We've kind of dropped the ball on posting new pics. But, we have a good excuse. We have been busy loving on our blessed, cute, little, handsome Dylan (ok maybe we're a little biased)!!!! He is a really good baby, though. His personality is surfacing and it's a lot of fun. In addition to smiling, he now laughs and smirks. Laura says most of his smirks look like me...poor child. I keep hoping he'll grow out of it.
He's definitely a morning person and loves to sing!!! If we could ever figure out how to post videos, we would love to share a video of his normal morning ritual. He usually wakes us up humming and cooing, and an occassional yell for attention. It's hellarious! Then when we get him out of his crib, we put him in his swing and he sings like an angel the rest of the morning...until he's hungry, again, of course.
I thought I got irritable when I get hungry. Maybe that's where he gets if from. When he's hungry, he can lock-in on a bottle like a heat seeking missile! And, I don't quite understand what's he says, but I think he's saying "Go, go Gadget arms", because he reaches and stretches for the bottle until you get it close enough for him to snatch it. Then it's on!!! That's another video we'll have to share with everyone if and when we figure videos out.
Speaking of eating, we introduced cereal to him when he turned 4 months. Everytime we feed him, he's not sure of it until after one or two spoon fulls. After that, he's practically falling out of his Bumbo seat leaning toward the spoon to get more. And, like his momma, it never fails that we always have to change his outfit because he gets food on it.
Other things Dylan is doing is reaching for people. It's not super apparent to the naked eye, but to Momma and Dad's eyes, we can tell that he's definitely reaching for us when we get home from work. He's also started facial exploration with his hands. He loves to play with goatees, noses, and shows a small interest in jabbing his fingers in an eye socket. Oh, and he's discovered hair (not on my head, of course). Be careful, though, he has a death grip. If he gets his hands on your hair, you may be on your way to looking more like 2Pop.
Dylan does have one unique ability I would like to share with everyone. He can say, "Dadadadada". It tooks lots of work, but with 4 months and a few doggie treats, he finally got it. I knew I had to teach him this trick before he knew what he was saying. But boy, it certainly is rewarding. I know Mom will share the feeling when Dylan does actually understand what he's saying and forgets the word, "Dada" and starts saying "Momma". But until then, I'll eat it up. :)
Laura and I woke Dylan up to take a dip in the pool. He was not too happy to be awakened by cold water on his skin. But, he passed back out as soon as we got him out of the pool.
Like father, like son...Just chilling watching the tube before bedtime.
Just a swinging with 2-Pop on the porch. Dylan loves the outdoors. A little heat + a litte breeze = sleepy time.
Hanging out with Dad...he fought sleep as long as he could that night.
Three months have past and time is not slowing down. Maybe time does have wings, because it has flown. I know, I know, I'm officially getting old. I remember when I was a little kid hearing "old" people say, "your kids are growing up so fast" or "last time I saw him he was just a baby". I am officially getting old because now I totally understand what they were talking about. That's ok, though, I can rest peacefully believing another saying, the older we get the wiser we get.
be. He's still smiling all the time and now has started giggling. And, man, is that a trip! We'll try to get a video attached so that you can hear him giggle. He's ticklish, so it shouldn't be too hard to do. 
thoughtful!). I guess he'll start crawling soon after (time for us to get in shape). 
Well, last time we posted, Dylan had just discovered his smiling muscles. He has been excercising them, and now he uses them pretty frequently. And we love it!! He'll wake up, streeeeeettttccch his little back and grunt and moan. Then, he opens his eyes to see funny looking people (Momma and Daddy) and just smiles like no other. He doesn't even have to think he's going to Canton. All we do is smile at him, and he smiles right back. And of course, that just makes us smile even bigger, and then he smiles some more! It's AWESOME!! It's a feeling that's out of this world! It's a true blessing that God would allow smiles to be so contagious...even more contagious than yawning. 
So, if you read the title, you'll know that Dylan has not been smiling all the time, though. He went today for his 2-month shots. Laura took him in this morning, he got three shots, and Laura said it was so sad. But, he's tough like his Daddy (Shut-up, Robby!), so he didn't cry long. 
