made for her boys to wear when they got baptized (that makes it 29 years old...happy birthday Honey!!)
Last night Matt and I went on a date to celebrate our son, our birthdays, anniversary, Valentine's day, and any other reason we could think of to get out! It is still really hard to me to leave Marek, even with people I trust and even for just a few hours. My back to work day is quickly approaching and I am trying to makes the most out of the last week of maternity leave. Marek and I have been cuddling like there is no tomorrow! He is growing so fast and I know just know I'm going to blink and he'll be five, then blink again and twenty. We graduated our little burrito out of his swaddler at bedtime. He was bursting out of it anyway and wanted to get to his hands. One his favorite things to do is get his diaper changed! We got a changing pad from the baby shower (my back is so thankful!) and I hung up a little mobile that he got from Maggie with a mirror under it. He could lay there all day giggling at himself getting his dipey changed.
Marek had his two month doctor appointment this week. He weights almost 12.5 pounds. We really love our doctor and I think he worked some magic on our little buddy because we took him home and ever since, he has been taking his long afternoon nap again like he used to. For about a month, it's been a struggle to get him to sleep longer than 15 minutes at a time during the day which poops him out by 5:00pm. The past two nights he also only woke up two or three times. I hope this schedule sticks!
One last photo today...we officially have a thumb sucker on our hands. It is pretty much the cutest thing in the entire world. I catch him every time he wakes up from a nap with his thumb and half his hand in him mouth sucking away so hard that he gags himself. Seriously, I can't take the cuteness. I always thought he'd be a thumb sucker, here's the proof!
