::Sleep is Good::

Here we are in 2010. So far it hasn't been super exciting, but we are pretty sure that is good.

Eric has been working in the Fairmont office this week. He has been able to come home for lunch and enjoy some Lucas time. He has been working until 5:30 or 6pm this week so by the time he gets home we have dinner and Lucas is off to bed at 8pm so he doesn't get much time with Lucas. Eric thought that he would be working two projects, the reason he is working extra hours at work but he isn't going to be so he might take Friday off. Lucas and I will be happy to have him home with us.

Emily has been stuck inside for the week except for when we went grocery shopping on Monday. It has snowed every day and the roads are awful so I've been taking the SUV to work leaving her and Lucas with no car to leave in. Monday was a bad day for Lucas. He didn't sleep super great that night and so when he got up at 8am he was still tired. He was very fussy and Emily felt worn out when I got home. That is why we decided to head out for dinner and to Walmart to get some groceries even if it was messy on the roads.

Lucas has a new sleeping patter for night. He used to go down at 10 pm and wake up all through the night and we'd go to him and comfort him and then he'd be up at 6am or 7am for the day. Well when we went to get his booster shot we had a talk with the doctor about this. She suggested putting him down earlier and letting him cry it out. She said the first week we should prepare for no sleep because it would be really tough on Lucas. Turns out it only took a couple of nights of crying before he figured it out. Now he goes down to bed at 8pm and sleeps until 6:30am or 7:30am and get a feeding from Emily and then goes back to sleep until 9am. Then he gets up and nurses here and there all day but he gets a solid at 10am usually oatmeal. He then goes down 2hrs after he woke up for a nap so around 11am and sleeps for an hour. Then he stays up and plays and hangs out with mama and gets another solid, oatmeal, at 2pm. He'll have another nap at 3pm and sleep until 4pm. We won't let him nap past 4pm so that he is nice and tired to head to bed at 8pm. He gets a yummy solid at dinner time (6pm), usually a fruit, veggie, or whatever we are eating pureed. So we are getting lots of sleep, and we are loving it.

This past weekend we bought a new dining/kitchen table, thanks to Dad Beezhold's Christmas present. We love it so much. Before we used to eat in the living room but now we are eating as a family at the table and Lucas actually prefers it. We think he thinks he is eating what we are, which some times he is.

2009 was such a blessing to us. We were so lucky to get such a wonderful little boy. We are excited what 2010 has in store for him and are excited to see him grow and see his personality flourish more.