Big boy bed!

So let me just state for the record, that I was right about him needing a bigger bed. Jack is sleeping SOOOOO much better now. When he was still in his crib, he was waking up several times a night and would sometimes be up for over 3 hours at a time. We would have to go in 2-3 times a night minimum. It was killing me, especially being pregnant and already being exhausted from that. But for over a week now, we haven't had to go in. He has been up very early a few days, like 5 am early, but I would much rather get 5 or 6 straight hours of sleep than be up 3 times a night. The "little" guy just needed room to stretch out.

So, here is him in his bed!


He LOVES it. From the second they put it up, he was all over it. I put him to nap in his crib, which was still up, and he did well. That night we were planning on putting him in the crib again, just so he could get used to it being there, and he climbed right into his big bed and went to sleep. It was the easiest bed time in months.


The first 2 naps in the new bed took a while to get him to sleep. But now I can lay him down and leave and he will eventually go to sleep without fussing much. And bed time is much easier too. He was so ready to be a big boy. *sniff sniff* Because lets face it, I was ready to leave him in that crib until he was 8 if he was sleeping well in it.

And I really like the furniture too. It's very dark, black actually, and we (AKA: I) need to pain a few shelves. We also still need to move his seizure cam and get it set up to record again. But overall, it's awesome.


And yeah, Jack though it was pretty funny that daddy can fly.

Thank God for better sleep.

And me... I have had one heck of a time recovering. I was told 1-2 days and I'd be back to normal. 1-2 days my ass. It's been 2.5 weeks and I'm still working on it. I won't go into the gory details of one afternoon last week, but lets just say I had to call Jonathan home shorty after he got to work and it ended in an emergency trip to the OB's office to make sure that I wasn't hemorrhaging. Then we had Jack's birthday party, which turned out well (pictures to follow eventually). And then my back went out completely.

Staying at home with a 35 lb toddler who doesn't always follow directions well with a back that doesn't cooperate, hasn't been easy. From what I've read, this could very well be related to the surgery and my body trying to get back to "normal" or how my body is just reacting to stress. I don't know and honestly I don't really care, I just want it fixed. I've gone to the chiropractor twice and had a therapeutic massage which was extremely painful, but I'm really hoping that I feel better in the morning.

Oh, and phantom kicks while my uterus goes back to it's normal size are just cruel.

At least he has my eyes

And that's about it. Just look at them!


Jonathan when he was a baby.

bringin' him up right

Some of my favorite memories from my childhood are from spending time on Lake Travis. That being said, there is no doubt that my children will likely spend as much time as possible there too.

Right now the lake is full, the weather is hot but not too hot, and the water temp is perfect!

This was the look that he had on his face at first. He just had no idea what to think or what was going on.


But once he adjusted to the whole idea, he had a blast.


And loved watching the water.


Of course he wanted to be in the water. He wasn't a huge fan of the life jacket but did better with it than most babies do. It was difficult for us to hold him in the water as we were trying to float on cousins, but the swim platform was a big hit. The water would come up through it and he though that was great. He also though it was really funny that daddy was swimming.


While we were out we went to a floating restaurant and he really liked watching all the fish!


He had a little snooze on the way back to the marina. And napping on the boat is the best. And he slept really well last night.

Jack vs. Santa

A few weeks ago I took some pictures of my brother's family at the UT golf club. We got a few pictures of Jack and Grace too.


And this series cracks me up. His reaction when that toy was set next to him was priceless.

"What the *^&%* are you?

"I have a weapon, and I'm not afraid to use it."

"Maybe you're okay, here have a lick"

We met a live Santa earlier in the week. I'll try and post those pictures soon...

Remember this guy?

I took care of Cooper for about10 months and I still think about him often. I can't believe how much he's changed in a year. And the hair, HE HAS HAIR!