March 8, 2011

Check out all that hair! And those blue eyes! He's a handsome little monster, isn't he? No blog yesterday because that cute little maniac to the left kept me up ALL night on Sunday and I was barely functioning yesterday. So when I got home, I got him to sleep by 8:15 and I was asleep at 8:30. Last night he slept 9 consecutive hours and it was glorious. GLORIOUS, I tell you.

Thanks to that great night of sleep, he was in a great mood today and took some decent naps. When I got home he was in a great mood and we had a party on his floor. He's hilarious when he gets to crawling around and playing with his toys - he's so serious about it. Like it's his job and he's working on a promotion to management. I will have to video him this weekend when he really gets on a tear.

Tonight was typical - playtime, dinner, my dinner, bathtime, book, snuggles, bottle and bed. Last night we had a fight at bedtime, but I was so thankful that tonight he went back to our old way of doing things. I put him to bed awake, gave him a kiss, told him I loved him and stepped out. He talked for a little bit and was asleep about 20 minutes later. No screaming, no crying, just cool. I had missed those nights. It may not last, but I'm grateful for the easy tonight.

March 6, 2011

Well today was great! Monkey and I hung out this morning, singing songs and snuggling, then we made breakfast and hung out with J in our bedroom. Then after his first nap, Gage and I went to Super Target to do the grocery shopping. He had a great time and was charming everyone that walked by. He fell asleep on the way home and then I let him sleep a little longer in his room in his carseat. After THAT nap, we headed up to the lake so I can get my butt in gear and get ready for a 5K I want to do in May. We had a LOT of fun - although I think it was a little more enjoyable for Gage, since he was just cruising. It felt good to be at the lake and Gage liked seeing the birds at Sunset Bay. He was super quiet the whole time, but every time I checked on him, he was just chillin' and he would give me a big smile. He loves riding in the stroller! I will say that running with a jogging stroller will take some getting used to, but it's all good.

After we got home, both Gage and I decided to declare war on the inanimate objects in our house. We were playing in his room (he was crawling around) and he proceeded to hit his head on the glider chair. Then a bit later, he hit his head (same spot!) on the corner of his crib. Ugh, I felt terrible. So now he has two purple lumps on his head - his first real injuries - and they were on my watch. Damn it. So to make up for it, I slipped while trying to sit on the edge of the tub to give him a bath and I slammed my lower leg on the corner of the tub, which had me crying and rolling around on the floor. Awesome. So if you are keeping score, it's Inanimate Objects - 3, Mom and Gage - 0. Back to work tomorrow!

March 5, 2011

Got the gate up! Now little man has a big old playpen to party in. He didn't notice it for a long time and then when I was getting his bath ready he crawled over to it to talk to me - that's the second picture. He got pretty close to figuring how to pull himself up on the gate, which would have been a big first.

We had a good day today. After going to bed really early and without a bath last night, G woke up around 10:30p and hung out with me for about an hour before going back to bed. I was able to get some pjs on him, which I'm glad for, because it got pretty cold early this morning. We had some fun today - party in the exersaucer, made some breakfast, sang some songs - all good. The three of us had a fun little love session this morning back in our bed, watcing TV and trading some kisses and laughs. Mimi and her friend came by today and they had fun playing with him in his room. He crawled around and showed them all of his toys and Mimi even let him chew on her phone. He loved that, because Mom and Dad never let him chew on their phones. He was so excited to finally get the chance. He took a couple of naps today, but they were more like power naps, so he was pretty sleepy around bed time.

I think tomorrow we are going to venture out to the park again, hit those swings. He and I will definitely need to take a trip to the grocery store too, so it will be a nice date day with my little man.

March 4, 2011

This is mine and Gage's first picture together when he was less than a day old. No new picture today. I got home around 6p and he was hanging out naked, rocking the diaper only look. He was super excited to see me, but still so hungry and tired. I got some dinner in him and he was still pretty whiny and upset. I went ahead and gave him his last bottle, even though I was trying to save it for after his bath. He passed out and ended up missing his bath completely. I put him to bed in his diaper and he's been asleep since then - going on 2 hours now. I'm sure this means he'll be up soon - for a diaper change at least - but he was just too tired to try and stretch out the routine. I hate that I only got to see him for 30 minutes today, but we have a weekend ahead of us.

