Joshie Has A Mini-Me

Well Wednesday was quite a day! Beckham and I started off by joining Amanda, Crystal and the girls for a swim at my mom's house. It was Beckham's first time in a big swimming pool and he seemed pretty content. I was bouncing and spinning him around in the water, and he even smiled a couple times. As much as he likes his baths, I still haven't seen him smile in the tub!

That same evening, Crystal's husband and Joshua came with all of us to the last Wednesday at the Square. We brought blankets to sit on this time and took up a pretty large area with all of our babies. Gina and Leah were there again; and this time instead of Joshua's family, it was my cousins Natalie and Krystle who dropped by. Beckham really enjoyed himself there! Amanda was holding him up to Ariel and as she was petting his face, he was cooing to her. I never saw him interact with another baby like that before! Then he was smiling nonstop as Joshua was playing with him. He loved it!

As I was looking at some pictures I took of Beckham today, it really hit me how much he looks like Joshua. Of course I already knew, but I guess I didn't really realize exactly how much they look alike. As Robin says, "it's freaky!". So not only does Beckham seem to have a lot of Joshua's personality traits so far, but he has his face too!

At the mommy group on Tuesday, I learned that Beckham only gained one ounce in the last week for a total of only five ounces in two weeks (he is now 11lbs 4oz). According the nurse at The Parenting Center where I attend the group, Beckham isn't gaining enough wait. He is definitely smaller than all the other babies there. Babies that are over a month younger than him weigh at least a pound more than him! So after talking with some of my other mama friends, I decided to start giving him cereal once a day for the next week and see how it goes. I'm actually really excited to give him something new and he's really liking it. This is the third day already and he's been sucking those bottles down! Hopefully, he'll get some chub soon!

Here are some other shots I took of my beautiful baby today!