2-for-2

We did it again! Coy slept through the night last night! It was great, although I didn't get a lot of uninterrupted sleep, I kept waking up and looking at him thinking he would get up and eat. I even got up and made him a bottle at one point because I just knew he was going to wake up and be hungry. When he finally woke at 3:30 this morning (he went to bed at 8:30) I came back in the room from the kitchen to find Michael rocking his bassinet and saying, "don't mess up and feed him too soon, wait another hour." He didn't realize he slept right through his 10 o'clock feeding. His sitter said he was awake a lot yesterday playing on the mat I took over there, so I told her keep it up!! :)

We did tummy time twice yesterday evening and we did better. The first time I put him on the couch while I got on the floor and talked with him and sang. He smiled and seemed to really like it. The second time I used his *Boppy*; I laid his arms out in front of him and had him face me. This time I was watching Brothers and Sister on the computer and he watched it with me. As long as I am interacting with him he does OK, but if I just leave him to play by himself he gets fussy. He has really good control of his head and can lift up some too.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention, Coy is 12 weeks today! He is getting much longer & bigger. This morning his feet actually hung off the bottom of his bouncy chair.

We did it!! WOO HOO

Well, Coy slept through the night last night! I cant really take credit for it, because it was Michael's turn for baby duty (he is off work today). So I made his cereal and bottle at 10pm and then went to bed. When I woke up at 6 this morning Michael walked in and asked if I would feed Coy so he could get some sleep. They slept on the couch (where ever Coy wants to sleep is fine with us) and he said Coy tossed and turned a lot, but didn't wake up until this morning. So, need less to say, Michael didn't get much sleep...but Coy did. WOO HOO! Maybe he will do this again to night for me, but I will put him to bed and get a good nights sleep myself! :)

Mimi knows best

We usually spend each weekend at my moms house. She only lives 3 miles away, but to get the most time with her we usually just stay over Friday/Saturday night. So each weekend she and Coy sleep in the same room since our bed room at her house is too small for all 3 of us to fit in. Well, for the past 3 weeks she feeds him at 10 and he sleeps until 4, that is 6 hours!!! I cant believe it. He has only done this 1 time at our house. I have been doing each step that she does: 1) feed him his cereal, 2)change him, 3) swaddle him, 4) rock him while he finishes his bottle, 5) put him to bed. When I do this at home he still wakes up at 1-2 am. What am I doing wrong?

Tummy Time

So, we are working on getting in as much tummy time as we can, but Coy doesn't seem to like it. Not sure what we are doing wrong. I've read that I should lay down by him or give him some toys to crawl towards. I will try this tonight. He can life his head and even some of his body pretty well, but he is not rolling over a lot. Our goal this week is to make tummy time fun for him. I'll let you know how it goes.

Happy Birthday Coy

Today Coy is 11 weeks old. I cant believe he is almost a 3-month old! He is now up to 14 pounds and about 23 inches long. His eyes are still blue and his hair is strawberry blonde. He is eating a little cereal at night and 5 ounces of formula at each 3 hour feeding. He smiles a lot and coos a little. He has great control of his head and can almost roll over. Sometimes he tries to sit up on his own. He is growing and changing with each day...he is just perfect!

Day 2, Feeling Great Challenge!

Went walking with mom last night. It was later than I had wanted to go, but it was nice and again I feel great! My lower back has not been bothering me as much and I am so energized. Mom and I had a nice talk as we strolled through the neighborhood. It's nice to be able to spend some one on one time with her...since the baby has been born she and I havent had a lot of girl time.

Day 1 of the Feeling Great Challenge!

Yesterday mom and I took Coy, Hank & Maggie out for a walk. (Hank and Maggie are my four- legged babies, Hank is a miniature Schnauzer and Maggie is a Yorkie-Poo) We walked through her neighborhood, and it was such a pretty day and everyone had beautiful spring flowers blooming in their yards. It was so nice to get outside after a couple days of rain. It was Coy's first walk, too. He is getting to that age where he can get out of the house a little. He really enjoyed it and was very attentively looking around at everything.

One reward from the walk that I wasnt expecting is that today I feel great and rested! Even though Coy got up at 12:30, 3:00 and 5:30 this morning, I feel like I slept all night. So if that is how I will feel each day if I go for a stroll through the neighborhood every night, then I am going to challenge myself to walk for 30 days. I will keep you posted on how it goes!

A sign from God

Our church is in revival this week and the speaker is a very charismatic evangelist. After hearing the word for a good while, Michael lead me and Coy up to the alter to pray and my mother followed after us. This was Coy's first alter visit! The evangelist came over and put his hand on us and prayed loudly over my family. Of course I was knelt over with my eyes closed, crying in prayer, with one hand on Coy and one hand stretched upwards towards God in heaven. Michael was next to me holding Coy in one arm with his other arm wrapped around me; and my mother was behind us with one hand on Michael's back and one on my back. Now, I'm already thinking God is so good, just by the fact that Michael decided to come with us to church this night, and then leading us to the alter to pray...but God had more in store. After we were finished praying, I opened my eyes and looked over at Coy and he was bubbling over with laughter and smiling. It was so special because Coy has smiled before, but I have never seen him actually laughing too. It was the most awesome experience of my life. God is so Good!

Proud Mother

You know how parents says, "having children is so rewarding?" Well, this morning was one of those days. Coy, my 2 month old was so precious this morning. I had to wake him up at 8 to get dressed for the sitters and because he is growing so fast he wears his "good" clothes everyday and just looks so cute. He was so happy and smiling while I dressed him---normally he doesnt like getting dressed. His smiles this morning totally made my day!