Rollover

So Blake no longer sleeps 10 hours at night...now he sleeps 11 hours! I don't get to spend very much time with him on workdays but at least we all get a good night sleep! We have a solid bedtime routine down now, he goes to bed at 7:30 every night. And now we're to the point that I put him down while he's still awake. He puts him self to sleep pretty quickly as we spy on him on the video monitor. Every once in a while he'll cry but never longer than a couple minutes. I give credit to "Babywise". I took several suggestions from that book for eating and sleeping and it's worked out well, besides that fact that he just loves to sleep.

Blake rolled over from his back to stomach for the first time today. He did it at Lynne's (his sitter) several times today. Luckily he did it for me once when I got home this evening. He rolled to his stomach and then back to his back, he was showing off his new skill.

Kim had to go to the hospital one night this week for dehydration from the pregnancy nausea. She got 3 bags of fluids along with nausea meds through the IV. It gave her a good boost but she's back to normal now. Normal meaning not being able to move and dry heaving and vomiting constantly. The doc told her to try and drink 1oz per hour. Sounds easy, but not for her right now.

This is a random thought, but a few weeks ago one of my neighbors was caught growing marijuana in their vegetable garden. I don't know why I just thought of it, or why I decided to blog about it, but it just made me chuckle.

Feed me

Blake has been very interested in my food and drink lately. I think he's getting very close to being ready to try food of his own. I'm trying to hold him off as long as possible though, it's just easier the way it is now. Plus I'm totally grossed out by food in places where it shouldn't be, which means food anywhere other than the mouth is disgusting to me. And I don't know about you but I've never met a baby that hasn't had food on his chin, up his nose, in his ears and in his hair. Aaahhh! My mom and sister tell me it will be different when it's my kid, we'll see.

Speaking of eating, Blake only nurses once a day now - ever since I went back to work and he started having bottles all day at the sitter's house. He learned very quickly how much faster the milk came out with a bottle, and with much less work. After only a few days back at work when I would try to nurse him in the evening he would throw a screaming fit. After a few times of dealing with that, I gave in and lost the battle. Luckily when he wakes up in the morning he is still willing to nurse then. He must not be awake enough yet to fight me at that point! So the rest of the time I pump. Nothing like being hooked up to a machine with a suction 20 times stronger than a vacuum cleaner 5 times a day!

Blake met Kaelynn, my friend Laura's daughter, this past weekend. We were both in Louisville for Jill's baby shower. Blake and Kaelynn were both very cute, but didn't pay one bit of attention to each other. He is ready for "Dude", Jill's son, to make his appearance. Blake claims he needs a guy friend to get into some trouble with. He's with all girls at the sitter's, he's afraid they'll all gang up and put a dress on him or put a bow in his hair or something.

Blake loves his exersaucer!

Good times

Blake is going to have another cousin! Harrison pointed at Kim's stomach and said, "Mommy, baby in there." She said no and laughed it off, but then couldn't get it off of her mind and realized there was a possibility, although it wasn't planned. She was in denial until the 3rd or 4th pregnancy test. I told her to get the digital test that actually says the words "Pregnant". When she saw that result it made it real. I'm so excited and can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl. I just hope Kim's pregnancy and delivery are easier this time around!

Nate was in town from Florida for the weekend. It was great to see him. I didn't get to spend as much time with him as I had hoped because of work. But he got to meet Blake and hold him, which was nice. Unfortunately I had my camera with me and forgot to take a picture of them together. I want to plan a long weekend to go down to visit Nate. That could be Blake's first plane ride. I know everyone loves to see a baby coming on board the plane! Nate, maybe you could convince Aaron that we should move to Florida while we're down there!