Showing posts with label aunt louise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aunt louise. Show all posts

03 November 2008

my first halloween!

welcome to the spoooooookiest post ever to be on this website! ok, not really. however, i really wanted to tell you all about my first halloween.

this year i was a lion. mommy got me a costume from my daycare lady and it was perfect! it was a little big, but you couldn't really tell. sadly, i was kind of cranky on halloween. maybe i needed a nap. or maybe i just didn't like wearing all that make-up on my face. who knows.

we wanted to get out of the house early, so around 5:45 mommy and daddy got me all dressed up and we headed out the door to uncle josh and aunt sara's. it was my very first house EVER! uncle josh goes crazy on halloween, so his house was kind of scary. but we weren't afraid. mommy carried me while daddy held the video camera. when we all got up to the door we all yelled "trick or treat!" and when uncle josh and aunt sara came out they just about died because i was seriously so cute. uncle josh was so overjoyed he threw a huge handful of candy into my bag. (mommy was really happy about that!) here is a picture of all of us!

uncle harry potter and aunt sara cast a spell on dexter!

i was a little overhwelmed so i cried a little, but mommy and daddy let me have my pacifier and then i was fine again! uncle josh and aunt sara said i was still cute anyway. well, our next stop was at aunt louise and uncle timothy's house. we walked up to the door and yelled again! aunt louise and uncle timothy had some of mommy's favorite candies - milky way and almond joy! i grabbed a milky way for her - i mean... for me. but i coudn't leave without a picture of all of us!

dexter and aunt louise and uncle timothy

aunt louise loved my costume. she had to turn me around to show off my tail. oh, the indignity of it all.

aunt louise shows off dexter's cute little tail

since i was getting crankier by the minute we had to hurry next over to grandma and grandpa waid's house. by the time we got there it was almost completely dark. they were handing out good candy this year too! none of that bit-o-honey stuff! grandpa held out the bowl and let me pick whatever i wanted. i didn't really know what to do until grandma started handing me milky ways. i knew right what to do with them once i got them in my hand though - the same thing i do with EVERYTHING these days! straight into the mouth. i kept dropping them on the porch but grandma kept handing me new ones while grandpa snuck the slimy ones into my bag. they don't really taste as good as mommy says. they just taste a little plasticy and the consistancy is not very good either. oh well! here is a picture of me with grandpa and grandma waid.

grandpa and grandma and dexter

we went inside and talked for a bit and mommy got this cute close-up of my lion face - even though i have my pacifier in. hey, lions can't be ferocious all the time!

a tired little lion with grandma

and here you can see my lion costume in it's entirety. daddy was making me be a scary lion!

this lion is soooooooo big

all in all it was a great first halloween! daddy said mommy had to leave all my candy until i am old enough to eat it myself. but mommy said no way! but that's ok, i'd give it to mommy anyway. she's my favorite. shh! don't tell daddy!

13 August 2008

I can't believe it

For the third time, and second consecutive time, Dexter has slept through the night entirely.  I'm not even talking a 5 or 7 hour stretch punctuated with a few cries for a pacifier, or a dream feed, a diaper change or a quick comfort.  Oh no, friends, I'm talking 12 full, blissful, quiet hours of uninterrupted baby sleep.  I know I now have some haters...  But that's ok, I can deal with it now that I am well rested!  Bring it!

Saturday night Dexter went to bed around 9:30 and slept until 6:30 ish I think.  It was pretty great and I was definitely encouraged - doubtful that it would continue, but still encouraged! 

However, it was short-lived when Sunday night Dex woke up once in the middle of the night and then again very early in the morning.  It's ok, though, I thought, since the previous night had shown promise.  

But Monday night we had another great night.  And this time I tried to put him down just a little earlier still - I put him down at 8:30pm.  He went to sleep pretty quickly, and woke up the next morning at 8am.  Yes, haters, I said EIGHT A M.  That was a GREAT night.

Tuesday during the day Dexter had terrible naps - probably because he worked so hard with Uncle Josh!  So, I knew he would have to go to bed maybe even earlier.  Joel did most of the routine (until the feeding part!) and we put Dexter to bed at 6:45pm.  Guess what time that little guy woke up next?  Go ahead, just guess.  Did you guess TWELVE HOURS LATER?  Because then you would be correct.  Dexter woke up this morning after our BEST NIGHT EVER at 7am.  

Man this is awesome.  

But don't worry.  I'm not getting too big a head yet.  I know that it likely won't continue, but I also know I'm pretty stoked about it all!  And also, don't worry that I'll start putting him to bed around 4pm or anything - I'm not trying to set a world record for baby sleeping.  But I'm pretty happy with my twelve hours.  

In honor of this momentous occasion, here are some pictures of Dexter sleeping.  Imagine them set to a slideshow of sleepy music - or maybe something sappy like that "Butterfly Kisses" song - you know, in that vein.


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Seriously, I have the best baby in the world.