Let's see.. where to start? The most EXCITING thing is... da da da dummmmm: Brett is sleeping in his big boy bead! After constantly climbing out of his crib for days and days we decided that was enough of that. I put together his Thomas the Train toddler bed and talked to him about how fun a big boy bed is. He played in it that day and seemed to really like it! We went to Target and picked out a Thomas blanket too. When Drew got home for dinner I told Brett to "show daddy his big boy bed" and he took Drew's hand and led him to his room :)
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So the first night I put him to bed and sang a little, soothed a little and told him to lay down for night-night about 100 times. He tried to get out over and over but I stood my ground. I stayed with him since it was the first night and he finally fell asleep after about 30 minutes. When I left the room I locked the door.
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Drew came home from work and checked on him. He was fast asleep! Drew figured he would stay asleep so he left the door unlocked.. Uh oh.. at 3:00am Brett came busting into our room crying hysterically! I got up and he wanted to sit on the couch in the living room. I carried him back to his room while he screamed and cried. This wasn't going to be pretty.
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I got him back into bed. I had to hold him down for about 10 minutes until he finally stopped fighting. He relaxed a little as I sang and soothed him. After another 15 minutes or so I decided that this was not going to work for me to stay with him every time until he fell asleep. So I got up and walked out of the room. I locked the door. I heard him run to the door and cry.. but that only lasted for a few minutes. I figured he fell asleep in the floor :(
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The next morning Drew and I woke up at 10:00am. I PANICKED! I thought oh no he's hurt himself and we never heard it on the monitor! I opened his door and ta-da.. he was asleep in his bed! AMAZING!
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So the following nights I put him to bed, soothed him a little, said our prayers (he says "a-men" now) and then left the room and locked the door. He would get up sometimes and try the door but then get back in his bed.
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He's slept until 10am or later everyday since! It's a MIRACLE! Thank you Lord :)
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Moving on, it's been too long since I've posted and I feel awful about it :( But there's one thing that makes me feel BETTER! I have a new iPhone! Happy Birthday to me! I took my first picture of Mr. Handsome in the tub:
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Probably should have used a flash.. it's a little yellow.. oh well.*
So many great photo opportunities around the house!*
Had to get a close-up.. shhhh!*
Time for a little swimming! He was saying "woof woof" because he heard a dog barking :)*
And then there was my birthday.. Nana made me a chocolate cake! Yum!*
Another photo-op. Brett eating dog food. He saw the camera and said "cheese!" GROSS!*
Back to birthday, Drew planned ANOTHER surprise party! I was totally shocked. A group of great friends surprised me with dinner at Doe's. They had balloons, flowers and this "kickin" soccer cake! I guess they're all taking my new hobby seriously. (I joined a women's indoor soccer league)*
He fell asleep on a run with daddy.. notice he's wearing his Thomas undies? He wanted them on so I put them OVER the diaper :)*
And finally, the "new" kiddie pool. It WAS the sandbox, but after constantly cleaning up sand in the house I decided it was time to re-think things. Brett would get all sweaty outside then roll around in the sand and come inside. No, no, no!
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That's about it for now.. I promise I will try to be better about posting! Maybe I can do it directly from my iPhone?! :)
