On Sunday morning, we experienced something that NEVER, EVER happens ~ both Dan AND Fenn slept in late. Dan actually slept until 6:45 a.m. (when he normally wakes anywhere from 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.) And if ever he does feel like he could have slept longer (or would have slept longer if not for his alarm clock or our other alarm clock ~ Fenn), it is during the week when he has to get up to go to work. And Fenn slept until 7:15 a.m. Same as daddy... he's normally an early riser and wakes up around 6:00 a.m. every morning. I actually heard him moving around and talking at 6:00, but stayed in bed since he wasn't fussing. Eventually, he drifted back off to sleep. Yay!!! And I slept until around 8:00 a.m.! We skipped church because of our late start and had a nice breakfast. After lunch, Fenn had a bath. {That's when these photos were taken.} Then we went for a nice long walk through the park and played on the slides. It was a nice Sunday.
We're hoping Fenn will start sleeping a little later now. We really think it's going to happen soon because he's showing signs of being ready to cut his daily naps down from 2 naps to 1 long, mid-day nap (which we hope means he'll be really tired at night and will need more sleep). He also seems really tired and sleepy only an hour or two after waking up in the mornings ~ another sign that he needs to sleep later each day. Right now, he goes down for a morning nap between 9:30 and 10:00 and goes down for an afternoon nap around 3:00. But the afternoon naps seem to be getting shorter, and we're also noticing it is harder to get him to go down for that nap ~ sometimes not getting him down until almost 4:00. The one nap per day routine will be nice in a lot of ways because we'll have a longer stretch in the afternoons where we can go somewhere. But when Bean #2 arrives, I think we'll pretty much be stranded all day at home with sleeping kids. The new bean will be napping in the mornings and afternoons, and Fenn will be napping mid-day.
Here are a few more new things about Fenn...
:: He knows the signs for 'water' and 'milk'. For water, you tap three fingers on your chin. Fenn's version is to tap his whole hand on his mouth. Pretty close! For milk, you open and close your hand kind of like you're milking a cow. He pretty much does that one correctly.
:: I'm sure I have mentioned before how much he loves cheese. Well, that's one of his new words, except it comes out more like "djeez".
:: He also says 'cookie', which comes out as "kaa kaa".
:: On Sunday morning, we noticed that both his upper AND lower left canine teeth have broken through. So that just leaves the right canines and the second molars.
:: On Saturday, I was sitting on the floor in front of the sofa and Dan was standing beside the sofa, and we were talking while Fenn was playing in the family room. Next thing we knew, Fenn was up on the sofa. He had climbed up there completely on his own.
:: As you can see by these photos, Fenn also loves bubbles. That's another one of his words; he says "buh buh".
We're hoping Fenn will start sleeping a little later now. We really think it's going to happen soon because he's showing signs of being ready to cut his daily naps down from 2 naps to 1 long, mid-day nap (which we hope means he'll be really tired at night and will need more sleep). He also seems really tired and sleepy only an hour or two after waking up in the mornings ~ another sign that he needs to sleep later each day. Right now, he goes down for a morning nap between 9:30 and 10:00 and goes down for an afternoon nap around 3:00. But the afternoon naps seem to be getting shorter, and we're also noticing it is harder to get him to go down for that nap ~ sometimes not getting him down until almost 4:00. The one nap per day routine will be nice in a lot of ways because we'll have a longer stretch in the afternoons where we can go somewhere. But when Bean #2 arrives, I think we'll pretty much be stranded all day at home with sleeping kids. The new bean will be napping in the mornings and afternoons, and Fenn will be napping mid-day.
Here are a few more new things about Fenn...
:: He knows the signs for 'water' and 'milk'. For water, you tap three fingers on your chin. Fenn's version is to tap his whole hand on his mouth. Pretty close! For milk, you open and close your hand kind of like you're milking a cow. He pretty much does that one correctly.
:: I'm sure I have mentioned before how much he loves cheese. Well, that's one of his new words, except it comes out more like "djeez".
:: He also says 'cookie', which comes out as "kaa kaa".
:: On Sunday morning, we noticed that both his upper AND lower left canine teeth have broken through. So that just leaves the right canines and the second molars.
:: On Saturday, I was sitting on the floor in front of the sofa and Dan was standing beside the sofa, and we were talking while Fenn was playing in the family room. Next thing we knew, Fenn was up on the sofa. He had climbed up there completely on his own.
:: As you can see by these photos, Fenn also loves bubbles. That's another one of his words; he says "buh buh".
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