Milestones

Those of you who have babies no doubt know about milestones - when a baby does something for the first time, like smiles, coos, or lifts his or her head. Since Gabe was born 5 weeks early, it is hard for us to know what "milestones" he should be accomplishing at this point. On one hand, he is 7 weeks old, on the other hand, according to the book I have, he should be viewed as merely a two week old. Anyway, last night, in our opinion, Gabe reached a milestone that's more in line with his actual age. While Dave & I were watching a movie (3:10 to Yuma, in case anyone was wondering :), Gabe sat in his vibrating chair (yes, I know these chairs are generally called bouncy chairs, but out chair does not bounce, just vibrates) watching the toys attached to the overhead bar. He has been doing that for a while, and on a couple of occasions, he has reached forthe toys and hit one with his arm - but I think that was unintentional. Last night, he kept hitting one of the toys repeatedly and then cooing and grunting each time he did it. He was clearly amusing himself. I managed to capture some of his antics on my camera.