Spent the day at Grandma Davis' beach house with cousins William (2 1/2) and Warner (4 1/2).

Valen loved their little dog. He was actually lying on the floor with it 5 seconds earlier than this photo!

amazing treasures!

Valen was so deternined to get this kite up in the air!

learning how to skip rocks.

cousin Warner and grandpa Bodeutsch

Entertained by a big annoying dog.

Valen was terribly afraid of the sprinkler! He kept running straight up to the house crying when he would get wet or even close!

Valen loves tomatoes!

Ummmm... Adorable!

We have this book Bent Objects, (which I highly reccommend) that Dahlia and Valen love to look at together. Here Dahlia is explaining the pictures to him. She really has no idea why they are funny, but trys really hard to. The next time you come over to our house, you should check it out.

Valen is really into puzzles lately. He has an eye for matching things. We got this one in the mail today and he had no problem figuring it out.So proud of him!

I asked Valen what he wanted for dinner the other night and he responded with "salad". He is the funniest guy. What kind of a two year old likes spinach!!? Whenever Justin and I have salad and don't put any on his plate, he usually ends up eating half of it... can't complain! (:

Valen loves playing baseball.. even though he rarely hits the ball, he still has the best time. and every time he swings he twirls around and plops down on the ground, so cute! (:

chairs are so much more fun upside down of course.

early morning veggie tales while mommy sleeps in.

late halloween costume... a bit small but so stinking cute! he loves running around in it, especially the gloves!

eating, reading books and doing puzzles are his favorites right now. and of course watching daddy play the wii. (: he likes to choose what games he will play. just about after every meal he will say " let's play a game, let's play a game!" and every time we always respond with "not right after we eat valen, how bout in a little bit?" and the he loses it! arching back, fists on the floor, whining..... i guess he has a really bad memory.

speaking of throwing fits. we are getting through the 2's fairly calmly. I would say he throws more fits than dahlia did, but not as many as some! if we can be strong and not give in, he stops. and if he doesn't we simply put him in time out in his crib until he can calm down and that works very fast. I have only spanked him probably two times ever and it doesnt seem as needed like with dahlia. time outs work just fine for him and i am so glad!

well that is enough for now. basically he is the most adorable precious little boy I ever could have dreamed up, he is so special and life is just hillarious with him in it!!

Valen was such a ham and much more easy going than dahlia. he just goes with the flow and shows off his cuteness!

to see more ADORABLE photos of him check out the side bar, we finally updated it!

dahlia and i went to a mother daughter tea with justins mom. dahlia was very shy at first and was making this particular face for some time, it was funny. eventually she warmed up and started doing a few dance moves and being silly for attention, she made me proud (:

dahlia helped me make some cookies justin was going to take to a meeting.... but he never went. unfortunately we had to eat them all ): dahlia loves cooking with me, that and doing crafts is a daily request.

valen has a very sweet spirit. he is so gentle and loving. i just love that about him. i imagined a rough wild boy, which he is, but he has such a sweetness about him that makes me so happy. he must get it from his daddy (:

valen talks SOO much. dahlia said about five words by the time she was two years old and they were barely understandable, valen can say anything and does. we can literally have a conversation with him and he talks in sentences. it is adorable. i can understand him 90% of the time. he knows how to say "dahlia" but for some reason always calls her "goya"

valen knows his alphabet and he just learned it casually from reading books and dahlia singing it all the time. he can also count to 10. not kidding you! he doesnt really understand counting entirely but he knows the order and points to things as he says the numbers. dahlia helped him learn that. she really is a good teacher. he is working on his colors. his favorite color, i kid you not, is pink! anything pink in the house he loves. if he finds a pink shirt of dahlias he will insist on wearnig it... and when i asked him what his favorite color was he said PINK! hopefully that will pass(: sooner than later!

he loves to eat! if i go into the kitchen he immediately drops what he is doing and gets on his chair. and usually says "applesauce". even if he just had applesauce, he will still ask for it ALWAYS. he doesnt really understand how eating works i dont think. he avoids chewing most of the time and just inhales things. i just dont understand it. food is so much better when you enjoy it. i am amazed at what a good eater he is still though, there isnt much i try giving him that he wont eat. he even likes broccoli and peppers and cucumbers!

