Smiles and Sleeps

It's amazing how full and wonderful life is now that Ebby is a part of it. I find that I wake up every morning (and a few times at night - still) happy to be with Ebby and excited to see what he'll do and learn.
Andrew and I are trying to get Ebby on a more predictable schedule and so are in a kind of 'transition schedule'. Poor Ebby. It's been hard on him but we know it will be better for him in the long run. Last night's 5 am wake-up might have had something to do with our new schedule but I'm not sure. It was very wierd. Ebby wanted to be sleeping but was too excited to be awake. When I came into his room he was crying really hard but the second he saw me he was laughing and giggling. It was so cute I had to pick him up. He immediately started crying again. So, I put him down and he giggled until he realized I was going to go back to bed. Then he started really crying. When I finally got him back to sleep he slipped into the deepest sleep I've ever seen him sleep. Weird.
So, our lives are full of cute moments and lovable cuddles. I believe Ebby's hair is coming back. He looks at us a LOT more and he actually smiles at us. He's also a lot more vocal. He really likes saying "Mmmm - Mm - Mmmm." And he's starting to reach for objects. Life is perfect.