So, let's start with why I am so tired. Sam. We love him oh so much, but seriously this little kid is a mover, even when he is sleeping he is constantly moving. In fact he has decided that rolling from his back to his tummy is his favorite past time, but only the rolling part. Once he gets on his tummy he is unhappy. He wakes up and yells. This means that I am awake. Last week he was waking up every hour and I was living in the land of sleepiness. This week we decided that he was going to have to fall asleep on his own at least a few times during the night. I really don't feel good about weaning all his feedings, so we decided that we would only feed him twice. The rest of the time we would wait a few minutes to see if he will go back to sleep, which is usually what happens. Let me tell you that the first few nights we did this Jimmy had to hold me in bed. I hate hearing him yell. And it wasn't like he yelled for 30 minutes, it was just a few minutes. Still, heart-wrenching. Things are getting better, but not great. Between teething and sniffly nose he still wakes up 3-4 times, but at least there is a little more consistency. Tonight I went in to check on him and noticed him sleeping on his side. I think that might be his favorite way to sleep. It allows him to curl up a bit but he is not on his tummy. It is cute. He is cute....good thing, huh?!
Even though he certainly drains my energy he is doing a lot of really cute things during the day. He loves Lucy! If Lucy is willing, I ask her to talk to him, and he will smile and laugh as she babbles about whatever she thinking. It is adorable. Last night he was screaming and yelling right before bed as we were reading stories and Lucy got down on the floor and started talking to him. He quieted right down. Wouldn't it be awesome if when he started crawling that he followed Lucy around the house? It makes me laugh just thinking about it.
As we all know Lucy is energy upon energy. As the weather is getting colder I have realized that we need to find activities that cater to more indoor time. Before the weather was too cold we did a nature scavenger hunt. It was fun. Lucy found sticks and bark and leaves. Lately we have been doing crafts. Stamps out of sponges, moose heads traced with our hands and feet, making some baked good. Her attention span really only allows us to do said activity for 5 or so minutes, but it is worth it. Usually while we are doing something like this, or even just randomly Lucy will ask me to take a video of her. Even if we are doing nothing at all, "will you take a video of me..." He favorite thing to record is her singing the ABCs, though I did get a pretty special video of her walking. That girl has got some seriously awesome moves.
In other news, Jimmy got an internship. I guess I haven't written much about life besides the kids because it really has been in limbo (and still is) since Jimmy graduated. He took the bar, but decided (and this may have been a long time coming) that he didn't really want to be an attorney. But he loves working with people and loves solving problems so he thought that Human Resources would be a possible career. The unfortunate part is that all the entry level jobs still require experience. So he has been networking and talking to a lot of people, including people at the grocery store where he has been working part-time. Long story short they are transferring him to there HR department to do a internship for a month or so. It will provide him with some experience and allow him to see the inner working of HR. We are excited! So we are still here in Boxborough, but things are looking up. Now here's hoping he can find a job after that is more permanent. We have a lot of good things on the horizon.
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