a week or so ago justin went in to get valen from his room and found him diaperless and smiling. pointing to some poop and pee in his bed! he had taken out the bottom of the pack and play and threw out everything, including some poop. YUCK! we usually leave him in there after he wakes up in the morning for about an hour because he just talks and doesnt seem to mind and we are still sleeping. but now he has found some mischief to get into and we dont feel safe leaving him alone that long! we are trying to put valen and dahlia in the same room, but it is complicated and just causing many sleepless nights for us all. hopefully we can get this figured out!

alright i think that was enough of an update, i will write more later after his birthday party next weekend!

this is how valen eats his breakfast nowadays (:

he has an obsession with cards. any type of cards or puzzle pieces. dahlia got some flash cards with sesame street characters on them for christmas and he will carry all of them around in his hand and have so much fun passing them off to one of us or just looking at them. as if they are some sort of card collection and he is proud of them. the other night he even insisted on taking them to bed with him. 

he is talking a lot more lately also. he says uncle and narner  (warner) awa for water (which sounds like agua) and plenty others. he isnt afraid to try and talk, dahlia barely talked till she was at least two years old! they are so different!

he has always been a great sleeper and has continued to be so far. we recently tried putting dahlia and valen in the same room at night and he loved it. such an easy transition for him. dahlia on the other hand had some serious issues with it. she even woke him up in the middle of the night screaming and i just put him back in his room alone and he had no complaints. we are so glad for this! he is such a go with the flow sort of guy. 

my favorite thing is when he brings me books. he will plop himself down right on my belly or if i am lying down, my neck. so cute. he will just stay there for the longest time, forcing me to read the same books over and over and over..... usually books that annoy me(= but i just cant get enough of him snuggling me, he really is such a sweetie and i and i can barely stand it! (:

valen found this pacifier somewhere in dahlias room. he has never actually ever used it before, i dont know why we still have it, but he had so much fun chewing and sucking on it...

we couldnt find valens warm coat anywhere. he wore a couple days ago, but now it is nowhere... so this is the only thing we had that was warm for him... well dahlia has a nice sparkly sweater that could have worked i suppose. i realized once we were outside that his whole mid area was exposed and probably freezing!

this one is just adorable! he loves to climb up onto our dining chairs and just sit there. if they happen to be next to anything, he will quietly observe and destroy the surroundings. we actually keep the chairs pushed up to the bar at our house, so that he wont climb the walls with them... but he finds a way. 

valen tried to venture off on his own... resulting in an accidental snow angel.

this time he had no trouble.

valen did NOT want to come inside after the snow!

this was a sad few minutes!!

this guy is amazing. he balanced there for quite some time. this is his new favorite thing to do..  slam dunk himself.

thanksgiving valen ate two white rolls and a cup of milk... he was not interested in anything else, even though i know he was very very hungry. he politely refused all the goodness!

this is what he does with his baby food in a jar. no need for a spoon, just some squash straight up.

we were at a birthday party for a two year old friend of dahlia and valens and valen was being oh so cute the entire time. there was quite a bit of chasing on my part, but he has much fun being cute and exploring. this was one of the only times he sat still for more than 10 seconds. 

 Valen is a very smiley, happy guy. he talks a lot more now and has so many faces. especially at meal times, he gets super silly and is very entertaining. 

in the morning valen wakes up before us and when he does, he doesnt cry ( usually) he just starts jabbering on and on, sometimes for an hour or more.... depending on how tired we are and if dahlia sleeps in too. how wonderful is that?! he does that after his naps too....well most days, unless his nap was too short, then he cries right away.

i know everyone thinks their kids are cute.. but gosh these kids are REALLY REALLY CUTE!! (=

wow, we can hardly believe that our baby is 18 months! cuter than ever and more fun and precious! he has a thing for his two fingers on his left hand. he can do many things while these two fingers remain in his mouth. also his pooh chewy bear and his puppy arent very far away at all times for this guy, they really seem to comfort him. if he is cranky, i will go and get his little friendsand just about every time it does the trick. and his blanket (not pictured) who auntie megan actually made for dahlia a few years ago, but valen has kind of taken that over. he carries that around all over the house most of the day.

he is talking a little bit more. easy words like door, more, up, off......he just started throwing tantrums about a week ago. nothing tragic but he is certainly different than before. sometimes if i go into the bathroom and he doesnt want that (i can still see him because we have a gate in the doorway) he will fall on the ground and hit his hands to the floor a couple times while whining and then in a couple seconds crawl away and play... so cute! i cant help but laugh! 

he was teething again for a few days and it was not fun for anyone. he wouldnt sleep or eat much and needed to be held at all times. not to mention all the serious drooling going on! thankfully it only lasted 3 days and it wasnt as bad as having a 6month old teething... at least we can communicate with him and he isnt screaming his head off with no end in sight! i dont miss those days! 

he loves being in the nursery at church. until recently it was hard for us to leave him because he would cry and just not get over it. but now he is fine.... but dahlia still wont let us go. i teach sunday mornings in her class so i am hoping that by the end of the month she will be more comfortable even when i am not the teacher. 

ok, well valen is our favorite boy and we couldnt imagine a more perfect beautiful amazing child and are cherishing every moment and excited to see who he becomes!

just this last week or so valen has insisted on eating everything all by himself! i have given him the spoon for bites before but never the whole bowl, he would just dump it out. but all of a sudden he is getting it. he figured out drinking from a cup a while back and he is such a pro! no more sippie cups for him now, he is so picky!! i actually put pureed fruits and veggies in a cup for him to drink since he cant use a spoon with such soupy foods, and he loves it. he does not like us to give him bites anymore, so this works well.

he has grown over 1 1/2 inches in the past month or so. he has been sleeping so much lately and i bet that is when he did all this growing.

it isnt very noticeable from the pictures but valen is very bow legged. i read that it isnt uncommon for babies to be this way and they usually outgrow it by age 3. so i am not too worried, and i sure hope he does grow out of it, he is not going to be a cowboy!!! but it is kind of cute the way he walks (= 

valen has also started pushing dahlia around. it is very funny. she gets all whiny and doesnt want to play. he thinks it is hillarious and just keeps doing it. i really dont think he is trying to be mean, but it is funny since she is always beating him up, now the tables are turning! he really is the most playful little boy ever! he never stops being silly or playful. much more easy going than dahlia. she is very playful too, but very serious at time as well.

one of valens favorite things right now is dahlias elmo underwear. actually he brings her clothes to me all of the time and wants me to put them on him and he gets so upset if i dont. i grab something of his and try to get by with that, but he gets mad and inssits on dhalia pink clothing! i kid you not! oh my... anyways, he loves her emo underwear. whenever i throw the laundry onto the couch he comes a runnin to search through it all saying "elmo, elmo elmo". and when he finds them he goes totally bananas and wont stop saying elmo... why is it that everyone loves elmo? there are plenty other grovvy characters on sesame street that i would rather listen to all day long!

he has been such a snuggle bear lately. most days this week he has wanted to sit on my lap all day long! he has been so cuddly. giving me lots of hugs and kisses and smiles. if i sing to him "you are my sunshine" he justs lays his head on my shoulder and then when i am done he looks at me and giggles and smiles.... oh my, it is so adorable. dahlia sings it with me and that makes it even more sweet! 

many times in the past, if he is whiny while i am making lunch or something i just let him cry for a little bit and he usually wanders off and plays with dahlia, but not this week! maybe he is getting depressed that winter is coming too (=

these kids love to go to school, well pretend anyhow. dahlia will bring me her backpack and say "cool mama cool" she cant make "S" sounds yet. and then valen wants to wear one too, so we put him in the zoe backpack. many times she wants to put clothes on and her slippers so that she is ready to go, and then grabs some books. this time i put them in these clothes, the most "school girl" clothing i could find. it was so cute to see them playing. they will also just walk around the house wearing their backpacks wandering around. this is probably the most fought after toy in this house. they also love to sit up on dahlias bed. usually play very well on there, but eventually i hear dahlia get excited and start jumping like crazy! and valen tries to jump, but he isnt quite good at it yet.

he has grown over 1 1/2 inches in the past month or so. i bought him some 18 month old jeans and they are still a bit big, but he was outgrowing his 12 month corduroys.

valen is very bow legged. i read that it isnt uncommon for babies to be and they usually outgrow it by age 3. so i am not too worried, and i sure hope he does grow out of it, he is not going to be a cowboy!!! but it is kind of cute the way he walks (=

valen has started pushing dahlia around. it is very funny. she gets all whiny and doesnt want to play. he thinks it is hillarious and just keeps doing it. i really dont think he is trying to be mean, but it is funny since she is always beating him up, now the tables are turning!

at night when it is time for bed, he knows it and sometimes starts heading for his room, or on his naps too, i will tell him it is time for a nap and he will look for his puppy and go by the crib. he doesnt go to sleep right away, he usually is talking for 15 minutes or so playing with his puppy and blanket, but mostly content to go in there. 

for a while now valen has been sleeping in the morning till about 830 or 9! that has been so wonderful because when he was teething before that for months he would wake up at 6 or 7 am. but recently dahlia has been waking up before him at 7 or 8 or whenever and going in to his room. they play together well but we cant really keep sleeping at that point. furthermore the busses are back now and come by our house at 7:15 am and make so much noise! i think they are doing donuts and reversing around the cul-de-sac just to annoy us (= so if this keeps up i think we will just put them in the same room and then they can keep each other company in the morning and maybe we can sleep... she isnt too young to babysit right (=

we are having too much fun over here... valen is such a goofy guy and constantly doing something new. he is almost at the age dahlia was when i gave birth to valen... oh my! i cant imagine having another one right now, that would be insane. he is certainly the cutest boy i could have ever imagined and i am so glad he is here! i really smother him in smooches all day long, and i get them back too! he is a big smoochie guy (=

last thing, valen loves books!!! it really is nuts how long he can sit and look at books with dahlia or read them with us. he is never done and definitly loves "the cat and the hat", by far his favorite! if he is going to be obsessed with a book at least it is a dr suess book! 

yesterday valen was trying to get under the table becasue there were a couple o's, from who knows when, under there. he just kept saying "o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o " ahhh i love his little voice! he has been talking so much more lately. he tries to say what we say and it is so sweet. he likes to bring me whatever bowl/cup type toy they have around and hangs it over the gate to the kitchen saying "o o o" until i either fill it up or take it away. 

i keep telling him he better not get any cuter or he is in trouble!!

the only thing dahlia really tried to do at his age was touch the buttons on the vcr.. do people still have these besides us?

but the nice thing is that we dont have to vacuum anymore.... valen picks up the pieces of lint or crumbs or whatever and brings them to us, while he says "uh oh" . it is very conveneint since dahlia usually drops at least one peanut or raisin from her snack.... i dont really worry about him eating it. except for o's he just eats those on the spot.

valens birthday party was fun and he showed off his cuteness and wasnt shy. we invited some family that lives around here and it was really fun to see everyone! he loved his gifts and his blueberry cupcake with vanilla ricotta frosting (which he loved more than the cupcake) 

he is in a new learning season right now. he wants to climb on everything and test our limits. i am trying to be very firm and not doing that counting to three thing.... they are both getting the hang of it and know that i am not going to crumble....well i might (= so right now it is a bit stressful for me since dahlia is also in a new disciplining season too. she has started to push the limits harder and throw some slight fits... which of course is normal, but i am just all of a sudden dealing with two different types of tantrums. but really they are good kids and i am not complaining. i am actually very thrilled at how

as you can see in the picture below valen is on the table with his accomplice. i went into the kitchen to wash my hands and i turned around and there he is.... and dahlia following right behind. my first reaction was "i gotta get a picture" but i was also afraid he would bash his skull!

Valen and Dahlia love to play with this lamp shade. they both wear it as a hat and try to take it from each other. it really is hillarious to watch them fighting over a lamp shade! he just wants to be like her in everything though. whatever she does, he will do it too.

Valen is really into feeding himself. unfortunately i am not. he makes such a mess (as of course babies do) but dahlia was not like him at all. at this age she would just let me feed her and it kept the messes to a minimum. then once she could actually do it, then we let her do it  a lot. i am convinced that dahlia is going to be so much like me and valen like his daddy. he is already showing signs of it. uses his left hand more (i have read that it isnt usually obvious till later in life, but still (= ) diving off furniture, being the comedian.... he just has a mind of his own and doesnt keep within the limits of anything. dahlia is so much more controlled. she is a wild girl, but has some sense of consequence. he is actually a bad influence on her (= they both love the bath tub and would take a bath every hour if  i let them. but they were both in there standing in front of it, and valen started to climb in. not once has dahlia ever even tried that. but as soon as valen got his leg up there, dahlia joined in of course.  i know kids are curious at all times, but it is funny how different both of them are and how they react to each other. it is just way too much fun in this house!

this little guy is so a full blown walker now! he walks everywhere. he can walk all the way down the hallway without falling down, but everytime i tried to film him, he didnt make it. it is so much fun to have him so mobile! when he first tried this walking thing he would have a couple bruises and bumps everyday and it made me nervous. but he got better and better so now he rarely gets boo boos at all, mostly when he gets excited or if dahlia has something to do with it. (=

we went to the park today and put them both in the stroller and they were both so calm and just enjoyed it. then we put valen in the snuggly and let dahlia play on the toys. it was very cute. we are so glad that summer is so close. weather in these parts have been so cold lately and we are so ready for the sunshine to warm us up!! both of our kids just love it outside, as do other kids, but it is so refreshing to be outdoors and really love being with them and seeing them grow and change. 

here is a video of valen walking and then a bit of dahlia and valen dancing.

