7 weeks and growing!

Esther hit the 7 weeks milestone yesterday. She is really starting to change at a faster pace now.
The last few days have been pretty busy for her. Last Thursday (1/31), she had her first babysitter - Grandma Mathews! She behaved herself well, and slept most of the time in Grandma's arms.
Friday through Monday she was pretty fussy, and hungry. She wouldn't go to sleep by herself much during the day or the evening, but she slept longer at night. Mom says that Esther has had 6+ hour stretches of sleep for a couple nights now! Mom had a good idea to turn the clock radio on to static, and then put the radio next to Esther's crib in the nursery. This seems to muffle the noises of the wind, weather, cats and Dad getting dressed in the morning.
Esther makes coo-ing sounds now fairly regularly. The best time to catch her coo-ing seems to be when she is in a good mood - having eaten and mostly awake, but not too awake. She makes sounds like "ooo" and "ah-goooo", usually accompanied by her tongue sticking out. She smiles more now too - although Dad still wouldn't say her smiles are always intentional just yet.
Mom figured out a cool trick to do with Esther: Mom blows on Esther's face lightly, and Esther will take a quick breath in, slightly close her eyelids and smile a bit. If Dad blows on her face too hard, Esther will purse her lips together and blow some bubbles. Esther really seems to notice breeze on her face - during cold trips outside in the car seat, sometimes the wind blows the flap open over her face and she will gasp a bit.
Every day that Dad comes home from work, he thinks that Esther has grown a bit more. Mainly her face / head seem to be growing - her body growing is not as obvious. Esther has her 2 months Doctor's appointment next week - she will get her first round of shots, and we'll get to see how much she's grown!
She is a good baby and is doing great!