Milestones

Kim

Milestones

Throughout the week I have so many moments when I think, "Oh, I should blog about that!" But if I don't write myself a note, I completely forget by the time I sit down to actually blog.  I guess I still have a bit of "mommy brain," and I am going to go ahead and assume that it is never going to go away.  I will just have to do the best I can, I suppose!

It has been a great week.  Last Saturday, May 26, was one year since we found out we were expecting!  How crazy is that?!  A lot has changed, of course, but it doesn't feel like a whole year has gone by.  I still remember that night so clearly (and chronicled it in my first-ever blog post here).  When I think back on all that we've experienced since then, I guess it is easier to see that it has been a whole year, but still...wow.  It's been a crazy journey, but now we have Henry and he is pretty much the best thing ever.  I've learned so much about myself and Matt through all of this, and now each day I get to learn more and more about our babe.  Let's just say, he's awesome :)

This past weekend was Memorial Day weekend.  We debated going to the beach, but there was a small tropical storm on the way and they were calling for rain for most of the weekend, so we decided to stick around here.  The weather turned out to be really nice, so we had fun going to the pool a couple of days.  Henry did great.  I just brought him in in his car seat and made sure we got under an umbrella in the shade.  He napped a little, then when he'd get restless I'd take him to the baby pool and dip his little toes in the water. He didn't react much, but he didn't really get to "swim."  Once he can sit up a little better I'll put him in a float and hopefully he'll like that.  As much as he likes baths, I think he'll really like the water once he really gets in it. 

Lounging by the pool

Wearing my bathing suit, swim shirt and sun hat!

Also, I am happy to report that Henry has been sleeping in his crib at night all week.  Since we stayed in town this weekend, I decided that we should go ahead and try him in the crib.  I knew he was ready, but honestly it took me a little while longer to be ready.  He is really starting to squirm when he sleeps though and I knew he'd appreciate the extra space in his crib.  He's done really well.  The first night he woke up a little early, but otherwise he's been sleeping in there the whole night.  He still hasn't mastered rolling over, but he is excellent at squirming, so I went ahead and took the bumpers off of his crib.  It doesn't look as pretty, but that's not really the point, is it?  As a shower gift we had received a set of breathable bumpers - they're made out of mesh so a babe can breathe if they press up against it, but they keep legs, arms, pacifiers, etc from falling through the crib rails.  They seem to be working well so far.  He moves so much!  It is kinda amazing.  A lot of nights I put him to sleep with his head at one end and by the next morning he has managed to rotate himself around like a hand on a clock so that his feet are at that end and his head at the opposite end!  Our monitor is a video monitor (which I love), so I can check on him in the middle of the night, and sure enough, usually he is halfway around by 3am - 4am.  So funny!  He sleeps through it all though - I guess he just likes to move. 

Speaking of his movement/squirmy-ness...one morning, just before he started sleeping in his crib, I woke up and looked over at him in his Pack 'n Play and he had kicked his blankets up and onto his head!  It wasn't bothering him, but needless to say, that is not what a mama wants to see, and I knew that he was now too mobile to be sleeping with a loose blanket in his bed.  Just like with the crib bumpers, he's at this strange stage where he's mobile enough to get himself into trouble, but not mobile enough to get out of it.  Now Henry sleeps in a "sleep sack" every night.  It's basically a blanket that you wear.  It's a little goofy, but it keeps him warm, and most importantly safe.

In my sleep sack

He's growing so much every day.  I really love this stage because he is so fun to play with.  He loves sitting up (he can't sit up on his own yet, but he loves if you hold him or sitting in the bumbo), and he is constantly curious about what is going on around him.  When I'm feeding him in the rocking chair downstairs, he turns his head to try and watch the TV at the same time!  When he gets older we'll be sure to encourage him to do other things besides watch TV, but right now it is pretty cute when he tries.  He babbles and coos and generally makes his opinion known.  Oh, and the best part of him sleeping in his crib?  Each morning when I go in to get him he greets me with the biggest smile you've ever seen.  It is the best.