Valen turned ten months old on the first of april. wow, he is getting so big and different! he took a few steps on saturday and is so much more steady than before. he gets really excited because we are so excited when he stands for very long or tries walking. it is very cute. we need a camera stuck to one of the mining hats so that we dont miss anything!! i cant be looking at him and not smooch him he has so much more personality now too. he has a backetball hoop that he just loves and gets so excited when he dunks it, he always looks around and makes a cute face and a squeel of course(= dahlia and him play so much better together too. i was actually able to make dinner twice last week before justin was off work,that is so awesome, cuz sometimes he doesnt get off until 6 and that makes for late dinners most nights. i am looking forward to many more days where i can just let them play and trust that dahlia wont smother him to death. she doesnt so much hit him anymore, rather just knock him over and tackle him. she thinks she is playing but it is very rough, he cries most times but gets back in the game right away. they peek around the corner a lot during the day, i think it is their favorite game together... it is hillarious to watch. valen will peek around the corner and dahlia will kinda yell and then they will both start laughing hysterically and run opposite directions. they dont get sick of it until dahlia knocks him against the dresser and he starts screaming..... happens every time. dahlia also likes to lay on him while he is drinking a bottle, right over his tummy. then follows that up by a smooch on his eye. she will sit right next to him and talk to him or bring him books and toys while he is eating too, it is so cute. she is such a mommy! she likes to help take care of him.

Valen sleeps good at night now. sleeps about 10 or so hours and then takes a two hour nap during the day. i put him down the past few days around 1pm instead of 11 and he ended up sleeping the next two mornings. i dont know if that is a coincidence, but i am going to try to hold out for later naps if he is going to sleep in in the mornings!but then again, i end up waking up at 6am and cant sleep, not because i am not tired, but just because i have issues, so i might as well get up with him anyhow.

he has been eating two meals a day (besides formula) and he loves it. it is very nice to have him at the table eating with us. he has liked most things i have given him, he even ate cauliflower..... i tried it all mashed up and it was disgusting. i love it raw or cooked but pureed is just gross. babies have such different taste buds than adults though. i guess bland stuff is good to them. i hope he is as good of an eater as dahlia!

his bottom two teeth are completely in and his top four are poking through. i think that explains the past month of crankiness at night.  he does a lot better now that they are in. he is really into biting now though and that is so scarry considering top and bottom teeth.... but he totally understands when i say "no bite" i mean he doesnt do it, but he looks and smiles and does it again and then smiles again..... what a stinker!

we are so excited about this summer. it will be fun to go to the park and see them run around together and be able to get out a lot. they both have so much energy together it is craziness! it is certainly never a dull moment around here with these kids, and that is fine with me. i love hearing them laugh and talk and see them love each other, it is so precious.

Valen just figured out how to eat real food. I have attempted to feed him many times, but it just pours out of his mouth and he chews on the spoon. Yesterday he was different though, he LOVED the bananas and actually swallowed all that was on the spoon. It was oh so cute. This is actually very nice for us because now he will sit in his chair for twenty minutes or so quiet and occupied while we eat or just sit and enjoy not moving for a few moments. The older he gets, the easier things seem to get around here. He is much better at balancing than he was even a week ago too. We are all looking forward to Valen walking and I would bet it will be in the next few weeks. Did I mention how cute he is (=

He has so much energy and doesn't seem to want to go to sleep. Well he gets cranky but certainly doesn't want to miss out on any action. He has been waking up at 6:30 or 7:00 lately and that is just way too early. he used to sleep until at least 8:00 and take two good naps. Now he may or may not take two naps and he isnt ready for bed as early as before either, but still wakes up ready for the day by 7am.... I dont know if we can handle this. i have sort of come to terms with the fact that he is an early riser and we are just going to have to deal with it, but then again i just cant imagine life as an early riser, that sounds so terrible. dahlia goes to bed around 9ish and i like to be in bed by 10:30 but that only leaves an hour in between to talk with justin or do anything important that i needed to do all day, so many nights i end up staying up later. but the good news is that it is daylight when valen wants to get up, so if i have to get up way early at least it isnt dark outside, that would be extremely depressing!

this picture is so funny! when he crawls around, his shirts gets pulled down from the carpet, exposing himself(= this is dahlia cardboard house he likes to paw at. 

valen is crawling so fast now. he has been crawling (army crawl) for a while, but hasnt gotten up on his knees yet. he is so cute to watch slither across the floor. when he wants something he will climb over anything to get it! he really likes walls too.... he just crawls over to a wall and paws at it... or dressers or the tv stand, i wonder what he is thinking. he is such an explorer. definitely more so than dahlia was.

changing his diaper is quite a chore. he is so wiggly and doesnt like to be lying on his back that we literally have to hold him down to get the job done. when the diapers are full of poo, it takes us both to ensure that the poo stays where it should! very scary situation. the other night i went out and valen happened to poo right after i left... so justin had to tackle it alone. of course it can be done but justin was dangling valen by the ankles trying to wipe his butt upside down. those straps on the changing pad are such a joke, he still gets away. we cant even use the table anymore because he will end up falling on the floor, it is much safer to be on the floor to begin with. so the best time to change him is while he is eating, and also change his clothes at that same time.

he is sleeping better at night now. wakes up sometimes before 5 so we just change his diaper and put him back down. sometimes he wakes up at 6 or 7 and wants to play, but usually within a half hour he is tired again. we started using pampers at night and he hasnt leaked through since, well except last night....

alright, i dont think many of you are really prepared for the cuteness of valen jude. he is so adorable and has gotten more so over the past week! he went from needing to be held a lot of the time or be in his super saucer, to scooting around on the floor looking for toys to munch on. he is a mover and just wants to get going. i remember dahlia just sitting up against the boppy at this age and chewing on whatever we gave her, but not valen, he is totally different. i wouldnt be surprised if he started crawling very very soon. he gets around really good, but downt crawl quite yet. he actually isnt really interested in eating anymore either, he just wants to play. we will just lay him down and give him a bottle and within minutes he is turned over and trying to get away. he doesnt even care if we take it away either.... nuts! so he has been spitting up a lot more though! all that moving around while he is trying to eat, makes for a lot of spit up. yuck, i am not a fan (= we have been waiting for this moment for a long time though, the moment where he didnt actually want to be held and would rather scoot around! thank you Lord this day came so soon!

it will be fun to see him on christmas at my sisters house with all of the other kids and their toys. he is so much more interactive too. more like a little person who understands than a baby who just stares at things unintently. when i go to put him down for a nap, i just go into the room and he takes one look at that crib and turns to me and starts whimpering and squirming, it is funny. but he always goes to sleep. he was doing better during the day for naps, but now he is fussy for those and not at night. whatever, after all he is a baby, and he doesnt know the rules (= 

he loves it when i clap. if he is fussy on the floor, i just clap in front of him and sing something silly and he is amused for a long time. or tickling him is adorable too. he is so extremely ticklish. we have to put up a video of him laughing, it is hillarious.  

dahlia wasnt cranky really at all when she was teething, so we are glad we didnt go through this with dahlia too. we would have really pulled our hair out since she was already miss fussy pants for other reasons! 

anyways just thought i would post this adorable picture of valen! he will be 4 months in a week and a half!! 

i think part of it is because he started rolling over a couple days ago and likes to sleep on his side now. he sleeps so much better and sounder. he never did like his back!  if he keeps this up i am going to be so stinkin ecstatic i wont know what to do with myself!

yesterday Valen was two months old. today was his checkup and shots )= yesterday i saw something about shots might be harmful and then i saw something today about maybe a link to autism (no studies to prove that though) but still i wish i wouldnt have seen that right when he got shots. makes me nervous. dahlia wasnt bothered by her shots but valen has a temperature tonight and was fussy this evening. but a different fussy than normal. but we took his temp and it was only 100 so nothing to be concerned about. He weighs 10 lbs 15 oz, not a chubby baby but healthy anyhow. he has grown 4 inches since he was born though, and that is a lot! He giggled for the first time yesterday when i was smiling and talking to him. he will pretty much smile back at you now all the time. and of course the cooing and little noises he makes a lot too. much happier than he was a month ago! doesnt cry as much and is way more interactive! hooray!he has been sleeping great at night too. from about 9 pm till 4 or 5! then till about 8 or 9. naps are short during the day maybe 20 or 30 minutes but i cant complain!