Days with Gardner are exciting and changing all the time! He is now 10 weeks old and is smiling, cooing, giggling (sort of)....social interaction at his best! He recognizes faces and voices, and he is holding his head up so well. His little mohawk is lying down now, thanks to longer hair. Ken think's it's sad that his mohawk is gone; I do, too, but only because I see that he's now getting "big boy hair".....and it brings a tear to my eye to see him grow so quickly.
He is "fighting sleep" during the day, so they call it, meaning I have to "trick" him into taking the 4 hours' worth of naptime he's supposed to be getting at his age. That may include anything from a car ride I subtly plan for his fussy time of the day, to going for a walk outside, to rocking him with his pacifier, to lying down with him myself for a snooze, as well. If he goes all afternoon with no more than 30 minutes of good "zz's" then there will be an evening certain to be full of fussiness. I know that in a few more weeks this should get better; I'm looking forward to more smiles than screams! :0) But still, I count it an awesome blessing and privilege to be able to spend my days with this little guy. I wouldn't have it any other way, as tough as it may get physically, socially, emotionally, and even financially. He's well worth it.
Plans are well underway to start our family Christmas traditions with him. After many, many discussions, Ken and I are cutting way back on the gift-giving from Santa Claus so that we may teach him the true meaning of Christmas. We will instead treat each birthday as an "all out bash," which they very well should be. I am thinking of adopting Ken's cousin's idea of baking a birthday cake for Jesus every year with him....and of course, we will honor my parents' tradition of reading the Christmas story from Luke as we sit near the tree on Christmas Eve night. I'm sure more ideas unique to our own family will spring up as the holiday draws nearer.....
And so, that's what's new in the Wilson household. We are even 90% done with our shopping, and everything is wrapped and under the tree. Next year, I bet, I will have to think twice before loading it all under the tree; I will have a little 15-month-old with sticky fingers to watch out for. :0)
Meg
He is "fighting sleep" during the day, so they call it, meaning I have to "trick" him into taking the 4 hours' worth of naptime he's supposed to be getting at his age. That may include anything from a car ride I subtly plan for his fussy time of the day, to going for a walk outside, to rocking him with his pacifier, to lying down with him myself for a snooze, as well. If he goes all afternoon with no more than 30 minutes of good "zz's" then there will be an evening certain to be full of fussiness. I know that in a few more weeks this should get better; I'm looking forward to more smiles than screams! :0) But still, I count it an awesome blessing and privilege to be able to spend my days with this little guy. I wouldn't have it any other way, as tough as it may get physically, socially, emotionally, and even financially. He's well worth it.
Plans are well underway to start our family Christmas traditions with him. After many, many discussions, Ken and I are cutting way back on the gift-giving from Santa Claus so that we may teach him the true meaning of Christmas. We will instead treat each birthday as an "all out bash," which they very well should be. I am thinking of adopting Ken's cousin's idea of baking a birthday cake for Jesus every year with him....and of course, we will honor my parents' tradition of reading the Christmas story from Luke as we sit near the tree on Christmas Eve night. I'm sure more ideas unique to our own family will spring up as the holiday draws nearer.....
And so, that's what's new in the Wilson household. We are even 90% done with our shopping, and everything is wrapped and under the tree. Next year, I bet, I will have to think twice before loading it all under the tree; I will have a little 15-month-old with sticky fingers to watch out for. :0)
Meg
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