Mom Confession #6

#6: Here is your sippy cup from staying at granddad's! Later.....ooops your cup has milk in it? I didn't even check just assumed it was water. he he ha ha........glad it was still good. (it was still good wasn't it? I have no idea)

Halloween 2009

After much debate on 'what to do' for Halloween we decided to take Adam to our neighborhood Halloween Hayride. It turned out to be a BLAST! Adam did fantastic considering the hayride starts at his bedtime.

We put Adam in his pumpkin costume thinking it would show up better on the camera at night (Brent's suggestion) and it did!!! Adam enjoyed just walking around. He really wanted off the trailer which was one of our fears before going on the hayride but he did great. I am not even kidding when I tell you by the last stop Adam ABSOLUTELY anticipated that when the trailer stopped he got to get off and walk around. We let him walk around the decorated yards but only went up to one person to say trick or treat for the camera but didn't take any candy at all. He doesn't eat it and we don't need it. We just went for the experience. Adam really did not notice all the kids in costume to tell you the truth. Toward the end, he noticed the boy beside us with a costume on and an orange pumpkin bucket. He started pointing and talking to the boy about his pumkin. The other ineresting thing is Adam noticed the full moon tonight and started pointing up and asking 'that?'

When we got in the car to go home Adam was WIRED! He has a blast laughing at the house but then CRASHED! Massively crashed and ready for bed by 8:30!!

Great Halloween Baby Adam!

what to call this?

I could call this...Awe. or What to do. or Heart breaking. or Adam took a long nap today and is now just laying awake in his crib.

Seriously, my heart is breaking. I am watching Adam on the video monitor just laying in his bed wide awake. What do I do?

Refer to previous post about nap. Anyway, he was still napping at 7:30 tonight so I thought I would try to put him in pjs and give him a bottle and he would still be out. I got halfway through the pjs with him semi asleep. I got a bottle ready with him crying wanting it. He curled up in my lap for night night and fell asleep in my arms. As soon as I layed him down, he woke up. He sat up and I told him I would be back. Meanwhile, he lays down and has just been laying there ever since. Not crying. rolling around in the crib just playing. I feel sooooo bad. I want to go back in there like I promised but he has never really just layed in his crib awake. I don't want to mess it up. I want him to realize he can lay there and be ok. He can lay there and finally go to sleep. He can lay there and I will get him later! I just don't want to go in there and rile him up. But I am so sad sitting here watching him try to go back to sleep when he is probably not tired b/c he took a 3plus hour nap!

WHAT? nap

ARG! Adam decided to get super cranky around 3:30 today so I thought I would just try to give him a fast nap. I even told him we could just rest for a minute. He would to sleep with a small fight. He is STILL asleep and it is 6:15. Sound asleep. He already took a nap this morning so I wasn't expecting an afternoon nap. Maybe I need to go back to the days where I told him it is naptime at 1PM. Maybe I try to hold off the morning one again and see if he will do the 1PM. Remember, I have done this in the past and it all changed when he started to get super cranky in the AM. We will see. Oh and pray he still has a fairly normal bedtime.

Mom Confession #5

Mom confession #5 I think my son is the most beautiful, handsome boy ever! shhhhhhhh don't tell anyone.

Afterall, shouldn't we all think our own children is the most beautiful ever? smartest ever? funniest ever?

Mom Confession #4

Sometimes, I let Adam run around and play in is dirty diaper b/c he is happy and screams and cries when I try to change him. I watch him play and play until he is ready for his diaper change OR I can't stand it anymore.

Mom confession #3

I miss Adam when he is gone so much my heart hearts

Mom confession #2

Sometimes I like when someone else babysits Adam because when I pick him up he is soooooooo excited to see me.

Melt my heart

I have to tell you......I am so in love with my son! Adam has been playing chase with his Daddy and he will run full speed into my arms for safety! He has been doing it all the time now. So my favorite part.

