February 8, 2011

Toys are for chewing on, and that is all. This particular toy vibrates and sings when you squeeze it, so he thinks it's hilarious and loves to chew on the face or ears while it's on. According to J, he had a pretty good day - but he got a little fussy toward the end of the day. When I walked in the door I could hear him yelling in the back room with J. They met me in the hallway and he gave me some big smiles and immediately lunged at me with a big open mouth kiss. We had a little dinner, took a fun bath (complete with big splashes, his new thing) and then we read his Caterpillar book. He was pretty sleepy, so he went to bed pretty quickly, but we managed to get in some snuggles and silliness before he went to sleep.

February 7, 2011

This picture isn't great, it's a little dark - but little man was sleepy tonight, so it's the best I could do. This is after bath time and before I got him in his pjs. After spending a whole week with him, I really missed him today. He was excited to see me too, handing out lots of smiles and sloppy open-mouthed kisses.

It was so crazy though, when I went to get him he just looked so different from yesterday - like he grew up overnight. He looked like a little boy, not my little baby. He's just growing too fast! I'm trying to work on some words with him - Mama is the main one, of course. He really likes his First 100 Words and First 100 Animals books. He likes to look at the pictures and he follows my fingers as I point and read the words to him. He doesn't even try to eat the book as much as he used to. Pretty cute.

February 6, 2011

In keeping with tradition, I've posted two pictures since I didn't post yesterday. The one where he is trying to eat the toy is from this morning, while he was still in his PJs. The second one is after his morning nap. Yesterday and today were good days. He's starting to fight his naps and bedtime again and we've had a few fits the last couple of days. I really think his gums are hurting, he has kept his hands in his mouth almost 24/7. I can't feel or see any new teeth, so I fear we may be in for quite a bit of fussiness until those new teeth decide to come along. We all went the to the grocery store today and he likes sitting up in the cart and checking the place out. I've enjoyed all of my extra time with the kiddo this week, I'm kind of sad to go back to work tomorrow. Hopefully he'll readjust to the "daddy" schedule easily and not give J too much trouble. Next weekend we have a photo shoot for the monkey (Saturday) and then my cousin's baby shower (Sunday). Will be fun to get out and about a little bit with the monkey - more than just the grocery store, anyway.

February 4, 2011

Well this was our third snow day of the week. So the count ended up as 2 days at work, 3 days with the monkey. Such a strange week, but the snow was definitely prettier to look at today. After a fussy day and a half, little man was in a great mood today. He actually slept until a little after 7AM! I couldn't believe it. Usually he wakes up between 4:30a - 5:30a for a bottle and then sleeps until 6:30-7:30a, but he slept all the way through to 7a this morning. It was awesome. Of course I still got up at 5a, but I was able to get back to sleep easily. THEN, he took his morning nap with no fuss and slept for 2 HOURS. Again, not the norm at all for that little dude. It was pretty nice, and he obviously needed it because when he woke up, he was ready to PAR-TAY and we had a blast.

He played in his exersaucer for about an hour while I cleaned and organized some things around the house. We played together with his toys and he hung out with J in the "man cave" for a while as well. J was taking him through his playlist on the computer, so there was some Ozzy, GnR and Ohno education going on back there. I got a lot done today, cleaned the kitchen, did laundry, organized G's clothes and pulled out the stuff that doesn't fit, put some gifts together for a couple of baby showers next weekend, cleaned the living and dining room - not bad. We have people coming over for fights tomorrow night and it was nice to be ahead of the game with the cleaning, etc. Gage watched me and gave me big smiles while I ran around. We put on one of the Baby Einstein DVD's he got for Christmas and he really liked it - Baby Mozart. It was a nice break from Brainy Baby, which is the show we DVR that he has watched forever. I'm a little tired of those same episodes, so I welcomed the new entertainment option.

Because his schedule was a little off today, our bedtime stuff started a little later, but it worked out well. He got to play on his mat while I cleaned his room and J came in to play with him a little before bed time. J has been helping him with his crawling and they had a pretty good time. He's ALMOST figured out the full on crawl, but he's still working with his army crawl technique. He is pretty damn mobile. Now I can't just put him on his mat - I have to really pay attention to where he is because if I blink for 5 seconds, he's 3 feet from where I left him.
We had a great day today and it was a welcome change from the fussy kiddo we had with us yesterday. That kid's smiles make our whole day.

February 3, 2011

This picture is actually from yesterday morning. someone was a big crankapotamus today and I didn't want to try and make him sit for a picture. We were playing on the floor and he was laughing at his singing cow.

I don't know if it's teething or the shots he had yesterday, but that little dude was pretty cranky and whiny today. He woke up around 6:30a and according to J he was pretty hard to please for most of the day. I got home an hour early and while he was excited to see me, even the "mom factor" didn't really make it better. I kept him entertained by handing him toys to chew on, my hands to chew on, played a little Yo Gabba Gabba and did some snuggling. He was better after dinner and during bath time, and he was being super cute during story time. He didn't want to go to bed, he wanted me to keep holding him, but it didn't take long after I put him to down to go to sleep. Poor little dude - I don't think he's feeling very well.

February 2, 2011

Gage and I had a little adventure today. His 6 month appointment was scheduled for this morning and even though we are in the middle of Snowmageddon 2011, we went up to the office and took care of business. There was a power outage when we first got there, thank you rolling blackouts, but he did just fine. His stats were: 19 lbs (75%), 28 in long (92%) and 17.75 in head circumfrence (85%). Doctor said he looks great and is doing awesome with his development. Further confirmation that he is a big flirt: every nurse got a smile and a giggle, but our male doctor got nothing but blank stares. The doctor leaves and when the female nurse comes in with his shots, more grins and giggles. So funny. He got his shots and that pretty much sucked, but by the time we got back to the car he was doing better. Now that he's bigger he gets so upset and there are these big crocodile tears - ugh, I hate it. He actually fell asleep in the car and by the time we got home he had gotten a little nap and was all smiles. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to make my way to the office tomorrow, but it's been fun to have a little unexpected weekday fun with the kiddo for the last couple of days. He's such a cute little monkey.

February 1, 2011

They grow up so fast - just last week he turned 6 months old and already he's learning how to drive. That's another toy that he really enjoys, it makes a lot of noise and he beats the crap out of it. Just when you think he's done, he tries to pick the whole thing up and put it in his mouth.

Well like the rest of the city, we stayed home today thanks to the "winter blast" that iced the place over. Monkey slept pretty well last night and was in a good mood when he woke up this morning. He had pears for breakfast and he liked those a lot. Then we just hung out - singing songs, playing, having fun. He took his naps like a champ today, going to sleep without a fuss. He seemed pretty sleepy all day and he was gnawing on anything that got near his face - my fingers, his toys, my shirt, J's leg - I don't know how long it's going to take, but it will be nice when the next teeth show up.

We had fun on our snow day. Tomorrow I actually took a vacation day to take him to his 6 month appointment, which is in the morning. Hopefully the roads will be clear enough to go in - the office called and confirmed this afternoon. Guess we'll see what happens overnight.