Guess who . . .

...smiled for the first time this morning? He's smiled a bunch of times before, but they've all been those accidental, probably-gas smiles. This morning, Mateo was getting ready to eat and was looking wide-eyed at me and Sacha. Then, he smiled! And then smiled several more times. It was the cutest thing. Hopefully he'll do it again when we have a camera handy.

He's doing really well overall. We're all battling thrush and that has been quite the experience...but we're hoping that it's starting to get better for both me and him. He is growing like crazy and just weighed in at 11.5 pounds at the doctor's two days ago, at one day shy of five weeks old. He's starting to grow out of his tiny clothes! We go in for his official two-month appointment in a couple of weeks, so it will be interesting to see where he is then. Those cheeks are getting chubbier and chubbier!



He's becoming more alert and stays awake for longer periods of time, which is great during the day and not quite as fun during the night! He is regularly sleeping for 3 hours at a stretch during the nights, though, and sometimes makes it up to four. We like it when that happens!



He's also getting noticeably stronger. He had a good amount of head control when he was born and it's only gotten better. He can lift up his head when being held against someone's chest and actually keep it up there for awhile, instead of crashing back down again like he had been doing. He can also press himself up with his arms when lying on his tummy and has actually rolled himself over by accident a few times. We think he's going to be ALL over the place once he starts crawling and walking!

Here he is, listening to the Very Hungry Caterpillar (or Oruga Muy Hambrienta) in espanol from his mommy: