What is the deal little Al?!

So I powered through Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby, thank you Abbey (and Cary for giving me the book). I hate that he is always saying dramatic things like... "your baby will become an obese insomniac if he doesnt get enough sleep as a child" ... so I just skip those rediculous sentences. Other than that, I like the book. I was hoping to have a later bed time for Al, but with me working and having to wake him up at 6:30 every morning, he really needs to go down by 7. SO that is what we are doing. I bathe him or read to him and put his jammies on and then surprisingly he falls asleep around 7 or a little after. HOWEVER, he is waking up about 20 minutes later and fussing for about 2 hours! Seriously, it is like he knows that we are now trying to put him down for the night (as opposed to letting him wake up and play until 11pm) and is just fighting it. He is so tired though. Its not like he is awake and happy, he is awake and exhausted. So we comfort him when the crying gets really loud, but other than that we are trying to let him cry it out. It is so hard, but I know this is the best thing for him. He needs to sleep,... and so do I!

But wait... there's more.

We cant leave out Al and Gigi. Al loves his Gigi, but he's not so sure about the hat she bought him.

Oh yes, and then there was Thanksgiving..week

I love this thing called a hand.

I can look like a turkey too!

I found my thumb!

Papa is so comfy.

Al and Aunt Kristi in a talk off...

Al and I went to nana and papa's and then to gigi and popi's and saw all the family in between. No wonder he isnt sleeping. He had stimulation to last a lifetime.

Sleep... what sleep?

Albert thinks sleeping is for the birds. (Except for last night when he slept beautifully for 13 hours, not straight, but 13 hours none the less). We are on a horrible schedule of taking about 5 cat naps during the day and going to bed at midnight. I can deal when I am on vacation at my parents house, but when I have to get up at 6:30 and go to work, um no thank you. I am on a book boycott, but I am thinking i may give in and take up sleep theory 101. I mean how do you get him to go to sleep when his is jabbering away at 11pm like he has had a full nights rest. I hate leaving him in his crib talking to himself when I havent seen him all day. I dont know what to do. This better get better soon. (or maybe we'll get some teeth and the problem will be solved)! I swear I see nubs.

I love babies!

Beau teaching Al the beauty of relaxation... they are starting to look alike.

It is so great that all of my friends seem to be having babies at the same time! Not sure if i mentioned it or not, but Becca (my friend and roomate from college) is pregnant also! And, Abby found out last week that Al and Jackson will be getting a little girlfriend to play with! yeay.

Last night Abby, Cuevas, and I got together with our awesome old friend Abbey Marsh(now Matz). She brought her little boy Harrison over for our reunion and we has such a good time. We probably havent seen Abbey since we left college 4 years ago, so we had a lot of catching up to do and I hope we continue to get together more often from no on.

I also love babies when they sleep through the night... Al slept for 8 & 9 hours two nights in a row this weekend! But now he is back to waking up every 3 hours bc he has a cold and his nose is so stuffy, poor guy. The woes of daycare I guess. Life goes on!

Work is crazy busy this week, but I love it. I sometimes cant believe I am actually getting paid to do what I do... really.

Have a great week everyone!

A

Responsibility

There is a huge sense of responsibility that comes with being the mother of a child. It is crazy sometimes how different fathers opperate. Beau and I went to an auction (which was really super fun) on Saturday with a couple friend of ours. We were drinking and having a great time and around 10, mind you we started at 5, I needed to pump and I kept thinking... "When I get home at midnight Al will be up two hours later to eat... I should probably stop drinking". Beau, on the other hand, had no such thoughts. Not that he doesnt love Al, but I just dont think men think about children in the same way. He could have stayed out all night.
Oh well, I accept. I do think to myself though, am I ever going to be able to relax enough to drink and have a good time when I go out, or am I always going to feel like this. I think he will have to be staying at Grandma's house before I could feel that way. I know as he gets older it will get better, but man this weekend it just hit me like a rock really.
I have been so bad about taking pictures lately... I will post some soon!

Back to Work

SO I left this morning and I didnt cry. I used up all my cry tickets last night. I am just glad it is such a nice day outside... that always makes life more happy. I did call grandma around 12 for an update and I could hear Al in the background; that was a little sad, but no tears. I think I just have the mind set that this is the way it is going to be so I need to see the positive side of things. He will be able to have early social interaction at day care and he gets to bond with grandma on Mondays. I still am able to feed him before I leave for work so that works out great and I got a whole hour with his cute smiling face this morning. My only fear right now is that he wont prefer me or know that I am his mom... I know this wont happen, but you can never be sure. I just tell myself that my mom always worked and I was attached to her hip inspite of it. So, life is good...rolling with the punches.

A