12 Weeks

My little man turned 12 weeks today. Rick wanted to have a photo shoot of Athen after church today, it was a perfect time to document his 12 week of life. Here are some of his 12 week photos.

This is what he looks like most of the time - his fist in his mouth and a big full belly.

He is a doll!

For Athen's 12th week birthday he laughed out loud for the first time when his papa was playing with him. What a cutie this guy is.

Athen is a sweet well tempered little guy who doesn't cry much. He is pretty relaxed. I am hoping he just isn't lazy. Every time I put him in his pink bumbo seat the first thing he does is rest his head on the back. He doesn't even try and support his head. Hope he doesn't grow up lazy.

Athen doesn't mind being in the car but he doesn't like being in his car seat much. This is what happens when we come to a stop. 

As soon as the car starts moving again he quiets down.

Athen loves to suck. He will suck on anything. I gave him a pacifier when he was one week old because he wanted to suck on my breast all day long even when he wasn't hungry. He took to it like he was a hungry vulture and has loved it ever since. He also loves his thumb, fingers or fists which ever happens to fall into his mouth first. In the middle of the night when he wakes up he doesn't cry he just sucks on his hands and that is how I know he is up and ready to eat. The other day I decided to give him his pacifier upside down to see what he would do and sure enough he took that thing upside down and didn't blink twice.

After our photo shoot today we headed down the street to Alameda beach to go on a nice Sunday afternoon walk along the water. It was a perfect day for a walk along the beach.  I asked Rick to get him dressed for our walk along the beach and this is what we got.  I love it!

We have had some good meals over the last few weekends. Last Saturday night we went to Linguini's my favorite Italian restaurant in Alameda. We had Penne pasta with cream sauce, pancetta and mushrooms (my favorite meal ever) and a fuji apple salad with mixed greens, white pistachios, heirloom tomatoes, apples, feta, and balsamic vinagarette. It was delicious. This Saturday we went to Asena in Alameda with my friend Jenna and her boyfriend. We had Breaded chicken with procuitto and truffle cheese, potatoes and vegetables, Muscot duck raviolis with orange mint cream sauce,  breaded and fried spanish olives stuffed with mozzarella and mushroom caps stuffed with lamb and feta cheese. It was all delicious.