Truly though, he is such a good baby. We took him out (awake!) to a Korean restaurant down the hill to celebrate Bruno's birthday with a few friends. It's always nice to go out with these particular people because one of them is Korean and is able to chat with the staff at these restaurants. I think it gets us better service.
Anyhow, Elijah sat in his carseat by my feet and stared around at all the lights and just sat there listening to us talk and the low level music. He fell asleep halfway through the dinner, then woke up when we passed him around for everyone to inspect. After staring at everyone with his trademark suspicious gargoyle look (I'll try and get a picture of it sometime), he went peacefully back in his carseat for the ride home.
The health visitor came by today and weighed him again. Elijah now weighs 9 pounds, 12 ounces, and is measuring just above the 50th percentile on the standard (read: formula-fed, not breastfed) growth chart. Not bad.
Here's a picture of him in his carseat at 3 weeks, 2 days, ready to accompany us to the Korean restaurant. You can compare it to the picture of him in a previous entry when he was just 24 hours old.
And here's a picture of him "helping" his daddy work.
To add to the cold tea mentality, we have realized that 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep = bliss.
Fortunately, he is a very laid-back little boy. We are very lucky. He sleeps well, feeds well, is growing well, and is starting to learn night from day. He feeds a lot more during the day, which is great. Of course, we're trying to help this along as much as possible. Right now he's in a mid-afternoon doze, but I've got a Mahalia Jackson song up at medium volume, the lights on, and I'm typing about 3 feet away from him. At night, I keep the lights dim and there's no music.
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