We’d like to apologize to all of our Lex blog fans…we know it’s been a while since our last post. But hey, cut us some slack - we’re busy raising a baby here!

Lex now weighs in at a hefty 10 lbs 2 oz (as of yesterday). The boy does like his milk. And he’s doing much better at nursing these days. He now only gets a bottle right before going to bed in the evening or if I’m not at home for a feeding. He used to get really uncomfortable with gas after gulping down his bottles, so this arrangement seems to be better for all of us (and I don’t have to spend half of my day pumping breast milk like I used to.)

Tim and I think that Lex gave us his first intentional smile yesterday. We were both cooing and smiling at him and his face broke into a huge grin. It didn’t appear to be the same smile as he’s given us before..the “I just peed myself and it felt good” grin. This one seemed legit. So we’re going to call it his first smile. He hasn’t repeated it today, but I think we’re on to something here.

Lately Lex has been sleeping between us at night on a little wedge positioner (to keep him slightly inclined.) He doesn’t seem to be as noisy as when he was sleeping in his car seat, and it’s easy to feed him this way. He still doesn’t want to sleep flat on his back though. I think he has a mild case of acid reflux or something, because he tends to gag and spit up when we lay him down that way. Hopefully this condition will get better as he gets older. Our crib has been ordered but hasn’t arrived yet anyway.

Here are some pictures of Lex with his Grandma Shirley: