Smiles

The past couple of days little Ben has given us several more smiles. You have to get him in the right kind of mood (really calm and content) and then he will start to focus on us and give us a couple of good smiles. I love it! He is also starting to make some cooing noises - not very often, but it is pretty fun when it happens. I love when they realize they can make noises of their own because then they get quite vocal. He is still getting up every three hours or so each night, but I started to put him in his own bed regularly when he first goes down at night. I want to end this pattern of sleeping in our bed all of the time. It's cozy, but it's hard to get any good sleep when he is right there next to me. He's done pretty well the past two nights, so we will see what happens next.