Standing Independently

Dearest Joshua David~

Hello little man!  We didn't have the best of mornings today .... you woke us up a little after 3am this morning crying, whining, and crawling all over us.  We tried everything to get you to sleep.  After a long time of rocking you we finally looked at the clock and saw 3:58am.  Ugh!  You ended up taking 6 ounces of milk with some formula.  We still had to rock you and you finally started to drift at 4:46am.  

I have no idea what time I actually went back to bed.  You see, little man, there's something you need to know about me .... I'm a light sleeper!  :-P  So, it took me a while to drift back to sleep, plus Peanut was kicking and my stomach was hungry from being awake for so long.  Daddy and I ended up eating a pop tart while you took the bottle.

Daddy's alarm went off at 7:15am for work.  It usually goes off earlier, but since he's working from home we could sleep in a little before hearing it go off.  :-P  We were so tired!

You had your usual breakfast.  We tried to stay out of daddy's way since he was working, but work was slow due to the holidays so we were able to play with daddy during the day too.

We did your laundry and then organized a few more things around the house too.  We finished our 'thank you' cards for all the Christmas gifts, though we hear a few more presents may be coming!  We signed your name and Peanut's to all the cards!  ;-)

We were suppose to see your Great-Grandparents and Great-Aunts and Uncle today from Asheboro, but the snow changed everyone's plans.  :-P  They did call though so we got to speak to them and wish them a 'Merry Christmas' though you didn't say much on the phone.  

You fell asleep with your lunch bottle and slept for about 2 hours.  I took a little nap too since I was tired from your morning adventure.  I'm sure daddy got work done while the two of us were quiet for him.  :-)

Eliza called and we did have your physical therapy appointment today since we didn't have it last week.  Guess what you did ....  you stood independently for her for a few seconds!!  Wow!  You did it very briefly for me earlier in the day, but she got you to do it a lot more.  Then, for the rest of the day, that's all you wanted to do with daddy and I!  We're so proud of you!  And, since daddy was home,  he got to see you during your appointment too!

She said you need to stand for 30 seconds independently to be considered '12 month' on a gross motor scale.  But it was still very impressive!  Eliza said you looked like 'a little boy' and not a baby any more .... which means you're already growing up!  Don't grow up too fast, ok?  :-)  You had some really nice neck rotations for Eliza!  She's keeping you on the every other week schedule.  So, in the meantime, we'll work on rotations and continue to work on standing independently.  

You're really understanding your toys more and which buttons to press on them.  For Eliza, you placed some toy balls in a container gently while standing .... you held on to the container with one hand and slowly placed the toys in it instead of throwing them!  You even bent down and picked up a toy while trying to stand!  Wow!  :-)

Daddy hooked up the 'blu ray' player from Uncle Brennan and Aunt Katie.  It works!  Yippie!  :-)  Now we can get blu ray movies to watch.

Oh, the snow is melting more around here.  I think it'll be in the 60's by the weekend!  What strange weather!  

We relaxed in the bonus room this evening and you eventually fell asleep in my lap.  ;-)

I hope you sleep better tonight!  Sleep tight little miracle!

I love you!

~Mommy