11 & 12 weeks

11 & 12 weeks. I can hardly believe it! Canon is becoming such a little...baby! He is definitely no longer a fragile infant. He can hold his head up pretty steadily now and has been straightening his legs and trying to stand a lot! He is becoming much more engaged under his play mat and is grabbing into the little animals. This past week he found his right fist and looooves to stick it in his mouth and slobber all over! It is pretty easy to get smiles from his these days and he may have even laughed a little too! Since we have been home for all of November, we have been working on his naps. He is a great napper! He typically takes a morning nap, which can last between 35 min - 1 hour, a mid-afternon nap that I try to get 2 hours out of and then, if we aren't out, a late afternoon nap for about another 45 minutes. He is really great at putting himself back to sleep during naps, typically crying for about 6 minutes before he is out again. At night, not so great at putting himself back to sleep, but I'll take what I can get! Figuring out his napping has really helped me be able to get work done throughout the week, which was especially good these past 2 weeks as I had a big project to work on! He is babbling a lot too! He just talks and talks and talks all the time. Here is a video we made for my mom (MoMo) which kind of shows him talking, but more I just love the way he lights up when he hears Aaron at around 15 seconds.

As you can see in our Week 12 photo, we've made the switch to cloth diapers!!!! Yay! I asked for diapers for Christmas and we got 12 of them from grandparents late last week. So far my impression is that yes, they are a bit more time consuming in the moment while changing than disposable, but it is totally worth it! The big difference is that instead of just being able to throw the dirty diaper in the pail, I now have to complete the change, put Canon in his crib and take the dirty diaper to the bathroom. We don't have a diaper sprayer yet, so I just let it soak in the toilet for a little while, then put it in the wet bag. However, knowing that we're never going to have to spend money on diapers again is awesome. And when I put Canon in the crib yesterday, I came back to find him smiling and grabbing onto a stuffed animal in the corner (which is no where near him when he is sleeping!). So, that was pretty cute.

He'll be officially 3 months next Tuesday, Dec. 4, and I'm hoping to get some comparison pictures together for that. I just can't believe it has been 12 weeks already! I am really enjoying this stage that he is in and being at home to play with him all the time!