Finally!

Finally after months of failed attempts (I tried every month since he was 5 months old!) Ford is sleeping without a swaddle, double swaddle, inside swaddle band wrapped in an outside swaddle, sleepsak with sewn up arm holes, sleepsak with one arm out and one arm in, and the final step sleepsak with arm holes open, but arms inside untiil he wiggled them out in his sleep! I am sure you can tell by my sarcasim that this has been a challenge, but at 10 1/2 months he is sleeping on his own. I had to get very creative to accomidate my growing baby who couldn't sleep with his arms out, but after much stress I can say we were successful! In hindsight I think I was caught up in "doing what you are supposed to do" mentality, and listening to people say "you are still swaddling your baby" when really I should have just let him go at his own pace, and saved myself a lot of anxiety. Ford now loves to sleep on his tummy and is taking great naps and sleeping great at night. Here are some pics of my sweet sleeping boy!

Random Assortment!

I finally downloaded pictures from my iPhone onto my computer, so here is a random assortment of pictures from the past few months!

Always into something!

 You can totally tell they are brothers :)

He loves to drink out of my cup!

Again, always into something!

Planking in the gym! Makes me laugh everytime!

Talk about perfect timing! Ford is 'in love' with Cooper, and Cooper is more 'in like' with Ford!

Mr. Personality! I love this face!

Again!

First time at gym class! He loved it!

Getting some curls! I love it!

Father's Day and Anniversary Party!

We spent last weekend in Sacramento celebrating Father's Day and Erik's parents 40th wedding anniversary! We had so much fun at their new house especially in their pool! It was a super warm weekend (108 degrees!!), but we managed to get everyone together and smiling for a family picture!

Ford's little red cheeks tell the story of the heat!

I love these two more than life!!! Ford is the luckiest little boy to have a daddy like Erik! Nothing has ever brought me more joy then seeing how much these two love each other.

He loves to swim!!

Coop keeping a close eye on Ford and Erik in the pool!

Melt my heart!!!

Cooper had no idea how to handle the heat!!! We pushed him in the pool a few times, but he was so hot!!!

Happy Father's Day Daddy and Grandpa!!

Happy Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa!

Fun with friends!!

Ford had some fun play dates last week with his buddies Nate Bentley and Sommer Negard! Erik was out of town on business all last week, so I made sure our week was busy so it would go by fast!

Sweet Nate! Look at those blue eyes!

I love this picture! These two are all boy and couple of bruisers!

It was so fun to watch Ford and Sommer because they actually played together!!! Ashley and I both commented on how well they played together!!! They are growing up so fast it's hard to believe! I think these two are going to be great friends!!!

Pool Time!!!

Ford loves the water so much, so I bought him a little dinky $10 pool the other day! It's been well worth the $10 he loves it!!! The first time I put him in I thought I don't need to waste a swim diaper I will just put him in naked. He played for about 20 minutes, and then he got that look and I heard that grunt that I know all too well. Sure enough on his pool's maiden voyage he pooped in it!!! Oh well  it's a one man pool, and he has a great Daddy that will fish out his terds, and wash out his pool!!!

His favorite pool/bath toy the blue Solo cup!!!

Taking a little break while Daddy does some clean-up in the pool :)..........

.....And we are back with a clean pool and a mohawk!!!

He has great post pool hair!!!

Little Mover!

I am happy to report that Ford is now crawling, and I am also very happy that I don't have to hear "Is he crawling yet? Really, how old is he?" anymore!!! Every baby develops at their own pace, and Ford felt 10 months was the perfect time to start crawling, and I agree!!! We have had 10 months of not having to worry about what he is getting into, if he's going to fall and bump his head or dirty hands and knees! He loves that he can get around now, and is working on mastering the skill of crawling! He actually first crawled on May 27th, but this video is after about a week of crawling. He is so proud of himself and so are we! Way to go Ford we knew you could do it!

Silly Little Boy!!

Ford is such a little wild man and loves to laugh!!! Today I was mimicking him saying "Dada" and shaking my head like he was, and he thought it was hilarious! I will never get tired of hearing these sweet giggles!!!