This video is hot off the memory card as of this morning. I'm not sure what put him in this mood, possibly the five-minute-but-should-have-been-at-least-thirty-minute nap he (didn't have) had. Anyway, he was in full attack mode and it was quite funny! He's beginning to anticipate things now, like when you're going to tickle him (he laughs now, too!), and starts to respond ahead of time. He's so smart, just like his daddy!
Behold my nerdy son. I guess it was inevitable, having David as his daddy and all, but I didn't think it would start so soon...
These glasses belonged on my Build-a-Bear bunny that was given to me years and years ago, but somehow they migrated to my son's face. Mom cracks up everytime she sees the glasses on him, so guess who keeps putting them on? You have to admit, though, he was really workin' them in the above pictures. Just a few more pictures to add to the, "I can't believe you made me wear that, Mom!" pile.
Mom had us take this picture because she has one of herself, her mom, her mom's mom, and me taken back in 1982. All four generations. Obviously her mom's mom (Nana) has passed, but since the birth of Micah, we again have four generations alive in our family. So there you see my grandma, my mom, my son, and me!
I made my first Crock Pot dessert last night and I have to say it wasn't half bad. I've always been hesitant to try it because when I think "Crock Pot," I don't think dessert. Just the opposite, actually. But when I was over my parents' house the other day, I saw Sandra Lee on the Food Network (they have cable, we don't) make this Cherry and Pear Buckle. It is SO easy and it tastes like a crumble type of dessert.
My grandparents and parents, and of course D, were my guinea pigs (miss you, Dougie!) and they seemed to enjoy it. With a baby and a house to look after, I will probably be making more of these oh-so-easy slow cooker desserts!
How many hours are between 9:30pm and 7:15am?? Never mind. I'll do the math for you: 9 hours and 45 minutes. That, my family and friends, is how long our little Micah-man slept last night!!!! Now, I'm not expecting him to do this every single night from here on out, but now I know it can be done. Of course, I had D go check on him a few times to see if he was still alive and well (if I go in there, he wakes up minutes later), and he was! :) I am, as you can imagine, one very excited mommy!
Tonight was Set Up The Tree night at my parents' house. Most of us were enthusiastically participating in the tradition...
...and some of us were not.
In case you needed closer up view of the grinch, I mean Micah...
Micah had his two-month well-visit yesterday :(. D was post call, so he was able to come with me, which was great because our little man got three shots. Two in his left leg and one in his right. Thus the sad face. He screamed a cry we had never heard before, which would be not be a good thing if we had heard it before because it would have meant we were inflicting extreme pain on him. But he survived and is no worse for wear. Well, sort of. He was up for three hours during the night with a stuffy nose and probably some sort of soreness. We gave him another dose of Tylenol and just cuddled him...after suctioning his nose a few times (he wasn't a big fan of that). I guess technically he only woke up once, though, which is a first. He went to bed around 7pm, shortly after D's family arrived, and slept until 1am. After he went back to bed around 4am, he slept until 8:30am. He's been very sleepy all day today, so I'm very interested to see what the night brings. It's his first little cold, so I don't know what to expect, but he's getting a lot of cuddle time in :).
We officially moved into our house on Micah's two-month birthday, so he got to take his two-month photo on the rocking chair in his room. The first picture is the official one, the second one was just too funny not to show. He looks very dazed and confused...as if he hasn't ever seen a camera before!
He's been doing really well sleeping at night, except for a few nights here and there. He usually goes down around 8:30pm and will sleep until at least 3:30am, if not 4-4:30am. I keep trying to push his bedtime to 10pm, so it's more in sync with our bedtime, but all (two) efforts have failed. If we wake him up to feed him, he'll still wake up around those times, like his body is just programmed to do so. One night, though, he did sleep from 10:30pm until 5:30am and went back down again for a few more hours, so I know it can be done! Day time naps are a different story. After sleeping all night, I guess he's not really that tired, so during the morning and early afternoon, we are glued together. Late afternoon and early evening start the sleepfest which continues on through the night. This makes it hard to go out and get things done (although he sleeps really well when we're out!), but that's the trade off for a good night's sleep.
He's awake for longer periods of time and more cheerful during that time. He still LOVES his diaper being changed, which he hated the first week of his life. He'll talk and coo and socialize during this time, much to everyone's amusement. I took pictures of him in his crib (the only time he looks so small!) and of his room, so I'll post those when the boxes clear and everything gets more settled here.
Thanks to Auntie Sara and Cousin Ari, Micah now has a farm-themed bouncy seat that we've been using at least once each day. I use it usually in the morning right after he's all fed and changed and in a great mood. He'll wave his arms around and smack the pig in the nose and the sleep on the head, which will make them each rattle. The cow in the middle has a cord to pull and it makes a shortened version of "Old MacDonald," which Micah stares at wide-eyed.
I'm soo grateful for this bouncy seat because he is awake a lot more and wanting to be entertained. I want him to be able to entertain himself for as much as he can handle (usually 5-10 minutes, which is good for his age) and not always need to be entertained by someone else. This will make my life a lot easier since he isn't the best daytime napper in the world, although he does make up for it at night so I can't complain too much. We've also used the seat at dinnertime when we're all eating and he's awake (lately the little stinker has taken to waking up for a feeding right when we're sitting down to eat!). We put it on the table so he can see everyone and talk and play. It buys us a good 10 minutes to finish up dinner :).
Of course, the minute I whip out the camera, he tones down all this talking and coos and rattling, but just seconds earlier he was interacting quite aggressively with the sheep. I'll try to get more video of him in the bouncy seat, but this is the best I've got for now!
Micah has always been able to hold his head up really well, even since birth (one of the reasons why people joke that I gave birth to a toddler), so I've been doing tummy time with him quite frequently. He grunts and groans sometimes, but I think it's more from effort than from dislike because he'll certainly tell you when he's done. He keeps his head up for basically the entire time, even though he looks like a Bobblehead doll. His hat makes him look funny in this video (especially from which the angle the video is taken), but it matched his outfit, I promise!
Mom got Micah some slipper moccasins like his daddy's. See?
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