Clayton is Five Weeks

Clayton's fifth week was an eventful one! He went a lot of places for the first time (although he snoozed through most of these in the Ergo or stroller).  We had not been to the zoo since Clayton's due date, so we decided that it was time to visit the Knoxville Zoo!  He also went to Downtown Knoxville for the first time, and we didn't realize it but the Rossini Festival was taking place so we briefly went to the festival.  Other firsts for Clayton in his 5th week included going to Fort Kid, the chocolate factory, and the World's Fair Park.  He also went to the park so that Carter and Nora Kate could meet up with some friends for a playdate.  He's such a good baby that it's really easy to take him wherever we want to go-I just try to be careful that he's not in the sun much!  We have also gone on lots of walks around the neighborhood. 
In his 5th week Clayton has started smiling at us! He doesn't do it all the time yet making it hard to capture on camera, but it's so sweet when he looks right at your face and smiles!  On Friday when we were in the van leaving to take Dawson to school, Dawson got in Clayton's face to kiss him goodbye.  While Dawson was close to him Clayton looked right at Dawson and smiled!  It was SO sweet how excited Dawson was over this-he knew it was a big deal, and felt special that Clayton had smiled at him!  So sweet!
Clayton has continued to do a lot of tummy time and it's paying off as I can tell his little neck is getting stronger and he's getting better head control. 
Clayton has continued the same eating and sleeping patterns as I described in the one month old blog posting.  He also continues to be a happy, sweet baby! 
He always has someone wanting to hold him, pat him, or kiss him! I love seeing him surrounded by so much love from Dawson, Carter, and Nora Kate!  I watch the four of them together and hope that they always have close, special sibling relationships!
We love our sweet Clayton so very much! Here are some pictures from his 5th week!

Clayton's first trip to the zoo...

How quickly things change..the top picture was our trip to the zoo on Clayton's due date in March.  Then on our zoo trip in April we had four sweet kids with us!

Clayton's first time visiting downtown Knoxville and World's Fair Park.

Clayton started smiling this week!

LOVE!!