03/28/2011

I picked Will up from the sitter today and we came home and played for a while.

I made sure he got nice and tired and then I wrapped him up and put him in his swing to nap. I immediately followed suit on the couch next to him.

We got about an hour and a half of sleep in and then we spent the rest of the time in his room playing or downstairs in his exersaucer.

It was almost time for daddy to get home, and I was hungry! We decided to go out for a late dinner. Will is usually up until 10, so I didn't think it would be a big deal at 8. Of course he fell asleep on the way and slept all through dinner. At home we woke him up

and he stayed up with daddy until he went to bed at 11.

03/27/2011

I slept in again since daddy was up with Will. He slept until about 7 today. Will was in a pretty good mood today.

Daddy had some fun accessorizing,

and then we headed out to lunch. We have switched the infant base out of Klif's car and put in a convertible seat. This was our first time to use it. Lunch was about 25 minutes away, and the first 10 minutes Will was fine. Next he started yelling, which turned into crying and screaming. He fell asleep as we turned into the parking lot. Normally this would be no big deal, as we would just pop out the seat and he would continue to sleep. We had to get him out of the seat today, and we bundled him up and went into Noodles and Co. Without his seat, it was highchair time, so we propped a blanket all around him, and he did great!

After lunch we enjoyed some frozen yogurt

and then made a few quick stops before heading home. He would be fine for a while in his car seat, then fuss, then fall asleep. Every time we would have to wake him up right after he fell asleep! At home, he took a great nap (and so did daddy) and I did a little cleaning. Soon it was time for me to go to bed, and Will stayed up with Daddy for the evening.

03/26/2011

Daddy wanted the morning shift so I slept in late! He got up with Will about 7:30 and they played downstairs until I was up.

It was a pretty lazy day and we had fun just relaxing. I was upstairs working in my room when Klif started yelling.

I came downstairs, and he said Will had rolled over! I grabbed the video camera, and Klif reset him. Within seconds, he rolled the other way! Then he was done. A little later, the only thing that would make him happy was laying flat on the ground.

This was the first time he has been so accessible to the dogs, but they did great. Phillip found out that if he sits right next to Will, his flailing arms will pet him.

Will got a much needed bath, and I put him to bed and headed to bed myself!

03/25/2011

Daddy picked up an earlier shift today, so he didn't feed Will on the way out. Will slept until almost 8! That was good, because I needed it!

After an early nap, Will and I packed up and headed out to do all of the grocery shopping. He is always content when he is being pushed around the store. He fussed a little at the end and ended up falling asleep in his car seat for about 20 minutes.

When I got home I figured he was tired enough for a nap, but I was wrong. He was not interested! He was getting fussy again, so I put him on the ottoman to watch TV while I put away the cold groceries. This only satisfied him for a minute, and he started getting really mad. I was trying to finish up the groceries when I heard his cries get a lot madder, but muffled! I looked over, and there was no baby on the ottoman. Uh oh. I found him on the other side on the floor, on his belly. He was NOT happy to say the least. Needless to say I spent a lot of time cuddling with him today. Mostly to ease my guilt :) Other than getting mad, he didn't seem to be hurt at all. That evening Nichole asked if we wanted to go to dinner, so we met her and Jeremiah and Lily at Los Rancheros.

We had a delicious dinner and a good time, and daddy even made it after work in enough time to get a couple of tacos. After dinner we went home and Will spent some time with daddy's foot before bedtime.

03/24/2011

I picked up Will from daycare today and when I got there I could hear him crying through the door! He was so tired, but wouldn't go to sleep!

He was even being rocked and had his pacifier. I took him home and he fell asleep as soon as we walked in the door. I got him up before he got into a deep sleep, gave him his medicine, and took him upstairs. I swaddled him and fed him. About halfway through the bottle he would stop eating, and I would have to take the bottle out while he carried on a very detailed conversation with me. He was wide awake and smiley! He wanted to see the animals on top of his hutch so bad! When he was done talking he would eat for one more minute, and then talk some more. He stopped eating about 3.4 of the way through. I laid him in his crib and he talked for a while before crying. I let hm cry a few minutes to tire him out and when I picked him up and gave him his pacifier it wasn't long until he was asleep. I went right to bed to nap while he napped. Unfortunately he didn't sleep well and screamed every 15 minutes so after about an hour we just got up.

Will decided he was going to have another "I don't want to nap so instead I'm going to be super cranky" days. Awesome! The rest of the night I rotated him between his exersaucer, swing, and the ottoman just to keep him happy! At about 7 he was laying on the ottoman watching TV. It got pretty quiet, so I turned around a looked, and he was fast asleep.

I don't know that he has ever fallen asleep just laying there! He slept about 30 minutes and after that it was almost time for daddy to be home. Daddy took over and I was beyond exhausted, so I headed to bed.

