2 Months Old!

2 months old!

1 month old

2 weeks old

Dear Calvin,

Look how you made up for last month's crying picture with a big happy smile! You sweet little peanut. You are growing generous with your smiles, especially while we are changing your diaper and you get a little sleeper-free wiggle time.

You may be wearing the same sleeper as last month, but that is due to the combined factors of 1) Momma hasn't had time to dig out the next size of clothing and 2) I'm slightly in denial that you are already in need of them. (Who needs to straighten their legs, anyway?)

You are weighing in at a solid 13-something pounds, as of a week ago. This gives Momma the special big-baby-upper-body-workout, which is always valuable for weight training and calisthenics.

As boy #4, you are nevertheless setting some fine records in our family:

- First baby to have some happy tummy time (thus, the big smile above). You seem to have a bit of torticollis (or at least a strong inclination to look only to the right when sleeping), so we're trying to stretch and strengthen your neck as much as we can. And you've acclimated to tummy time fairly calmly, which is a pleasure to see.

- First baby to hold your head up this early (probably due to the tummy time)

- First baby to start sleeping 8pm-4am at less than 2 months of age (what?! Total gift of God. Keep fearing that I might do something to ruin this beautiful thing, but it's been a pretty solid 2 weeks that you have kept up the trend.)

You normally eat at 4ish in the morning, then 7am, and then sleep a bit more until 8am. Then you'll be up for an hour, take a morning snooze, eat again around 10am and we'll pack up for errands or a trip to a park or something. You generally doze off and on until after lunch, eat at 1pm and take a solid snooze from roughly 1:30-4pm. Then you'll eat and be up for an hour or so, maybe take another little nap around our supper time, get a touch fussy in the early evening, and eat and head to bed between 7-8pm. Champ.

One reason you receive tummy time with favor is that you have begun finding that fascinating and delicious fist of yours and will gum it and drool on it quite happily.

You typically eat in 10-15 minutes now. Occasionally you will really stretch it out to 20-30 minutes, and every couple weeks something will burble unhappily, causing drenching waves of spits, but the majority of times you are a peaceful and fairly expeditious feeder.


I've been starting to memorize part of Psalm 33, because it landed so sweetly on me when I came across it in my Bible reading this week:

The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; from His dwelling place He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.

The king is not saved by a mighty army; a warrior is not delivered by great strength; a horse is a false hope for victory; nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His lovingkindness, to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield, for our heart rejoices in Him, because we trust in His holy name.

Let Your lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us, according as we have hoped in You. (Psalm 33:13-22).

You know, my son, it is a strong temptation to put hope in visible, tangible supports. Savings in the bank, legs that are strong, military defenses, a secure vocation. This is such a natural bent of the human heart. But this psalm reminds us that there is no safety in human supports, whether it is an army, an impressive physique, or a fast ride.

When the storms of life come, I pray you will remember and turn to the one Help and Shield that will never fail. May your heart find its joy in the refuge and salvation of God alone.

How I love you, little Calvin.

Momma