Hot Saturday Morning

Graham has been sleeping much longer at night for the last couple weeks, and the extra sleep has really made life easier. Last night he slept from about 10:45pm until 6am! Then, after eating, he slept for about another 45 minutes. I should have been satisfied to wake up with him at that point, but I wanted to push my luck for more sleep so I brought him into our bed. I had envisioned how great it would be to combine sleeping late and baby snuggling, but Graham had not been cooperative when I'd tried this before. Well today was our lucky day!! I laid him down between Drew and me and he smiled at the ceiling for a while before drifting off to sleep. He was so cute I had trouble going to sleep...but I did. We ended up sleeping in as a family until after 9am! Unfortunately, we woke up to a broken air conditioner. Even though it's REALLY hot in our house, our good morning still outweighs the heat. This picture is of Graham hanging out on his new activity mat. If you notice that his onesie looks wet on his chest, don't worry, it's not sweat (yet), he was just drooling.

Last night we went to Drew's parents' house for a birthday dinner, and Graham enjoyed the quality time with his relatives. You can see his aunt Susan has the special touch to get smiles. We also know Graham is going to be buds with his uncle Ryan because lots of his baby vocalizations sound like "uh...cle." The only downside of the night was that he got upset when cake was served and he didn't get any. This week Graham and I started our "Baby Steps" class at Wake Med Cary. It's a one-hour class each week with a group of five moms and babies, led by a nurse. Things started out a little stressfully because he had a dirty diaper and then got hungry right at the beginning of the class, but once he settled down it was good. What I learned in the first class is that we put Graham to sleep too late and feed him too much (when he is given a bottle) -- oops. We're working on putting him to bed earlier now, but the eating issue is more difficult. It's hard to reduce the serving when he seems to be crying for more. Anyway, the class is a good source of info and it's a nice group of moms for future play dates, etc.