Sunday, March 1, 2009

Sleepless Nights

Happy March!! We are very excited for winter to be gone. It was warm enough yesterday that I got to go outside and pick up a bucketful of winter doggie doo. We're looking forward to the warm weather so we can start grilling out, taking family walks, and just enjoying the outdoors. Levi really seems to enjoy looking out the window at the sunlight, so we're hoping he'll be a kid that likes being outdoors.

Speaking of Levi, he's been having a bit of a rough spell at nights. For whatever reason, he's been waking up multiple times during the night. The other night we were excited because he "only" woke up twice. I guess we were spoiled because he had slept through the night pretty good since he was 2 months old. So Mom and Dad are trying to adjust to nights filled with interrupted sleep. On a positive note, other than nighttime Levi has been doing great. He is very happy most of the time and really loves being with his mom, dad, and Prince. He laughs and coos a lot, and he is really enjoying eating food. He's tried all the different cereals (Frosted Flakes, Lucky Charms, Count Chocula...wait...I mean rice, oatmeal, barley, and mixed grain) and now he's also eating strained peas, squash, bananas, and apples. He really loves the squash, for whatever reason. He also is getting much closer to crawling. We've been putting off baby-proofing the house, but it looks like we'll need to get serious about it pretty soon. Looks like March will be a busy month.

Mom and Dad had a pretty good month, not counting the lack of sleep of course. I was blessed to get a couple of bonuses from work, plus our tax returns. So we paid off my student loans making us almost debt-free (not counting the mortgage, of course). We also purchased a new laptop so we don't have to be tied to the house as much when I'm on-call. Courtney has her internship sites almost all lined up for the fall, so that is a relief. Other than that we're just enjoying watching Levi grow and develop, and trying to be the best parents we can.

OK, enough blah blah blah from me, here are some more pictures of our son. Enjoy!

Our young man seems to be enjoying his new haircut.

Someone told Levi Spring Training was starting, and it brought a big smile to his face.

We have to be careful, because one of these times he's going to crawl off the bed.

"No Mom, I want to wear this one."

1 comment:

naturalmom said...

Ugh, sorry to hear about the sleep problems. "Hey, he only woke up twice last night!" Yeah. Been there, said that -- more times than I'd like to recall. Could it be teething? Xander slept terribly all the time, but Ethan has developed a clear pattern of deteriorating sleep habits in the weeks leading up to tooth eruptions. Once the tooth/teeth emerge, he's back to sleeping pretty well. I wish it didn't go on for 2-3 weeks each time, but at least I know it's going to end at some point. Whatever the cause, I hope it resolves soon and you are back to getting good sleep.

Congratulations on getting most of your debt paid off! That's a great achievement.

Stephanie