It Makes A Noise

Last night, the family was staying and Grandma and Grandpa's house, and we needed to wake up early to drive back home. Aaron was acting cranky and so I decided to sleep in Jacob's room since I wanted to be well-rested for the drive. So I snuck into Jacob's room and managed to get into bed without waking Jacob up, but shortly afterward Jacob woke up crying. I climbed down and asked him, "what's the matter?"

Jacob told me, "it makes a noise."

I figured he was having a bad dream or something, so I calmed him down and told him the noise was all gone, and he went back to sleep. Then I went back to bed. Right as I was about to drift off, Jacob started fussing again. "It makes a noise again! Daddy, it makes a noise again."

After going and comforting him a second time, I realized what the noise really was. It was me, snoring.

I tried sleeping in a different position and we made it through the rest of the night without incident.

I told Mandi this story and she asked Jacob what the noise sounded like; he did an absolutely hilarious impression of snoring.

Babywearing Mama Wearing Baby

Babywearing is one of my most favorite parts of parenting a baby. To be able to wear my baby close to me, to have him happy and content as he watches me go about my tasks is a special and intimate bonding experience between mama and child. I've acquired several babywearing apparatuses (and will happily admit that I'd like to try a few more). Each one is good for different situations.

The Moby Wrap was my second purchase, and continues to be my favorite. It's great if I want Aaron to sleep while I am out and about, or if I know I need to wear him for long stretches of time.



I know we have posted this picture before, but I started Aaron in the Moby Wrap when he was just three or four days old.



The Maya Wrap (or ring sling) was recommended by a mama friend and is perfect when Aaron just wants to be held. It's quick and easy to put on.



My newest contraption, the Kokopax (lightweight frame backpack), has been very handy with meal prep. This isn't a great picture, quality-wise, but you can see Aaron loves being near Mama.



John has also worn the Kokopax, and finds it easy and comfortable. Apparently, Aaron finds it comfortable as well, because last week while I was cooking dinner, I realized that he was fast asleep on my back (sorry, I'm still learning about the flash on my camera):



I love wearing my baby! I wear Aaron often, and will probably wear our next child even more. I didn't wear Jacob all that much, mostly because all I had with him was the very uncomfortable Baby Björn. In fact, I don't think I have any pictures with either of the boys in the Baby Björn (and if I did, I'm too lazy to scroll through photo archives to find them *grin*).

Happy Thanksgiving 2009!

We had a great day and pray that you have had the same! Aaron ate a bunch, and Jacob ate cereal with milk (not traditional Thanksgiving fare, but he was happy). More pictures from the last week or so will be coming soon, but for now, I've got to get to bed. Black Friday is only hours away...

It's (Almost) Always a Gorgeous Day

So let's go outside to play!

(Happy Eight Months Birthday, Aaron! You pulled up to stand today!)

The Hills are Alive...

... with the sound of music!



Okay, so maybe not the hills.

But our house is.

Which has lots of levels. So, I guess our house is like hills.

Maybe.

Okay, well, anyway.

Jacob is busy with music class and playing instruments and singing songs and reading books about music. If he's not gardening (leaf-blowing, lawn-mowing, weed-wacking, and the like), then he's usually creating music of some sort. And of course, Aaron loves to play with anything Jacob is playing with.

Goodbye Crib!

Jacob has recently transitioned to his "big boy bed!" He was very excited to switch, and has so far been very cooperative in the transition. We explained to him that he gets a happy face on his chart if he stays in bed all night (or all throughout naptime), and so far he's done a perfect job.

For the first few days, we did have a problem where he'd lose his snuggle-toy because it'd fall off the front of the bed onto the floor, and he couldn't reach it, so he'd cry until we retrieved it for him. We've since rearranged his room so there's no longer a gap between the head of his bed and the wall, which solved the problem (and the layout makes more sense in general now that there's one fewer piece of furniture in the room).

We're leaving the crib disassembled for a few weeks, to make for a smoother transition. Eventually, once Aaron is no longer sleeping in our room, we'll put the crib back together again in Aaron's rom.