Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Tank's FIRSTS!!!
Tank has changed so much in just these past couple weeks. The slide show takes you through his life from the end of week 14 to the beginning of week 17. Chip and I are very proud and blessed to have this little boy Tank! We love him more everyday! Tank's firsts consist of many things: First pumpkin, First Boo!, first time to NJ! First time in the bumbo, exersaucer, and jump-a-roo! First time in big boy swing at the park at Ida Lee! First time to Cartersville, First Thanksgiving in Cartersville, third time sucking thumb-first time on camera! First time meeting Caleb! First Baber family picture! First time spending the night at Grammie and Paw Paw's! What an exciting time!
We had a great time in NJ! Tank kept mommy up quite a bit being in a new place, but it was worth it just to be there with everyone. Tank loved attending Uncle Joe's ceremony being promoted to Major in the AF. Tank cried a little bit in the beginning and then was a star the rest of the time:) We had a great Halloween weekend with everyone on my side on the family and Joe's family as well. Alvin and Liv's costumes were a hoot!! And we got quite the response of dressing up as the family of chickens!!
He continues to sleep great! We had a busy week (Tank at 16 wks) that caused me to be tired, but all in good fun! He goes to bed at 8:30 pm and wakes between 3-5 am to eat. A couple nights he had me up two times. Many playdates (more for me) and adventures that Tank experienced for the first time:) I spent a morning putting together the exersaucer while Chip drove into work. Wow! That was an experience! I put Tank in it for the first time with the blanket around his torso and he seemed to like all the fun toys on it!! The second time I put him in it he didn't need the blanket!! He has really come a long way with holding his head up and having control of his body for the most part. My neighbor gave me the Jump a Roo. I watch him closely in that because it swings back and forth and side to side much easier than the exersaucer, but he has his feet on the ground and seems to enjoy bouncing in it! He'll sit in the bumbo for a few minutes but isn't quite comfortable in it yet. He tried to straighten his body out instead of the sitting position. We keep working at it!
The cloth diapers continue to work out well. His #2's have become more and more each day and the cloth is holding up. I have taken Tank with me to run errands and have done diaper changes in the car along the way and it has been fine. Much easier than I was anticipating.
Tank has been napping in the early mornings more and more. Some of my exhaustion is if he gets up a couple times at night and I am busy all day with him and running around, he doesn't nap well. This week I am focusing more on staying home and resting and hoping he'll catch a nap and I can too or catch up on house stuff.
We drove to Cartersville for Tank's first visit at Grammie and Paw Paw's. He slept well in the car to and from their house. We were at my sister's in NJ two weekends before where he didn't sleep much I was prepared for long hour stints of playtime. Fortunately he surprised me and only woke up once the first night and twice the second. Though the second awake period was 6:30 am so we all just stayed awake and he took a morning nap later. It was great seeing all the aunts and uncles on the Baber's side. We missed seeing Tank's great-grandparents because BB was home sick. I reflected back on the past year, eating Thanksgiving dinner with the Babers and praying our child would join us the following year! And here we are, Tank 17 wks young!!
We are very fortunate to get to see everyone on both sides of the family in such a close time span!
We had a great time in NJ! Tank kept mommy up quite a bit being in a new place, but it was worth it just to be there with everyone. Tank loved attending Uncle Joe's ceremony being promoted to Major in the AF. Tank cried a little bit in the beginning and then was a star the rest of the time:) We had a great Halloween weekend with everyone on my side on the family and Joe's family as well. Alvin and Liv's costumes were a hoot!! And we got quite the response of dressing up as the family of chickens!!
He continues to sleep great! We had a busy week (Tank at 16 wks) that caused me to be tired, but all in good fun! He goes to bed at 8:30 pm and wakes between 3-5 am to eat. A couple nights he had me up two times. Many playdates (more for me) and adventures that Tank experienced for the first time:) I spent a morning putting together the exersaucer while Chip drove into work. Wow! That was an experience! I put Tank in it for the first time with the blanket around his torso and he seemed to like all the fun toys on it!! The second time I put him in it he didn't need the blanket!! He has really come a long way with holding his head up and having control of his body for the most part. My neighbor gave me the Jump a Roo. I watch him closely in that because it swings back and forth and side to side much easier than the exersaucer, but he has his feet on the ground and seems to enjoy bouncing in it! He'll sit in the bumbo for a few minutes but isn't quite comfortable in it yet. He tried to straighten his body out instead of the sitting position. We keep working at it!
The cloth diapers continue to work out well. His #2's have become more and more each day and the cloth is holding up. I have taken Tank with me to run errands and have done diaper changes in the car along the way and it has been fine. Much easier than I was anticipating.
Tank has been napping in the early mornings more and more. Some of my exhaustion is if he gets up a couple times at night and I am busy all day with him and running around, he doesn't nap well. This week I am focusing more on staying home and resting and hoping he'll catch a nap and I can too or catch up on house stuff.
We drove to Cartersville for Tank's first visit at Grammie and Paw Paw's. He slept well in the car to and from their house. We were at my sister's in NJ two weekends before where he didn't sleep much I was prepared for long hour stints of playtime. Fortunately he surprised me and only woke up once the first night and twice the second. Though the second awake period was 6:30 am so we all just stayed awake and he took a morning nap later. It was great seeing all the aunts and uncles on the Baber's side. We missed seeing Tank's great-grandparents because BB was home sick. I reflected back on the past year, eating Thanksgiving dinner with the Babers and praying our child would join us the following year! And here we are, Tank 17 wks young!!
We are very fortunate to get to see everyone on both sides of the family in such a close time span!
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