Rockin' Baby

The other night I was going to attempt to sing some backup vocals for the album J is working on. Well, it was a song I didn't know the parts for and I got all embarassed and refused to do it yet. :) So instead we hung out and listened to music. Wabie was being particularly active so J arranged for a more up-close and personal listening experience:


Is it any wonder I can't wait to see if we'll need clothes like these:






Or these (thanks, Jessica!)...






Check out this little purse!!!


I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need the first sets of clothes...the boy stuff. Just yesterday I was telling Easton that Tabor and Holton's baby was ready to come the next day (today was her scheduled C-section). Easton said, "No! It's a baby race and we have to see who comes first! I want you to win!" :) I told him that our baby isn't quite ready and if it came now it would be sick like he was. Still, he's ready for this little person to show up already! Anyway, I just got the email that their baby is a girl...so that must mean mine's a boy, right???

Anyway...is it strange that while we were in Target this morning I was getting excited about Christmas already and wondering what you buy for a 3 month old? Easton was 11.5 months old for his first Christmas. Dalton was almost there as well. But a 3 month old? Fun!

So yeah, that means we went to Target today. We played toys and I picked up a few groceries. Nothing too exciting. We're having to stick close to home once again for my 24 hour wee collecting.

In other news, last night went better for Dalton in the new room. The boys were being silly yet again (we expect nothing less!) so we took E out this time and let D stay in the bunk bed to fall asleep. He called and fussed a few times but I "supernannied" him and didn't give him the attention (or even eye contact) he was likely looking for when I'd have to go in and it didn't take long at all for him to fall asleep all alone in there. In fact, it was before 8:00! So then Easton (who was in our bed) got to come back to his own room to fall asleep.

At one point in the night--and for the first time since we made the switch--D found himself upside down in the bed. I could hear him knocking into the wood on the sides and fussing about it in his sleep. I went in to right him and all was well until he woke up at 6:15 claiming yet again that he had to pee. It's tough making all these transitions at once but whatcha gonna do? The bed part really couldn't wait with Wabie's impending arrival and well, who knew he'd potty train so easily? So, we're dealing with it. I'd love to leave him in there but then I've got this other kid who is a TOTAL GRUMP without appropriate sleep. So I rushed in to get D and then Easton was able to sleep for over an hour longer which is nice. One step at a time, I guess.

Right now Dalton is actually napping in the new room! He's been so tired lately because we haven't been napping him and he wakes up at the butt crack of dawn. He zonks out in the car and was about to fall asleep on the way home from Target so I decided he could have a short nap today. I sent E to the basement for his quiet time and Dalton and I had a short rocking session but he was by no means asleep...I put him in his bed and he looked around a bit but then laid down again and I haven't heard from him since. Another big step! Just hope I'm not regretting it too much tonight when he's a little more well-rested once bedtime rolls around.

Yesterday the tike had the entire house up at 6 a.m. Even Easton. :( Not the best start to the day but boy was I productive before it was time to leave for my OB appointment. Before breakfast, even, I was able to sweep and mop the downstairs. Then, with the floors being nice and clean we had to have breakfast outside. And we fed a few huge piles of ants some instant grits (I hear this kills the queen and takes care of the infestation). The boys also got to run around a nice long while:




In the afternoon I banished them to the backyard sprinklers while I worked on dinner. Floor is still nice and clean. :)

Anyway, I need to go make some lunch for myself now that I know I'm not going to be interrupted by the D Man a billion times. Toodles!