March 6th

I am starting to realize that my full days at home with you are coming to an end. Pretty soon, I will be back to student teaching at Gorman, and you will be babysat by your Grandma DeDe. And, I would like to try to get you on some sort of eating and sleeping schedule before I am gone from you most of the day. So, I woke up determined to try forming a schedule today. I can tell it will be a process because you pretty much already have a schedule of your own where you like to sleep numerous hours during the day, and wake up at night. :) After we both got out of bed, I fed you and we played together on the couch. I curled up my legs and sat you up on them so we were eye level. I played with your hands, and you practiced following objects with your eyes. I also took pictures of you, and sent one to the grandparents. They love it when I do that. Here is one of my favorite photos that I took:

About 10:30 I tried to lay you down for a nap in your crib. I figure this will help you get used to sleeping in your crib, and it will help me slowly transition you into it. It helped that we have an awesome video monitor. Not only can I hear you, but I can also see you. And, the video monitor automatically comes back on if it detects any movement. Pretty cool, huh? I can only imagine what you will have once you become a mom. You slept for about 20 minutes before you woke up. But, hey, it is a start! Then you were up for quite a while. Dad came home and played with you while I fixed us lunch. I actually breastfed you and ate at the same time. Pretty impressive, huh? :) You have definitely taught me the finer skills in multi-tasking!

After lunch we headed into town to run a few errands. You got to see Tah for a short time while we were in town. She commented on how long your eyelashes are getting. You fell asleep in your car seat as soon as we got into the car. I'm convinced this is your favorite place to sleep. Your dad swears we should just put you in that at night and you will sleep the entire night. The weather was incredibly windy and somewhat chilly today. If we went on a walk we would literally get blown away! I was sad because I love our walks together. But, we went to the fitness center at the golf course and I did a short workout. You watched and were my motivation. I want to be a healthy and active mom for you! Once we got home I made a dessert for my friend, Christina's, surprise birthday party later that night.I made sopapilla cheesecake. This is one of your dad's favorite desserts, and I am sure it will be one of yours too. At about 5:30, we headed into town for her party. We met all of our usual friends there. Christina was so surprised. We had a blast hanging out with all of our friends. I fed you a bottle right when we got there, and that put you asleep for the majority of the time. As usual, you were loved on by our friends, and "oooed" and "awwed" by many passersby of the restaurant.  Here are the wonderful ladies I call my friends. They all consider themselves your aunts, as do I. They are very special to me, and they love you very much.

Me, Lesley, Christina, Codye

 Once we got home, the three of us snuggled while I fed you on the couch to watch one of our favorite TV shows.

Funny story of the day: During our TV watching time, you began to stink pretty badly. You had bad gas (stinky gas!) all day, so it was nothing new to me, but your dad was convinced you had a dirty diaper so he took you into your room to change it. And, oh let me tell you, it was dirty! It was so dirty that your dad literally could not change it. I tried the tough love technique and told him to suck it up and change it, but the man literally began to gag. So, of course, I came to relieve him. He immediately left the room and began gagging. I thought he was going to throw up. It was hilarious. We both laughed after the fact. Fun memories for the three of us. :)

Love,
Mom