Thanksgiving Pictures

Titus was worn out by the end of this trip! We are already trying to figure out how to handle the chaos of our Christmas trip coming up in three weeks. We've been home for 2 days now and Titus is a grouch! Tonight he was bathed and in bed at 6:30pm. I think it was too many people and places and a lack of his regular schedule for the little guy to handle. Hopefully I'll be able to get him back on some sort of a routine in the next couple of days. We did have a great time seeing everyone and are looking forward to being together again at Christmastime.

Snow

We just got back from our trip home for Thanksgiving. It was so great to get there and to be greeted by snow! It was Titus' first time seeing snow and he seemed to like it. Now we are back in Florida and it is in the 70's again. It's great to be able to experience winter in the north and the south! Here are just a few pictures from the first day of our trip.

PA Here We Come!

Sleeping Soundly

This is Titus drinking his cereal last night. I made him 4 ounces in a bottle and he sucked it down then cried for more. I gave him 3 more ounces. This was at 6pm. At 7pm I gave him a bath, nursed him and he was in bed (in his crib!) at 8pm. He didn't wake up until 9:00 this morning! It was so nice. I was back and forth all night checking on him, but I know that I will get used to it and eventually sleep through the night also. Assuming that he does it again.

He's a Mover...Part 2

You'd think that after I posted yesterday about how Titus is now on the move I'd be more careful about where I leave him...but I am still learning. These first 4 months I've been able to lay him down, leave him, and come back to him in the same place. I need to remember that I can no longer do this. He was in the middle of our bed when I went to get the laundry. I was walking past our bedroom door and got a glimpse of him in the mirror on our closet door...he was about to go over the edge.

He's a Mover!

Tonight when Steve went in to check on Titus this is what he found.... ...he even took his elephant blanket along with him!

I took this picture after we put him back to show how he started out.
I started putting him to sleep on the floor by our bed at night instead of in his SweetPeace. I felt like he needed more room to stretch out and he likes to sleep on his stomach, but I can't bring myself to put him in his own room in his crib. I make excuses for it..."his room is too far from ours" or "he's still eating at night and it's easier this way for me to feed him." But I know that I just feel better with him next to me. I still reach down several times a night to feel him breathing. Steve isn't too keen on the idea of him sleeping in his own room either. When I put him to bed in his own room, Steve always says, "just bring him in here with us." He has started out in his crib a few nights but not many. I know that watching my parents lose Dustin and seeing a friend lose her young child has given me this unhealthy fear. I feel like I can protect him by having him next to me. This is just something I need to work through.

Four Months and Growing!

Today Titus is 4 months old! I think this past month we've seen the most drastic changes in him so far. I was trying to think of all the things that he is doing now that he wasn't doing last month. He is laughing now and babbling constantly, he has started the teething process, he plays with toys, he lifts his head and shoulders up when lying on his stomach, he "found" his feet, he turns himself 180 degrees while napping, he ate an entire jar of sweet potatoes last night, he can hold his bottle... and the list goes on. Here are pictures of a few of these new skills!
Here are a few more pictures that I took of him today...

Favorite Time of Day

Who would've ever thought that my favorite time of day as a mother would be first thing in the morning. I put Titus is bed with me after his middle of the night feeding so when he wakes up in the morning he is in our bed. He is going to be a morning person like his dad I think. He will lay in the bed and "talk" and enjoy the breeze coming in the windows.

Swap Shop

On Saturday we went to the Swap Shop in Ft. Lauderdale. It is a combination flea market, farmers market, drive in movie theater, and amusement park. Apparently it is the world's largest drive in theater (with 14 screens) and Florida's 2nd largest tourist attraction (we're guessing that Disney is #1). It has something for everyone. You have to look at their website http://www.floridaswapshop.com/ Uncle Rudy we think that you would love it! Steve bought a pair of shorts and I got some vegetables from the farmers market. We definitely plan on going back. Steve has already started saving up to go back and buy some sneakers.As we were leaving the house we noticed a lizard had fallen on our car windshield. I couldn't get the camera to focus on him instead of the trees in the back. Once we picked up some speed he flew off.

These are all plaid shorts for men

The farmers market was amazing! There were coconuts everywhere! There was one stand where you could buy fresh coconut that they would cut open with a huge machete. You could get them to scoop out the coconut or they would cut the top off and you could drink the juice out (that's what the lady below is doing) I am looking forward to buying fresh flowers in the middle of the winter!

Titus was worn out after too much shopping!

At the beach with my Bumbo

This morning Titus and I went to the beach with his new chair, the Bumbo. I just got it this week and he loves it! He is able to sit up and see what is going on around him. It is so light and portable that I am able to take it with me from room to room...or to the beach! I tried once before going to the beach myself with Titus and it was a bit of a disaster. I had to try and spread out the blanket while holding him and then lay him down to get the umbrella set up. Now I can just sit him in his chair and he watches me get things ready. Then we can both enjoy our time on the beach!

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