Xander and Norah: nappin' buddies

Here's Xander with his friend Norah. Note the twin discarded pacifiers. They're like two booze hounds on the tail end of a bender.

Norah is four months older than Xander, yet they wear the same size clothes, are the same height, and Xander outweighs her by about four pounds. Perhaps his girth signals some latent super powers. Here's hoping!

We attempt communication with the life form

In this video I attempt to get Xander to a) smile; b) coo.  He makes a little bit of noise but mostly just bops his head around and looks cute.  

Xander as Gene Kelly

I don't know... There's something kind of "On The Town"-ish about this nautical-themed onesie, and something rather tap-dance-ish about his little spat socks.

Father & son dress-alike day!

Here's Chris and Xander in their matching shirts.  Chris bought these back in January in anticipation of this day.  

Don't ask me the significance of the reindeer playing the accordion.  I could offer some malarkey about how Chris plays the accordion and Xander is dear, but I'd just be spinning my rhetorical wheels.

The saddest little cuddle bug

Xander's new hat

Here's our precious baby angel modeling his new sun hat.  This picture makes me laugh out loud.

In development news, Xander has not only found his fists, he has also learned how to drool copiously.  And when he cries, sometimes real tears leak out!  

We took him to the doctor for his two-month checkup.  He's very healthy.  His height remains in the 97th percentile and his weight is - I'm not exaggerating - off the chart.  He weighs 16 and 1/2 pounds!  At nine weeks!  There is no percentile for that size!  We're either proud or slightly alarmed, depending.  Chris and I are also developing wicked strong muscles from schlepping him around all the time.

A smile? Let's say yes!