Today we celebrated Moses' 2 month birthday with a visit to the National Zoo. Apparently, everyone else had the same idea, because the zoo was not only a zoo of animals, but people, too. We're just thankful we accomplished our mission to "go see the monkey at the zoos" per Caleb's request. The orangutans' tightrope-walking act sufficed, and we went home happy.
Moses is smiling and cooing all the time now. He is a good sport and tolerates his brothers' lavish attention, which can be literally smothering at times (especially when Joshua affectionately yells, "baaaabyyyy, beaaaabyyyy... yes you are!" over and over again while kissing his face). When we hold Moses, he likes to stiffen his legs and practice standing, and while he holds his head up he'll move it all around as he beholds all of his surroundings. He is still sleeping really well- lately it's been 6-7 hours in a row each night! I am extremely thankful, especially because Caleb and Joshua have been quite a handful lately, and if I didn't wake up each morning feeling well-rested, it would be a challenge to face each new day.
We're so thankful that God has blessed us with yet another healthy baby boy. When your biggest concern is that one of your baby's ears is oddly shaped (and even that, I've discovered, can be fixed while he sleeps with some gentle persuading from a bit of medical tape and a cotton ball... that's right- there won't be any punk kids making fun of my baby boy's ear :) ), you know you are truly blessed.
Praise God for healthy boys! I bet now that Spring's arriving, the boys can burn off some of that excessive energy by running around and being loud outside instead of in the house.
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