Up All Night

I am really liking the adorable and funny new show called "Up All Night"! It's pretty cute! Chris and I have nothing in common with the couple on the show other than the fact that we both have babies. UP ALL NIGHT is what we were last night. :) It all started yesterday morning. I went in to get Reid up for the day and to my surprise, he was on his tummy! I think he had just rolled over before I went in there because I heard him squealing in the monitor! :) I was beginning to think that he was never going to roll over. Well, apparently he figured it out. We had still been swaddling him with the Miracle Blanket, but were in the process of phasing it out. We were down to only swaddling one arm and leaving his legs and other arm out. I was worried when I saw that he was on his tummy because the swaddle had gotten twisted weirdly around him in the process of rolling over. I decided yesterday that if he was going to be rolling around now, we would stop swaddling and use a wearable blanket instead. It worked well for his naps yesterday and he ended up not even rolling over at all during his naps. He did it a few times while we were playing though. So last night we put him to bed in the wearable blanket. He slept for about 4 hours. Normally he goes 5 hours before waking up the first time. It made me wonder if he didn't feel secure without the swaddle. I went in his room, fed and rocked him and then put him back down. Well, he thought it was play time and spent the next 30 minutes smiling and trying to roll over. I stood there watching for a while and eventually helped him onto his tummy to see if he would sleep. He immediately went to sleep so I decided to try letting him sleep that way. I went back to bed and laid awake for about 2 hours because I was worried! I know plenty of babies sleep on their tummies, but he never has so it made me nervous. I went in to check on him a couple of times and then I finally went to sleep. I had only been asleep for around an hour and a half when Reid decided it was time to wake up again! This time after I fed him and rocked him, I went ahead and just put him on his tummy to try to avoid him spending time attempting to roll onto it. Well, this time he wanted nothing to do with it. He started grunting and holding his neck up. I flipped him over to his back and he started attempting to roll over again. After standing by his crib half asleep contemplating what to do, I decided to swaddle him in the Miracle Blanket with both arms this time, hoping it would keep him from wiggling around and trying to roll. It worked and he went to sleep on his back until about 8 this morning. I guess we are back tracking on the swaddle thing. I think once he is able to roll over without 30 minutes of effort first, I will stop swaddling and just let him roll around until he's comfortable. Being a mom is really confusing sometimes/all the time. I am sure this little synopsis didn't make any sense because I am sleep deprived. :) Even on tough nights I am so thankful for the gift of mommyhood.

my sunshine...

Yesterday I boo-hooed as I sang one of my favorite songs, to my favorite baby boy, in my favorite place in the house...

I never want to forget those sweet moments.
The tears may have been a result of reading this poem. My mom had shared the last part with me before, but I have never read the whole thing. I love it.

Song for a Fifth Child

by Ruth Hurlburt Hamilton (1958)

Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,

Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,

Hang out the washing, make up the bed,

Sew on a button and butter the bread.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?

She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,

Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.

Dishes are waiting and bills are past due,

Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo.

The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew,

And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo,

But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo,

Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?

Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.

The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow

But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.

So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!

I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

weekend and worries

We had a fun weekend! Chris went to a men's retreat with our church, so Reid, Chloie, Annabelle, and I all packed up and headed to Mumsie and Popsie's house! We spent Friday night and Saturday night there and had a relaxing, low key weekend. It was cloudy and a little drizzly (shocking!) so we hung out inside all weekend. It was so nice. Reid did great being away from home. He's just so laid back. I love it! We think he was feeling a little under the weather. Luckily he didn't have a fever, but he sounded congested. Guinny came over on Saturday and we loved seeing her! Daddy and Reid were happy to see each other this morning! :)Today I was thinking about a couple of silly things that I worried about before Reid was born. I worried about pretty much everything, but these particular things turned out to be perfectly fine and looking back, I shouldn't have spent so much time stressing about them! The first is the dogs. I was convinced that they would either hate the baby, hate us for bringing a baby home, and/or be too much to handle along with a baby. They have done better than I could have ever imagined. Yes, Annabelle smothers Reid with kisses pretty much every chance she gets and yes, it is slightly annoying, but I am so glad that she loves him! Chloie ignores him for the most part. I am sooo relieved with how well they have done! I also worried A LOT about not getting sleep. I have always been someone that requires a good amount of sleep, which may have something to do with the fact that I spent 8 hours a day with 22 kids for the last 6 years. I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to function without sleep. It has been much easier than I thought! Reid still wakes up at least twice a night, but I secretly kind of like it. I love that special time that we get together and I think I will miss it when he actually does sleep through the night.

Finally, on a totally unrelated thought, I am so over this shedding thing. It is driving me absolutely insane. I can't even believe I have any hair left on my head.

Joy!

What has Reid been up to?

*Growing beautiful eyelashes (he can thank Daddy for those eyes!)...*Sitting in his bumbo...
*Getting licked by Annabelle...
*Drooling A LOT and loving Sophie the giraffe...
*Watching college football with Daddy...

*Having a slumber party with Mumsie, Popsie, and Alli and watching his first Aggie football game...
*Going on his first real outdoor walk (it was a blissful 82 degrees today!)...
*Being adorable...

Then and Now

Gig 'Em Aggies! :)Mommy and Reid

The Adorable Little Blue Gem

Dear Adorable Little Blue Seahorse,
Thank you for calming my son down instantly when I waited too long to put him down for his nap this afternoon. Your glowing tummy and peaceful music are magical.
Love,
Reid's Mommy