8 weeks

Just a quick update...things are finally starting to settle down from the move and the new house is starting to feel like home already. We feel so blessed to be here and as I suspected Zach and Maggie are loving it as well. Zach of course would have been happy anywhere as long as we brought along his swing. The big things in his life right now are that he discovered his hands...he has been enthusiastically sucking on them since the day he was born, but now he can do so intentionally and makes the effort to get his thumb in his mouth. When he gets his whole thumb in there he chokes himself, so he has learned to tuck his thumb in and suck only on his knuckle. The other day I watched him hold his hand up in front of his face and study it as though he finally figured out it belonged to him. It was very cute. He is also starting to make cooing sounds as if he is trying to talk to us. My sister is visiting this week and is being a wonderful auntie! I will get new pictures up soon!