Yay for Sleeping Babies

Nov. 22, 2008

Boyd surprised everyone at my parent's house, but mostly me, he slept through the night for the first time. He went down at 10 p.m. and woke up at 5:30 a.m. I forgot how much I missed sleep. I had been running on zero for at least 9 months. I couldn't sleep well when I was pregnant and heaven know I couldn't sleep as a new mom. How wonderful it is to have a baby sleeping through the night.

Flying with Baby

Nov. 19th, 2008

So, as many of you know, it is difficult to travel with a baby. This was actually my first time traveling with Boyd and I will never forget it!
Originally, Q was suppose to take Boyd and myself to the airport, but he was called away down south for all of the fires. He was gone for a week and the day he was returning was the day that I was flying down south--it was nearly 2 weeks when we say Q again. I ended up getting a ride to the airport and everything went smoothly, that is, until I got on the plane. Boyd was hungry, so I bottle fed him and he ended up drinking the whole bottle before we took off. I discovered that I could give him his pacifier and continue to pull it away from him in order to get him to continue sucking, so his ears would not hurt. On the way down, Boyd decided he needed to go # 2 and he did. While going down he screamed and screamed, because his ears hurt due to not taking a bottle/pacifier and his #2 diaper was irritating his yeast infection. It wasn't until we got off the plane that I could change him, but I figured it could wait until I got in my mother-in-law's car. Once we landed, I got all of the bags and started loading everything in the car. That is when I realized that I left the car base in the airport--I had to run back with Boyd screaming and Q's mom circling the airport. It was crazy!!!
All ended well, Boyd got his diaper changed, I got his car base, and my dear mother-in-law called my father-in-law for yeast infection medication. We can happily say, "We survived our first flight!"

Discovering Toys

On Nov. 10, Boyd discovered his toys. We love that he is now playing with his toys and they are no longer just cute ornaments hanging from his chair and play gym.

Park Day

On Nov. 7th, I took Boyd to his first "Park Day". Every Friday the moms from church all get together and go to the park with their kids. It is really nice because all of the kids have a great time and the moms get to socialize. Boyd's first "Park Day" was a fun one. He enjoyed people watching. When he gets older I am going to have to take him to Disneyland to people watch, and I will probably let him go on a few rides, too!

Oh, and how could I forget to mention that he held his bottle for the 2nd time--all by himself!!! This is a big step and it makes mom and dad's life easier.

Boyd's New Trick

On Nov. 3rd, Boyd figured out that he could roll onto his back when he is tired of "tummy time."

Save the date! Boyd giggled!!!

On Oct. 27th, our little guy woke up at his regular feeding time--4 a.m.! This is typical for a 1 month old, but what followed was momentous. While feeding my little guy, he pulled away and smiled and let out his first little laugh. I will never forget this! It almost brought me to tears just hearing his sweet little laugh. Fortunately, I was feeding Boyd in our bed, so Q heard it too. What a happy moment.

These days, Boyd will laugh at anything that his daddy says--just the sound of his voice will bring him to a full-on belly laugh. He is his daddy's little boy.

Boyd's First Halloween!

Boyd told us he wanted to be a spider for his first Halloween, so here he is looking spidery.

Our Silly Spider is showing off his costume for Mommy.

Apparently he is a garden spider.

Oh, no wait, he is a Silly Spider--eyes crossed and all.

Boyd has had enough of his costume, and he is telling Mom and Dad to take him out of it, NOW!

Boyd was waiting all evening to go trick-or-treating, but ended up too tired to go out. Maybe next year!