Learning new things

Alexander is 5 weeks old as of yesterday, and he's definitely learning new things all the time! He's starting to make some noises other than crying and grunting now. It's relatively uncommon still, but we're starting to get occasional happy baby noises, instead of just silently watching the world. Alexander is also getting very good at lifting his head up!

Here he is sharing some tummy time with Daddy!




This weekend Mom, Dad, and Mikaela converged on our house to help Mikaela assemble her wedding invitations. So Alexander got to spend some more time with his relatives, and learn the basics of papercrafting!



Apparently all that watching people use fine motor skills was good for him, because just after everyone left on Sunday morning, he discovered his hands. He still doesn't have enough control to get his hand to his mouth consistantly, and he can only keep it there for a few seconds before it flies away, but he certainly is enjoying chewing on his fist.


It looks like he might have some of my genetics in there after all - every time he breaks out of his swaddle, it's with his right arm first, and he always chews on his right fist, so I think he might turn out to be right handed. We'll see how that plays out.

As you can sort of tell from the last picture, he's also starting to have his baby hair fall out. It will be interesting to see what color the hair that grows in to replace it will be. Blonde, blonde, or blonde? :)