Toadfrogs and Elephants

Today Alex went to sleep (and stayed that way for 30 minutes) without being swaddled. He’s going to have to learn eventually – we don’t have air conditioning!

Alex is not a very good napper so my time while he is asleep is spent on quick projects – or ones that can be broken up. I’m all caught up on my work work so now I am removing caulk from all the windows in my sunroom. The previous owners must have spent hours caulking all four edges of each pane and weren’t very neat about it. Now I am spending hours removing the caulk.

After Alex’s nap, we joined Carissa and Emelia for a walk. Alex seemed in a reasonably good mood so then we went plant shopping:

Wade and I took turns getting Alex down for the night (he definitely doesn’t like this – whether it is colic or just Alex I’m not sure) and I did get my plants planted. Because it is dark out pictures will have to wait till tomorrow.

I went with my Mom’s method of giving Alex a bath in the sink and he seemed to like it. We even got some real smiles today.

Last Halloween I bought a grab bag of candy. Wade discovered “Take 5″ candy bars and fell in love. It turns out they are a little difficult to find and probably makes them more special because of it. My mom and I tend to find them at a random gas station and then tuck them into gifts for Wade. I bought quite a few recently and now Wade tells me he is going to eat healtheir. I am home (with Alex sleeping) and craving some chocolate. I decided to try one of the candy bars – wow! They are really good. Maybe I’ll eat all of the stash I have for Wade and he’ll never know….

Alex has been an awesome baby today. He has taken nice long naps in between feedings and hasn’t cried when he is awake. Maybe this colic stuff is starting to disappear. With everyone in such a good mood, I got us all bundled up for a walk. Somehow I think I am forgetting something?

I thoroughly enjoyed my first Mother’s Day. Wade got up with Alex for his “early” feeding at 5:30 am and evidently stayed up with him till 9 am (when I finally got up). We spent the day around the house and running errands. Then “my boys” took me to Habanero’s for dinner – yum! We put Alex to bed and then finished the downstairs bathroom!!!

Before:

After:

We still plan to replace the sink and the tub hardware – maybe within the month. The floor and toilet will be replaced at some point – no time soon. Wade and I are still discussing whether to leave the tile on the walls or cover it with wainscoting.

Today was full of activities. Wade arrived home late last night after a crazy flight schedule and numerous plane changes. He had a little bottle bonding time with Alex early this morning:

Then Mom had a few last cuddles before she left for her train:

Heidi and Andy had given us Brewer’s tickets so Wade and I left Alex for the first time with a paid babysitter – Naomi from across the street. Naomi says Alex only cried in the beginning (thank goodness). He was very content and almost asleep in her arms when we got home. I got him ready for bed and then we decided to take some pictures:

While at the game, Wade and I had some waffle cheese fries. They were served in a small plastic Brewer’s hat. We decided the cap just might fit Alex and brought it home with us:

I posted a few days ago about Wade’s response to Alex’s fuzzy outfit. He called Alex a yeti (and also posted this on facebook).

Today we received the coolest gift in the mail! Adam and Lyz sent Alex (and Wade) a onesie from threadless titled, “Everyone loves a Yeti.”

Wade loves funny t-shirts and threadless is one of his favorite websites. He has already ordered matching t-shirts for both of us. Thanks Adam and Lyz!!!

Today has been a great day for new toys. While waiting for paint to dry, I went on a shopping trip with Mom and Alex. Alex came home from the trip with a new monkey:

When we got home, there was a big box of presents from my Aunt Gayle and Uncle Bob. Alex quickly became attached to his musical seahorse: