Noah Joseph Gauck

Our dream come true arrived 2 weeks early on January 9, 2012 at 7:58 am. The labor and delivery was not at all what we expected and everything we hoped for! We can not believe he is already 7 weeks old! Every day he seems to be growing and doing something new. He has already outgrown his newborn clothes. I keep trying to put them on him, but he can no longer fully extend his legs :(.

I see alot of Daryl and my dad in Noah's face. The only thing I think that came from me was the hair-he was born with a full head of long hair!

Noah has loved snuggling since he was born. Good thing-because we love snuggling him! He prefers to sleep in your arms, but we are working on sleeping in his crib and other things-like the swing. He has a 30 minute limit sleeping in something. I read that it's likely due to how infants sleep. 30-45 minutes is the time when they enter a new sleep cycle. Babies usually wake up at each cycle to some extent. Noah wakes up completely and then decides sleeping is for babies and decides to stay awake! Thankfully, he has been doing alot better at night. He sleeps in a bouncer seat which seems to work best for him at night. He's on a 3 hour cycle-eating, staying awake for a bit, then sleeping. Oh ya-throw in some major gas and dirty diapers in there! Who knew a little baby could produce so much gas and poop! These last couple of weeks he has been starting to smile and coo which just melts your heart! He loves music and currently his favorite songs are "Marry Me" from Train (thanks daddy for finding this one), Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and Mr. Sun. He'll pretty much smile at anything you sing to him. I haven't determined if he likes the song, or is laughing at my singing voice. He's starting to enjoy stretching out and playing on his activity mat. He will bat at the hanging toys with his hands and coos at them. He's got good head control and can push up nicely while he's on his belly. He likes being on his stomach and will occasionally fall asleep. He also sleeps well in the car seat when we go out. I think it's because he's all warm and snuggly in it. Yesterday, we started cloth diapers. So far, so good!