Abraham's 3rd Month! - Aug 7, 2009

Our dear Miss Cathy! Abraham loves spending his mornings with her while I work out or go to MOPS! She and Miss Julie (below) were the first child care helpers he stayed with. Lucky Abraham.

This post is not quite finished, so check it out & then come back later for more!

Bonding with DaddySmiles!

So silly! As you can see Abraham is very expressive. His eyes say it all.

15 weeks old

We are trying not to swaddle him all the time, but then he pulls his paci out with his hands, so I used my neck wrap (full of sand & herbs) to weigh them down a bit so he could sleep!

I bought a few shiny pinwheels & he OBVIOUSLY LOVES them. VERY stimulating! We have found they really encourage him to hold his head up.

I love watching the boys play together.

14 weeks old

Swaddled & sleeping

Thrilled by the pinwheel

After a bath, all smiles.

Another bath, another big belly.

Abraham's new habit is sticking out his belly REALLY far!

He usually does it over & over again on the changing table, the crazy eyes in these are partly what he does and partly reaction to the light on the camera & flash.

Not the cutest pictures of our little Mr., but pretty hilarious!

Here is a silly video, including the way he periodically scares himself! Watch his eyes.

He is quickly growing out of many 0-3 month clothes, as evidenced by this photo!

Bunny Britches! So cute as he rolls over.

Now he can grab things and hold them accurately and strong enough to bring them to his mouth & keep them there. You can tell this is very stimulating for him. 8-11-09

Laughing at his star, that has dancing lights and plays music. The star is a random toy that was offered to me outside "Once Upon a Child" by a perfect stranger. She had brought a BUNCH of stuff to sell and the very large bag of "rejects" was now mine! A bunch of it could not be properly washed and I donated it, but we got a few gems. This star has brought Abrham countless hours of joy already!

Abraham is 3 Months Old! - Aug 6, 2009

Yahoo!! We started early celebrating his 3 Month B-day by trying out the "new" (meaning just opened) jogging stroller that my 1st graders got for us at my Baby Shower in December... I have been dying to try it out, but Abraham was too small. He still looked pretty tiny in it.
As you can see he was very interested in the warning label.
He is obviously worried about the safety, so it is a good thing we waited!

Still reading the label as Dad posed with him!

All strapped in!

Survey says: Jogging Stroller is AWESOME! The ride is SO much smoother than his other stroller and Dad loved it too!

The stages of Abraham's smiles.
Finally, Dad & I were able to catch a few without them being too blurry!

Abraham and his snake (for size reference later)

That afternoon I took him for his first portrait!!
This was one of our favorite shots & one of the only smiles they captured

Most of the session he was very stoic.

I think he was so busy checking out all the lights and this weird guy with a black box-y thing stuck in front of his face, that he didn't have time for socializing and smiling.

For this one, the photographer came out from behind his camera, then snapped it quick.

This is definitely a common Abraham "look".
His smiles usually start and end in his eyes.

Back to checking things out.

We like to refer to this one as his "Aristocrat" portrait. He looks wonderful in dark colors.

Showing off that wonderful body God blessed him with!

This was Bram's other favorite pose. Now that he can control those hands a little more he is constantly sucking his first two fingers on his right hand, or doing his "praying hands" (below). He kept going back to it-much to the photographer's chagrin.

His Daddy's full lips...

Abraham's 13th Week - July 30-Aug 4, 2009

Three generations of Watkinson men, about 30 years apart, on Papa's 60th B-day!

Abraham is wearing his Daddy's "Tiger" shirt that he wore as an infant. So special!

Abraham in John (Jack's) infant shirt.


Ready for church in his new preppy sweater!!Abraham helping Mommy with laundry. He's good at unfolding already!

13 Weeks Old!
Hanging out on his Papasan playing independently with his links & monkey!His mirror,hence-he, never ceases to amaze him(self)!
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Later that day -and an outfit change later...

Usually he only uses his paci in the crib, but this day seemed to want more sucking and held onto it for a while after feeding.
He loves his Gymini.