when i turn towards mommy and open and close my mouth repeatedly, mommy calls it my hungry hippo look.  she says i look just like the hippos in the children’s board game!  that’s how mommy knows when i’m hungry — which has been a LOT lately.

these past few days have been really tough on mommy.  just when she was getting good at deciphering my various whimpers and cries, i was suddenly fussy all the time, and she couldn’t figure out why.  it took her a few days to realize that i was going through my 3-week growth spurt.  i have been hungry all the time.  ALL… THE… TIME.  no joke.  plus, now that daddy has gone back to work, mommy doesn’t have him around for moral support.  poor mommy.

but at my doctor’s appointment today, i weighed in at 8 pounds 14 ounces (49 %ile)!  i have been gaining an average of 2 ounces a day, which is 2-4 times more than the average!  that made mommy feel much better.

oh, and guess what other exciting thing happened.  i received my very own package today!  mommy and daddy get deliveries all the time (the UPS driver is koda’s best friend), and now i can be just like them