The Contingency Plan

Hurrah! Hugo turns one month old today! Although sleep deprived and a little hazy, our little family has survived its first month together, yay!

So in celebration of this momentous occasion, here are just some of the things I love about him (in no particular order):

• He was born with a full head of hair that stands straight up in a mohawk
• To the amazement of the midwives at the hospital, his eyes focus on you when you hold or talk to him. They've done this since birth
• Although they may change, he currently has all of Lucas' traits - same eyes colour (blue) and same hair colour (brown, light brown in the sun), despite the fact that I have dominant brown eyes and black curly hair. I hope they don't change
• He'll settle whenever I sing 'The Nearness of You' to him. In these moments he'll look me straight in the eye until his slowly close for sleep
• He sleeps with his feet crossed and in the air and often with both of hands raised straight up next to his head
• His favourite place/way to sleep though, is on his chest on your chest
• And although he sleeps in a bassinette, there are times he won't rest unless he's cuddled or close. When I'm too tired, I clear the pillows and blankets and make a safe little spot for him to lie next to me. And despite the gap I leave between us, he always wriggles his way so we're touching. It melts me
• The way he smells
• He can tell when Lucas is in the room and will instantly move his head in the direction of Lucas' voice
• Like all boys, the only time he really looses it is when he's uber hungry
• He scrunches up his face whenever he first gets on the boob or you put a bottle in his mouth and has an expression like, 'What the hell are you trying to feed me here people?' (I hope this doesn't mean a bad thing)
• He guzzles milk as if he's never eaten before
• He still gets the hiccups (he had them every day in the womb). I'm sure this is because he drinks so much so fast
• After a feed, I often put him over my shoulder to burp and whenever I do this, he tilts his little head to face mine and falls asleep with his soft, short baby breaths on my neck
• He's ours

Cake time... Double yay!!