More videos

These are videos that have been done fairly recently (one is from this morning). It is amazing to watch the ones I posted earlier and see how much he has changed in the last several weeks. He's growing up so fast!

We measured him this weekend and found he is now 24.5 inches long! We also guess that he weighs at least 12 pounds. We'll find out for sure at the next doctor's visit.

http://www.vimeo.com/user3095063/videos

The many faces of Xavier

In the course of a day, Xavier learns, thinks, feels, and does many things.

Here are some of these moments.

Xavier smiles:

(At this moment, he is delighted by Mr. Crab - his favorite toy.)

He thinks and watches:

He reads books:
(or at least looked at them and chews whatever is handy)

He prays:

(do you see the future monk in him?)


He plays with toys:

He gets excited:

He gets angry:

(He's thinking, why is Mommy taking those stupid pictures when I should have started eating 5 minutes ago!)

And finally, he sleeps:

Videos!

Since I think Xavier is even cuter in "real time,"

I created some short videos to share.

The files are really too large to load on this website. To see them, go here:

http://www.vimeo.com/user3095063/videos

Enjoy!

PS. If you tried the link before, try again. I changed the privacy settings and it now works.

Baptism

As the cake suggests, Xavier was baptised at our church last Saturday night.

This is the baptismal gown he wore. It has been used by my family for three generations. It was handstiched by his great grandmother and the lace was handmade by his great, great grandmother. His grandmother, great aunt and uncle, and his aunt all wore it at their baptisms.

These are his proud parents with his new godparents. His godfather is an old friend of Justin's and currently a monk and priest at Conception Abbey in Missouri. His godmother is a new friend of ours, whom we met here in Thomasville.

As a double belssing, the ceremony was performed by his godfather.

This was the only part of the ceremony that he was calm and quiet for!

Proud parents

Happy Aunt and Uncle - Xavier seems to particularly like snuggling with his aunt.

In celebration of fat!

Xavier had a doctor's appointment today. He is now 10 pounds, 5 ounces. That means in the past 4 weeks, he has gained two pounds!

I love watching the fat rolls emerge on his body. See that big belly!

He's starting to out grow his newborn sized clothes.

Love that double chin!

In celebration of the Jayhawk basketball season:

(He is "waving the wheat" if you can't tell. ;)

And a bonus picture with Daddy (the baby whisperer):