You wouldn't believe it!

So, my last post mentioned that Adam went to sleep in his stroller around 6PM tonight. He stayed asleep through me moving him from the stoller to inside. I decided to lay him down for a few seconds in the living room thinking all the comotion would naturally wake him up. Nope! Well, he did wake up several times and would roll over and look at me and go back to sleep. I couldn't believe it. I then actually moved him to his crib! He stayed asleep. He did wake up around 8 however. No big deal. We just ate dinner. He ate it ALL! We then took a bath. He was so darn adorable. He would roll over on his stomach and 'swim'. He would look at me and roll over again and again and again! When it was time to get out, He would fall down and lay down in the tub and kick the drain closed. He then....wait for it.....layed his head down on the tub floor and layed down. So adorable. He did it a number of times....layed his head down! Then he finally set up and raised his hands straight up in the hair for me to get him and waited!

Then we came and fixed a bottle and I told him it was bedtime. I went to his room all the while telling him it was bedtime. He followed me all the way to his room, grabbed a book, climbed in my lap and we read his story. We said our prayers, sang Jesus Loves Me. I told him he was going to his bed and I would get him in the morning. I put him down, he sat up and then stood up as he always does. He watched me go to the door. AND this time instead of screaming, he just watched me leave. He finally layed down and went to sleep!

WHAT A DAY!!!!!

Went for a walk and Adam fell asleep

Soooooo, today I took a late walk....5PM. I did the shortest loop we have in the neighborhood and all of a sudden I look down and the boy that doesn't nap is SLEEPING. I got home, tried to rile him up a little when moving him from the stroller and he stayed sound asleep. I layed him down on the couch thinking the movement will rile him up. No. He even rolled over and stayed asleep. So now, I am having the Mom debate of do I let him sleep or do I wake him up so that we can still have a normal nighttime routine. This has never happened. What do I do??? Oh, and his naps are getting better. Today his nap was for an hour!

Our Favorites

We thought we should list some of our favorite times with Adam before time gets away from us and we forget.

1. As an infant we LOVE him sleeping like a frog on our shoulder.
2. As a 1 year old, we still LOVE when he falls a sleep on our shoulder. Except now his legs have to curl up!
3. I LOVE when Adam puts his little hand on me. He might just place it on my leg or on my shoulder but he will randomly just decide he wants to touch us and will just sit his little sweet and on us.
4. I LOVE now that he is walking, when he reaches a point on the ground like a step up or down he will freeze cold turkey, stop, turn around and look up at us and reach his hand up to hold ours so we can help him up, down or over and obstacle.
5. We LOVE his baby babble. It is sooooo darn clear. It is definately his own language.
6. We LOVE that sometimes Adam will just laugh at nothing. Just starts laughing.
7. We LOVE that he has an outloud, real boy laugh!
8. We LOVE that he clearly says Bye Bye and waves.
9. We LOVE that he always says BrrrrrrBrrrrrr every time he sees a car!
10. I love that when I ask him to 'squeeze harder' he will come give me a hug!

Adam has a slumber party

Adam spent the night with his MiMi and PopPop tonight! Yea for everyone!

1:30 on the dot and Adam woke up

So, it is 1:30 and just like clockwork Adam woke up 30 minutes to the second from his nap! I have been leaving him in his crib to see if he will roll back over and go to sleep.

HOWEVER......today was a horrible day!!!! I just so happen to be trying to be helpful and solve some technical email problems we are having so I contacted AT&T during Adam's nap time! BIG mistake. Because the first thing they do is of course all this automatic questions that you have to answer. Usually, I am smart enough to by pass this nonsense by hitting enough keys like 0 that it eventually gets me to a real person. Not this time. When the automation ended they ended with.......go shut down all your email, computer and modum and them call us back. Can you believe that? So, I finally got hold of someone and he askes me to go give him a model number on the back of the modum . I refused b/c the LAST thing I wanted to do after all the trouble we had been having was waste my time by giving them stupid numbers. Well, I did it anyway against my better judgement and GUESS WHAT!!!!! ADAM heard me in the hall!!!!!!! So he started SCREAMING and crying again! Well, I hung up with the stupid AT&T guy after yelling at him. Then I went in there and actually picked Adam up which was a worse mistake b/c I refused to do that, he needs to learn to roll over and go back to sleep. So I tried to tell him nap time is not over and I put him back in his crib and he is still screaming at me. ARG! AT&T!!!!!!!!!!!!!

temper tantrum

So today after we returned home from paying some bills, I went to change Adam's diaper and he went CRAZY! Screaming, crying, real tears, kicking, stiffening his legs, turning red....everything you name it. The whole time I was trying to ask him what he wanted. When we got done he stomped off and continued to scream and cry and throw a tantrum. He would throw himself on the floor and cry. Finally at one point, he just layed down and I swear dozed off for a few minutes until I went over to check on him. It was like he threw one of his nap tantrums and then laid down on the hardwood and went to sleep. weird!!! What do I have instore???

Naptime today......he had been fussy ever since his little tantrum so as soon as 1PM hit I was putting him in his crib. Well, it was really 12:57 and by 1PM he was asleep. It is 1:07 now so we will see how long he stays down for. I will keep you posted.

Praise a lujia!

Adam woke up yesterday and today at 7:45!!!!!!!!

Adam sleeping habit today

I guess this is starting my blog on Adam and his sleep. Adam went right to sleep last night without a fight....guess he was tired and slept until 7:45 this morning. I was able to get him before he even cried this morning....which I like. Stop all that crying! However, as always, nap is a different story. I was talking to him alot of the day about his nap will be at 1PM. At 1PM, we began our nap routine. He cried for 10-15minutes and went to sleep. Only slept for his normal 30 minutes so I left him in there to see if he would roll back over and go back to sleep since I know 30 minutes is not enough. He screamed for 25 minutes and then rolled back over to finish his nap. We will see how long he goes.

Sooooo, he finally went back to sleep for about 20-25 minutes! So that gave him about a total of a 50-55 minute nap!

Adam and napping

Those 2 words are like an oximoron. We are working on his naps still at a year old. It is exhausting. I have resorted to telling him nap time is at ___ time and he stays in there until nap time is over. Today it took 45 minutes to get him to lay down. And yes, he was tired. Before this he curled up in my lap and went to sleep but as soon as I put him in the crib....bam wide awake and screaming.

Let's see how long he stays asleep.

Exhausted today

Whew, today was a rough day. I really am trying not to be one of those people who make you think everything is soooooo great! But at the same time I don't want to 'vent' or complain to much! I just feel that being honest is important for the future. Adam will need to know the good and bad things for when he has children. Also, I think women compare and try to make sure that everything is perfect too much. Love me for who I am!

Anyway, today was one of the real first days that I wished I had a babysitter next door. Adam was so cranky today. It could have been anything from not sleeping his 11-12 hours at night, not ever taking naps, not really eating like he should or he is starting his tantrums early! It was all day. And I questioned everything especially my parenting skills. I do believe I could have done better with Adam. He probably should have been put on a massive schedule! I mean almost to an alarm clock and he probably would be so different. I just thought I would cater to his every need since afterall, I do stay home. Anyway.......tomorrow is fast aproaching and another day will be gone!

Adam talking

I must note so that I don't forget all the things Adam is saying. It is not super clear but I am pretty positive he is talking.

He of course, says Mammamaaa and Dadddadda but not always clear and not often.
He says Bye Bye extremely CLEAR! That was is true first words. He now clearly says it to anyone leaving and waves Bye Bye. If a toys says it he will say it back too. When we do our good night rounds too instead of saying nighty night, he says Bye Bye.
He kinda says Cat but it sounds like cAT!
He does alot of the D's. He will say Da at our Dog but the best one is Duck! He will point at ducks and say DucDuc
Sometimes he will say PopPop or PaPa
And he probably TRUE 2nd word is That. He points at so much stuff and says 'that' 'that'.......like he truly wants to know what that is! great stuff!
Oh and he says 'uh uh' and shakes his head no and says 'uhhhh ohh' sometimes before he drops something. So those are probably his 3rd and 4th words if you want to call it that or his 1st and 2nd phrases!

Adam claps and dances

Adam for several months now has been clapping. He learned that from his baby can read books. Although, not much else since. But anyway, since then almost EVERY time music comes on he will clap. Just about on cue! It is so great! Lately, when he hears music or a beat he will hold on to something and stick his bottom out and bounce, just like he is shaking his little bottom.

play grounds

We have taken Adam a couple of times lately to the little play grounds in the mall and he LOVES it. So many kids take him by the hand and try to show him around. He just runs and laughs and loves all the kids he meets.

He enjoys going up steps and some of these playgrounds have soft cushion steps and then a cushion slide on the other side. Adam loves to climb the steps but stops at the top. Alot of times he shimmies down feet first back down the steps b/c that is how we taught him. feet first feet first feet first. But this week he went up the steps and finally decided on his own to turn around on his belly and go feet first down the slide! He was sooooo cute....he just shimmied right down that slide on his belly. Adorable! He is always so proud of himself too!

Banged up

This week we were letting Adam play on the back porch with the water hose. He was having such a good time until he tripped over the water hose and got a massive bloody lip and a scratch from under his nose all the way down his chin. He looked so beat up. It was super sad. But I am sure many more will come. Still doesn't stop the sadness of his bruised up face.

Adam walking and running and sign language

Adam really started walking pretty much on his bday! So adorable. Now he loves to play chase and hide and seek. He laughs a deep little boy belly laugh when he does it and it is so much FUN! I have finally started to really enjoy him. He is my little buddy.

I have been trying to teach Adam little sign language signs. He has never done them until recently. He very clearly does the 'more' sign when he gets hungry or wants more. It is so clear and we are so proud. However, it must be told that sometimes I am not sure if he really understands completely b/c he will have food on his plate and still sign more. Of course, he isn't wanting what is on his tray. He doesn't touch most things. But he LOVES blueberries, we nicknamed BB's. So we can't help but wonder if he is looking at his tray and wondering where the BBs are and signs more.........maybe he things 'more' means more BBs? I don't know. Regardless, he learned it and uses it and we are so proud of his small communication! That is a big deal to me.

Adam smacks

Adam is now doing many funny things.......his personality is ha-larious! When we give him something hre really likes he smacks....for real! So cute.

Adam's Birthday Party

Adam celebrated his 1st birthday on July 31, 2009. He actually spent that Friday with his Aunt Shanna! They had a blast together.

The gollowing day, we had Adam's actual party! Adam had a fantastic time seeing all his friends and family! We all had fun and appreciated everyone who came out!

Adam's Birthday party

Adam had his first Birthday on Friday, July 31st! He hung out for the day with his Aunt Shanna so that we could get ready for his bday party on Saturday! We celebrated with Adam on Friday night and then got ready for his party! Saturday was a blast! Adam even took a tiny, tiny cat nap before his party! He had a blast! He is so loved! So many of our friends and family came to the party! It was hard to enjoy the party ourselves we spent the entire time making the rounds and makings sure everyone was doing ok. I thought the food was great and the cake I made was so good. All in my opinion of course! Adam loved ALL his gifts. I was happy for them too so that we have some new things to play with. What a blast! Oh and Adam really started to walk on his bday. Granted he has taken steps but pretty much on his bday he was walking all around the house! He is so cute!