Strong Henry

Henry is practically five weeks old and he is a strong baby. He loves to "stand" when I'm holding him. He plants his little feet into my lap and wobbles a bit while holding his head up for about half of a minute. I can tell that he enjoys this. Henry also does little push-ups when he is on his tummy. This was a surprise last week at his one-month check-up. We set him down on his tummy on the exam table for a moment and he pushed himself up, holding up his chest, neck, and head. Most of the time, though, he just snuggles up on my shoulder.

We've been enjoying more awake time with Henry lately, though he still sleeps more often than I remember Evelyn sleeping as a newborn. Henry is also looking more like "himself." His face is no longer the puffy days-old newborn face that looked so much like Evelyn when she was first born (though he certainly still has a newborn face!). He looks a little worried in the first photo below because the flash had already gone off once and he wasn't too sure about it.