03/23/2011

Daddy worked today so I picked up Will from daycare after work. Lori said she had tried to keep him from napping, and that he would be ready for a bottle soon. We went home and played for a little bit, and then I took him to his room to feed him. Today I planned to have him nap in his crib for the first time.

I swaddled his arms and he fell asleep while eating. I put him down in his crib, and he whined until he got his pacifier. He napped for 3 hours!

I got a lot done around the house while he napped. He woke up talking and happy, and we played for a while until Daddy got home.

I was completely worn out so Daddy took over until Will went to bed at 10:30.

03/22/2011

Will was with Daddy again today

and after I got off of work we loaded up and headed to the BMV so that we could finally get his new truck plated and registered. It took a while, but we finally got it done, stopped by Taco Bell, and then went home. Will slept a lot of the time but was happy when he was awake. At home, I was so exhausted that it wasn't long before I headed to bed.

I was in bed by 4!

Will stayed up with Daddy.

At 11 I woke up to crying and found a tired and frustrated Klif trying to get Will to sleep. He had been rocking him for an hour! When I woke up for work I found Klif asleep on the couch and Will asleep in his swing. I carried him up to his bed and he hardly moved at all the whole time.

03/21/2011

Will got up at 3:30 today for a bottle. He's been doing this more often lately, but still not regularly. Daddy had a late meeting at work, so I went home and immediately headed to bed to nap.

Klif woke me up just before he left, and Will and played for a while and he even jumped in his jumper for a bit and let me do some laundry.

Klif's meeting didn't last as long as expected so he came home and took over for me so I could get back to bed.

03/20/2011

Will decided he wanted a bottle at 4am, and then went back to bed. He was up again before 8! We played downstairs but no matter what we were doing he was fussy. I decided to see if he was tired and he immediately fell asleep when I started to rock him. I worked around the house while he napped and when he woke up I fed him and we headed to Kristofer and Jessica's to drop off Jacob and Ella's birthday presents.

Jacob was very busy with his computer game,

and Ella was shy at first, but soon wanted to make Will laugh.

We started on our short drive home and Will was NOT happy. He was screaming, but fell asleep just a few minutes later. At home, it wasn't long before he was napping again and I even got about 45 minutes of sleep.

He started fussing about 5, so I got him out of his swing. He would NOT stop crying! Usually once we start walking around or I start talking to him he starts getting happy - not this time! Finally I cradled him against me in the rocker, and he went right back to sleep and slept almost another hour. He must not have been ready to wake up! After some cereal (a disaster for his clothes, and he still struggles a little with the wheat) and a complete wipe down I started getting him into his PJs.

Daddy came home and took over in the middle of it and I headed to bed.

03/19/2011

Will got up just after 8 this morning, and after he was fed and dressed we loaded up to head to the walk in hours at the pediatrician for a check up.

The lobby was packed and we waited for quite a while to get in.

The doctor said that his ears are still infected but everything else looked good. She prescribed some amoxicillin and we were on our way. We stopped at the pharmacy and then home for a long nap.

Will was waking up just before 4 when I remembered that I had to be in Brownsburg (an hour away) to pick up my items at 5. I planed to quickly change and feed him. Due to a leaky diaper a quick change quickly turned into a full wardrobe change. After a quick bottle I loaded him into the car, fearing a rough ride since he had just slept so long. He fell asleep shortly into the trip and slept the whole time! I quickly loaded my things in Brownsburg and headed back towards home. Since I had no plans I decided to stop by and visit Daddy at work on the way, and we ended up staying for quite a while.

Will was in a very good mood. I was hungry on the way home but couldn't decide what to eat, so I called up a friend and invited her over for pizza, and we watched a movie. Will did pretty well the whole evening. After Annie left we gave Will a long overdue bath and put him to bed.

03/18/2011

Will went with Nana this morning to Jeremiah's so that I could get some much needed sleep. I headed over about noon and spent a little time playing before we headed home.

We started wheat cereal tonight and it was a little chunkier than the rice cereal. He gagged a couple of times but other than that did just fine.

Will is getting very grabby. He grabs at everything! He also pinches, which can be very painful. Will chilled in his swing while we had dinner,

and then it was time to get ready for bed.

03/17/2011

Will was home with daddy today while I was at work and then ran to Bownsburg. I came home and spent some time with Will,

and we even went for a walk. We stopped by the backyard neighbor's house and they went for a walk with us too. Will watched some cartoons with Sammy while Stacey got ready.

Then it was time for us to head out to dinner with the whole family.

We met at Goodfella's and enjoyed St. Patrick's Day and good food.

After dinner Nana went to Brownsburg with us so that I could drop off some paperwork I forgot and do a little shopping at the craft consignment sale. Will slept the whole way there and started fussing when we got there so Klif took him in and changed him and carried him while I shopped. It was 9 o'clock by the time I was done and Will did not want to go back in his seat, but once Nana started feeding him on the way back he was fine. Back at home he woke up while I was putting him in his PJs and I put him in his crib anyway. He was asleep within 5 minutes!