8 Weeks Old!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. Cooper is already 8 weeks old and set for his 2 month check up next week. He has started smiling like crazy and is finding his voice. Every once in a while he will coo. The last several nights he has slept up to 10 hours straight. I can't believe how nice it is to get some good sleep. I'm sure it won't last, but here's to hoping!! Cooper still does not sleep on his back so he spends his time sleeping in the swing during the day and his bouncy seat at night. He has started to like laying on his back, if he is awake.

Update on Cooper's cardiologist appointment, is that everything is fine and it is just a newborn murmur. We are hoping that it will go away on it's own, but come to find out they truly do run in the family. Luke had a murmur when he was a baby as well as Josie. I found out this last Friday that I have a heart murmur. The doctor had never mentioned hearing it on me before, but because of the amount of water that I am currently drinking to keep up with nursing Cooper, she was able to hear it. She said the more water a person drinks the more pronounced a heart murmur can be. Luckily, I just need to be aware that I have a murmur and no additional tests are required.
Josie is still doing really well with her brother. She is starting to love to hold him. Almost every day, she tells me she do it, which means she wants to hold him. One must stand close by when she is holding him as when she decides she is done, she just pushes him aside and goes about her business. We are working on her telling us when she wants us to pick him up. Tomorrow will mark 1 week or her not having her nuk(pacifier) except at naptime and bedtime. She had a hard time the first several days but it's getting a lot easier. Hopefully she will continue to get better about asking for it.

We also finally got air conditioning in the house last week, so we are finally able to stay home anytime it gets too warm. Yeah!!!!!!!