King Napper!

Brody really loves his naps! And he even likes them in the crib! I know I have posted about him sleeping in the crib atleast 4 times this past week, but it makes me so happy. I am glad that he has really taken to it because I was worried there for a little bit. I thought I was going to have to google a bigger swing and see if they made it for toddlers! He loves his naps in the crib so much that he slept for 3 hours and 15 minutes this morning and another hour and a half this afternoon. I try and tell my parents not to let him sleep past 4 hours during the day, and he slept for almost 5 today so tonight should be interesting. Hopefully, this won't disturb his routine. I actually had to wake him up this morning at 6:45 am to take him to my parents house. And how did I find him? On his belly! I heard him fuss for about 5 minutes around 1:00 am and I kept saying to myself, "5 more minutes and I will go in there!" Well.....I fell asleep and so did he! Then I heard him again some other time after that (not sure when because it wasn't even long enough for me to look at the clock) and then I didn't hear him for the rest of the night.

Here are a few pictures I took of him tonight while we were getting ready for bed. He is so happy when we are getting his jammies on and playing with him before bed. It is almost like he knows that he is getting ready to go to sleep and he actually likes it!

He absolutely loves to stand and would do that all day if we would let him. So, we have started to help him stand and hold on to the crib and he stays there for a good while. He actually stayed like that long enough for me to run and get the camera. We have talked about how it might be time to lower the mattress. He hasn't started pulling himself up yet, but it is only a matter of time! He catches on to things pretty quick.

I can't believe how much he has changed in 6 short months! He is actually starting to look more like a toddler than a baby! I want to bottle him up at this age right now because he is so much fun! There are many things to look forward to, but as the country song goes, I am going to miss this!

Mom, Missy and Christy - does these pictures look familiar? My mom has a picture of me doing the exact same thing. I would suck on my big toe (have no clue why, but that's beside the point). I would be curious to see what age my picture was taken and compare the two!