Where Did The Time Go?

Today is Crawford’s Three Month Birthday!  Happy Birthday little boy!!

A lot has happened in the last three months!  Crawford has been to the beach twice; he sat on Santa’s lap for the first time; he has learned to smile; he’s been baptized; he talks all the time – his favorite “words” are “hey” and “hi”; he has watched every LSU football game, he and his daddy even have a Saturday morning ritual of watching Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit on Game Day.  Kyle has been an absolutely wonderful dad!  It’s funny how just the day before Crawford was born he didn’t think he could change a dirty diaper to all that he does for the little man now.  I absolutely could not have done it without him.  I now have a completely new respect for single moms. 

Let’s see… although a lot of what Crawford did the first month was eat, sleep and poop that didn’t last long.  He is certainly a busy body.  He plays in his “under the sea jungle gym” and grabs hold of the octopus and starfish so tightly.  When he is playing I can’t believe how his little arms and legs move.  I wouldn’t last five minutes kicking and punching the way he does.

And last week he started ROLLING OVER!!  He now rolls over almost every time we lay him down.  He’s still not exactly sure what to do when he is tired of playing on his tummy, but he’ll figure it out.  He does make me a little crazy now, since he is sleeping on his side or tummy the majority of the time.  He seems to like to put his face down and then scoot out of the monitor – talk about a few scares in the middle of the night.  The first time I thought he had been kidnapped.  I know, I have a wild imagination!!

Speaking of sleep, he is doing pretty well.  We put him in his crib the first night he was home and he has slept in there ever since, although he took a real liking to his swing for his daytime naps.  We are at the end of week one of naps only in the bed and he is doing great!  I don’t mind if he sleeps in the swing every now and then I just don’t want him to be two and in need of a swing to take a nap.  At first his “crib naps” were only 20 minutes, but they are gradually increasing to 30-45 minutes.  Maybe one day he will take a two hour nap!!  He is just such a social butterfly, like his daddy, he does not want to miss out on the action.  As far as night time sleep he definitely knows the difference between day and night – thank goodness!  Even when he was waking up to eat every 3-4 hours he always went right back to sleep.  And now he is starting to sleep in 7-8 hour stretches, so that is exciting!  Here’s to hoping that lasts.