A TAG!!

We have been doing nap boot camp with Tray and it has been exhausting. But you will be happy to know that he now naps longer than 30 minutes and his record is now 1 hour and 45 minutes.Yahoo for that!! He is a hoot. Quite the social boy with plenty of smiles to go around. I was thrilled to get tagged by Angie, so here it goes:

5 things you don't know about my little guy!!

1. He is a Wild Child, in the crib that is!! We have a video monitor so we get to watch the little guy all night long. I love it! Although I think I loose a lot of sleep b/c of it. Anyways, he is crazy!!He flips and squirms and rolls like a mad man. He has discovered a new trick. He puts his face down and sticks his little tush in the air and pushes his legs up straight (I hope this makes sense) and does this interesting crawl all over his crib. It is so cute and I was very impressed with his creativeness. He sure keeps us laughing. He recently decided that he doesn't want to sleep on his side anymore but strictly on his tummy. So of course that means I am up ALL night worrying, flipping him back onto his side and checking on him 10 times to make sure he is still breathing. Man, I think he enjoys giving me anxiety ;) But he is so worth all the sleepless nights!

The beginning of the night

About 15 minutes later...he seems to prefer to be at the complete opposite end of the crib with his head in the corner bumper, but I don't like it at all. So I move him to the bottom end of the crib and the cycle begins again. He must think it is a game or something. I think I am going to have to invest in some mesh bumpers?

2. He just discovered how to scratch things. I think he likes to feel the different textures. I love it b/c now when I hold him he will give me a little back scratch :) He also loves to touch our faces, I think it is adorable. He is one curious kid and he is always looking around exploring. I think he gets this from his Dad. I hear James was one mischievous, I mean curious boy! I am sure he will be getting into everything before you know it. I love it though, it is fun to see the world through his eyes. Everything is so new to him and he can't wait to discover it all.

He loves to hold his own bottle now... I don't know if I like this independence stuff...what about Mom?? I don't want to get the boot ;)


3. Trayden loves to stand on his 2 feet. I don't know why but he loves standing up, so we do this almost all the time. Perhaps he likes the better view. He has some seriously strong legs and I wouldn't be surprised if one day he just started walking :) Lets hope that is a while off, they grow up way too fast. He is also sitting all by himself now. Although I am not sure if he really likes it yet, he would rather be rolling around. Go Tray!!

4. He HATES HATES, we are talking bitterly despises the car!! We cannot figure it out. It has me baffled. He doesn't mind the car seat. In fact I think he rather likes it. But the second that car seat goes into the car- look out. He will scream the entire car ride. It is so sad. We have done lots of experiments but I think he just get car sick or something. I thought babies loved the car. So consequently we avoid the car at all costs, so I have become the Mom that never leaves the house. JK. I have found that if I sing the entire car ride he does better, so we are making progress slowly but surely :) Sure I look kinda strange singing at the top of my lungs but oh well, anything to keep him happy!

Don't let these pictures fool you. This is him in the car seat before we put him in the car, pleasant as can be....I won't even show you the other picture, yep it is that sad. (I really haven't taken one, much too sad to capture on film)

5. He is a giggler!! Tray spends about half of his day laughing. I love it! He is such a happy little boy. That means I spend half of my day trying to find new ways to make him laugh. We would probably look pretty ridiculous to an outsider but I love it, we have a blast being goofy. He loves to be tickled and is one ticklish baby. He still doesn't quite know what to think about it, he just squirms and giggles. He loves playing peek-a-boo and when I sneak up on him. He is so fun, I can't imagine my life without him, it would be so boring!!

Well there you have it. He is so fun and I still can't believe how much I love him more and more each day. I love tags! So I tag: Amy C, Ariel, and Heather C. Get to it girls :)