For my sister

We have a picture of my dad putting my sister on top of the fridge and now we have one of him and William. Her thoughts on this were "Why do men (specifically Dads) feel the need to put babies in places a mother never would?"

The other side of teething

Now that I am on the other side of the first two teeth and teething I can see that it was way worse than I ever could have imagined. The constant drooling and gnawing on everything (including me) was quite the challenge. Not the mention the extra night wakings, the extra crying at night, and just over all fussiness. All teething related. Only 18 more baby teeth to go!

We now have a very happy baby who smiles most of the time, takes 2-3 45 minute naps a day and who (most of the time) goes to bed without too much of a fuss. Right now he has a meal around 8:45 p.m. then goes to bed, and wakes to eat around 11:30p.m. and then between 4 and 5 a.m. Typically he goes back to sleep for about an hour after that and our day starts (with lots of coffee) somewhere between 6 and 7:30 a.m.

He also has had plenty of firsts the past couple of weeks. First ride in the stroller with out the infant car seat, first bites of rice cereal, first swim in a baby pool, and first bath in the big bath tub! It's all so much fun..now if I could just get this baby to sleep longer than 5 hours at a time :)

The Doctors

I was half listening/half watching that show The Doctors today while William and I were playing on the floor. They had a list of 10 ways to be healthier on a budget. Lots of things were mentioned like exercising at home, using coupons, at home beauty treatments, and affordable health foods.

The one that applied to us right now was "Studies have shown that people who get 7 hours of consecutive sleep are less likely to be overweight." They went on to say that a person who is not getting 7 hours is likely to gain up to 3 lbs per week! I am sure they didn't do the study on new parents, even so it made me feel better for not having gained 35lbs over the last 3 months. That's right...not that I am counting or anything but it has been 8 weeks since I last had 7 hours of sleep in a row.

Two nights before last Chris, William, and I slept all night. When I say all night I mean we got 8 hours the first night, and 9 hours the second night.

God and I had a talk last week around 2:00 a.m. I asked him for strength because I was close to a mental/physical breakdown. He answered my prayers, and blessed us with a couple of nights of good rest.

Unfortunately, last night William did not sleep all night (tummy trouble I believe, and rolling over issues). Even so, I got about 6 hours in a row (way more than I have had in a long while).

So, today I am grateful I haven't gained 35 lbs. I am grateful for the last three days, and I am grateful for my happy healthy baby boy.

William's 4 month Photo Session

We had pictures taken of William again at Reverie photography at 4 months old. The pictures are available online now for viewing and for purchase for one week just like before. Check them out at http://www.reveriephotography.photosforalifetime.com

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