Well starting on Thursday Sept. 10th, Michael starting sleeping in his crib in his own room. I have to say that it was a hard night for me. I couldn't fall asleep because I was so worried about him. I don't know why because his room is close by and thanks to technology our baby monitor has a camera. I LOVE that thing. The camera is right by my bed so I can just open my eyes and see him. The speaker is so sensitive that I can hear him breathing. Kaya our persian isn't sure what is going on so she sits in his room and mewos. I don't know how it doesn't wake him up and I don't know what she is thinking. I shoo her out and check on Michael and then off to sleep. As sweet as all of this is, I can't seem to get Michael to sleep before 11 or midnight. I have been trying and trying to set a bed time routine but he will have none of it. So
metimes he goes down around 10 and once at 9:30. I first tried to start the bed time routine around 6:30 with a bath, a feeding and then rocking and singing. He did fall asleep at 8 but was up at 8:45 and then back to sleep at 11:30. So now I try to start it at 8:00 but again no sleep until 11 or midnight. He does however sleep for 4 to 5 hours at a time. Last night being the exception (3hours). He will fall asleep but the second I put him down he wakes up. I cannot leave him in there to cry for hours until he falls asleep. Instead I put his binkie back in his mouth, watch him fall asleep and then sneak out. Trust me, I have read so much on letting him cry it out or going in and picking him up when he cries and personally I choose picking him up. I don't run in there everytime though, luckily he does go back to sleep sometimes. The times he hasn't I have picked him up, he burps and settles down. I'm learning. I ordered a wubanub so his binkie will stay in his mouth and I won't have to run in and fix it. I will just have to keep trying a routine until it becomes routine. Maybe when he starts daycare he will sleep more at night. Although, I wou
ld stay up all night with him forever if it meant no daycare. Wow, what a learning curve. I thought I was done when I finished grad school. They don't give out a diploma for motherhood but they should. So for now he is sleeping in his crib and my room seems so big without his bassinet, I finally packed it up yesterday. He does still snuggle with mommy in the mornings :) and my new favorite thing is when he wakes up for the second time (around 7:30) I go in and tell him good morning and he looks up at me and smiles. Be still my heart, can life get any better than that?
Well it is really here, Michael is three months old. SOOO hard to believe! We got up yesterday and like every morning, Michael and I snuggled for a while. We ate breakfast and then two physical therapists came by to check up on Michael's progress. At his two month check up our doctor said he had a flat spot on his head so she had us call the pt to come and check him out. Well guess what, he is perfect and his head is perfectly normal. They were here for about an hour and tested him in three other areas. For his communication skills he tested on age level, for his physical motor skills, he tested on level but for his social skills he tested at four months. He is so advanced :). 
I guess he takes after his mommy!Then we watched Dancing with the Stars. Michael has no idea what he is watching but the movement seemed interesting. We ran to the store and then off to meet our realtor. We found a house and made an offer. Michael didn't seem too impressed but he did love the gorgeous 60 degree weather!!! I dressed him in the sweetest outfit from Nana and PawPaw, again cute little jeans and this cute little thermal shirt. Can I use the word cute for a boy? Anyway, I couldn't resist taking a picture of him and of course you can see Kaya wasn't far behind. Wherever I am with the baby, there she is too. Here are the pics from us on our property. We planted the trees we are standing by about 10 years ago! I can't believe how big they are! Well, it is still about 60 degrees outside so I think we will go out for a walk before the sun decides to come back out and heat things up!
We had a fun filled weekend for Labor day. Nana and PawPaw visited while Derin and I were busy. When we came home, we discovered that PawPaw loved putting styling product in Michael's hair and taking as many pictures as possible. It is amazing to watch Michael smile and see how his eyes light up when he looks at you. He laughs when I stick my tounge out at him and has begun to mimick me. He has outgrown his tummy time mat because he is getting so long and 