Adam spent the night with his Granddad last night and get this...When Brent and I came to pick him up he was out back. I knelt down and peeked out the door and knocked until he saw me. It took a minute and he smile huge and started pointed at me and trying to get to me. When we opened the door he fell into my arms and didn't let go. I mean he hugged and hugged me and gave me kisses. When I left to go to the restroom he cried and cried and ran through the house searching for me until he found me. Melt my heart.

Even bigger news.....apparently clear as day Adam said Granddad. A couple of times clear as day. He also said 'owwe' when he hurt himself. So adorable

Confessions of Adam's Mom

1. Sometimes I don't pick up all of Adam's cheerios off the floor because he didn't eat a good breakfast and I think, 'At least he will find that cheerio later and actually eat it'. Then I will know he actually ate something.

stay tuned.....I am sure more will follow.

Adam playing

We had a bday party to attend at one of those jump room places. Adam really enjoyed walking around all those huge blow up toys. It was interesting to watch him play and go where HE wanted to go. Later in the party we were shuttled to a new room for cake. The door to all the games/toys were closed b/c there was a new group going in. After eating, Adam got up and walked across the room full of people and went to the door and started banging on it and pulling on the handle to try to go back and play. I am serious! This was about 30 minute later and he still remembered that THAT door went to the play room! He is so smart!

We also went to the mall to play. He found a stroller (someone elses) that looked like a car. He played with that instead of all the mall toys and other kids. I would walk him across the whole play yard and put him down to play and he would turn right around and walk all the way back across the playyard to the stroller! What a memory!! What determination!

Adam's top 2 molars broke through

Last week, Adam's top 2 molars broke through. Just like his bottom teeth, they pretty much broke through on the same day!

After bragging and bragging about how well Adam has been sleeping at night he has had a horrible sleep night all week. He has been getting up at 12midnight and 4AM. What is up with that? I don't know why? I give him Motrin and oragel when he goes to bed. It is like he reverted backwards for some reason!!

Uncle Jeff and Steph visit!

We were so fortunate to have Uncle Jeff and Steph visit tonight. They came over to help me with Adam while I got some garage sale items ready! It was so much fun! Thank you for all your help!!!

So adorable

Brent has unfortunately been out of town this week and despite that tonight was one of Adam's BEST days! We had a blast together. Now maybe it helps that he spent the night with his MiMi and PopPop and I missed him so much!

One the way home from visiting his MiMi & PopPop he immediately fell asleep in the car....I mean I just blinked and he was out. WOW that doesn't happen often. So we went to Granddad's and woke him up to visit. He had a great ol time visiting with Granddad and then when we loaded up from that visit he fell asleep without fighting it or hesitation AGAIN!

We got home and I had been telling him I got him a surprise. When we got home he looked around the room and saw his new present! (It is a Little People garage/car toy) He looked over at his new toy and sat straight up in my lap and started making his brrrrr brrrrrr car noise and hopped down with the biggest grin on his face and started playing with his new toy! It was fantastic.

We played for a long time and he went to get his shoes which meant he wanted to go outside so we went for a good walk. Upon arriving back home we ate our dinner. He did fairly good. He ate chicken and fruit.

We continued to play like crazy and yes crazy is the word. Adam laughed and laughed REAL little boy laughs! When it was closer to bath time he got really crazy. Running around the house, dive bombing me with HUGE hugs and kisses and running back around the hosue with his arms in the air. He would turn around and fall into my lap with a huge laugh and hug! It was undescribable! So cute! During bathtime he actually wanted ALL his toys so we dumped them all in the tub. He actually sorted them in the tub. ALL to one side in the water. ALL of them. He moved them one by one to one side of the tub. Can you picture it. He was sitting smack dab in the middle of the tub and he took them from one side to the other to where they were all just floating in the water on one side. Loved it!

Then while I was fixing his bottle for night night, I asked if he said night night to Maggie and that ALWAYS ALWAYS makes him stop his crying and whining and he RUNS to the back door to look out at Maggie to say night night! Can you believe it????? Then we curled up with his bottle and he went right to sleep after the bottle. When I put him in his crib he just layed there and stared up at me and then went to sleep for real! FANTASTIC! PRAISE YOUR NAME FATHER GOD!!!! I love you!