March 3, 2011

J texted this picture to me this morning and it put a big smile on my face. This is a picture of little man right after he woke up from his morning nap. He's pretty cute after a nap. Lately we find him sitting straight up in his crib and when he sees us, he gets this big smile on his face. This may be one of my favorite pics that he's sent me.

J labeled today "the best day he's had in a few weeks". Success! Even when I got home, he was in a great mood. We sang some songs and traded some hugs and kisses, then dinner and a bath. He was laughing and and having a lot of fun with us. He had fun crawling around while I got his bath ready. At one point I went down the hall to put on pj pants and when I stepped back into the hallway he was out of his room and halfway to me. He got really excited when he saw me and he crawled super fast to get to where I was. so sweet.

We read a couple books and then he was ready for bed. Lately his favorite books are his First 100 Words and First 100 Animal books. They are the only ones he sits still for and he doesn't even try to eat them as much as he does his other books. He follows along as I point out the words and pictures - he really likes animals and babies and these books have a lot of pictures of both. Cute monkey.

March 1, 2011

Here's a picture of little man helping Dad grill pork chops for dinner tonight. Today J and G took a little trip to Target to do some grocery shopping. The last time that Gage went grocery shopping with his Dad he made it so tough that I was a little worried about them, but today he did really well. They made it out of the store without attracting a lot of attention - and they attracted a LOT of attention last time.

According to J, he had a pretty good day - took a couple of naps, they took a walk, and even though he was a little crabby later in the day, overall it was a good day. When I got home he had lots of smiles and sweet laughs for me, he was actually in a great mood. J and I were both cracking him up and I love that sound. He just gets to cackling and laughing at us and it's so funny. He has moved up in baby food stages, so his foods are more mixed now. Tonight he had harvest vegetables with grains and he loved it. Guess what else he had? Apples! Apparently J fed him apples earlier today and he loved them, so we tried it again for dessert tonight and he ate them up.

We have a new bedtime routine that has worked the last couple of nights - knock on wood. We spend time in his room after his bath, we read a book, we play on the floor for a little while and then about 15 minutes before knockout time, I turn on his nightlight, turn off his lights and we stand by the bed (I'm holding him). We are just standing - very important to make the distinction to Gage that we are just standing here, not actually getting IN bed. He starts to get a little vocal about it, and he'll throw himself into me, grabbing around my neck so I won't put him down. But we just stand there, rocking and singing and he'll start rubbing his eyes like crazy, fighting it with everything he has. Eventually - it takes about 15 minutes - he'll lay sideways with his head in the crook of my arm and nod off. He'll still fight it a little, but after just a few minutes he is sleepy enough that I can put him in the bed. No screaming, just a little extra snuggles and he's gone down pretty easily. He STILL threw a middle of the night party last night, from 11p-1a. It seemed like he just wanted me to hold him and after trying a few times, he finally went back down and talked himself back to sleep. Eventually we have to figure out how to limit these middle of the night snuggle sessions. It's sweet, and I love seeing that cute face, but Mama needs some sleep!

February 28, 2011

I'm bummed I missed yesterday, since G was 7 months old! It was a tough day though, that came after a tough night and was then followed by another tough night. Let me tell you something about those canine teeth - appreciate them. It is hard work to get those things in and it causes a lot of pain. Poor little man, it's tough to be a baby. We had a party from 2-4a Sunday morning and then he threw another party at 4a THIS morning. I finally had to break down and ask Jason to help me so I could get some sleep before work. He took a long nap today and since both teeth have now broken the surface, I'm PRAYING for a little sleep tonight. We'll see how it goes. We did have some fun yesterday though, we cleaned the house and then Uncle Brad and Emily came to visit. He was in a pretty good mood most of the time, it seems like that the teething really gets bad around bedtime and is worse during the night.

He was in a pretty good mood when I got home, just sleepy. I got home late, so J fed him his dinner and I got here in time for his bath. We talked, crawled around (chased Nala - see pictures above) and got in some good snuggles before he went to sleep. He's been really snuggly at bedtime - but I think it's a ploy to make me hold him a little longer. It works. As soon as those new teeth really pull out, I'll post a picture of my vampire baby.