I feel so bad.

I feel so bad. I don't know what to do about my sweet baby boy. He was sleeping really well in his own bed before he started teething. Now, when I put him to bed he just starts crying. It just has been recently. I put him down and he cries and cries. The second I pick him up he stops and falls right to sleep. So, I sit in his rocking chair and sing a few primary songs and then put him back carefully. The second he feels me putting him down he freaks. I don't like listening to him cry and I don't want him to cry himself to sleep. It makes me feel bad. I want him to just be happy and sleep good. He just wants to sleep with me and I don't want to get in the habit of sleeping with us. He did so good at transitioning from our bed to his, but when he started to teethe all he wants to do it be with me. I love it, but it wears me out! It doesn't seem to bother him during the day and he will usually get a really good nap, but it is bad at night because I think he focuses on it more....I guess. I don't like to give him Motrin everyday, but when I do it seems to help. He has also been a bit constipated to add on top. Poor kid. It really makes me feel bad! I feel so helpless. I have been sleeping in the guest room too so that we don't wake Peter up and Nixon seems to like that, but again, I don't want to make a habit of it. What should I do to help this sweet boy? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SWEET BOY!

I love this little boy so so so much! I just fed him and was sitting here thinking about how much I really love this little guy. I love looking at his perfect face, with his perfect nose, and his perfect cheeks that I love to kiss. He brings Peter and I so much joy and has brought the sweetest spirit into our home. I can't believe how fast time flies! He has gotten so big! He has started to crawl and he loves rolling around all over! He still doesn't like baby food yet ( who can blame him? mama's cream is just too yummy ), but we keep trying about every other day to come up with something that maybe he would like. He will eat rice puffs, yogurt melts, chunks of banana ( they have to be chunks or he will spit it right out, bread, infant apples juice, and he loves drinking water. He has also picked up the little habit of spitting. He loves spitting! It drives me a bit crazy because I will go to feed him and he will just spit. He is hungry, but that is his first instinct. Hopefully he will soon drop that.
He also loves to talk! The first thing I hear in the morning are his cute blabbing sounds! I love waking up to that! He still doesn't sleep though the night ( that's obvious..I am blogging and 12:45 in the morning! ). He wakes up about every 2.5 hours to feed. It is hard, but I have gotten use to it. I feel like he has been teething ever since he was 3 months, but still no teeth! He chews on everything and loves to suck his middle finger.
He finally has started to like some of the toys we got him. He still hates the swing, and the jumper, but he loves his bouncer! He loves watching Baby Einstein, but looses interest after about a half hour or so. We have discovered that he likes to watch the motorcycle races on tv with daddy on Sunday's. He really will watch the entire thing with him! Also, I just love the look that he gets when Peter comes home from work. He gets the biggest grin on his face when he walk in the door! It is super cute! Also, he has the cutest personality and is one of the happiest babies ever! He smiles all the time! You can just look at him and he will smile! Even when he wakes up in the night ( like tonight ) crying and I come in and pick him up and he will look at me and smile. When I get frustrated because he just wants to be held and will freak out when I put him down. The second I pick him up and he smiles and all I can do is just hold him because that smile just melts my heart. He seriously could get away with pretty much everything and everything if he just showed me that killer smile with those adorable dimples! To end I would like to add again how sweet he is and how much we love having him in our family! He really makes us so happy and we can't wait to have another! Night!

DIAPER CHANGING STORIES...

I have a couple funny stories...well I think they are funny..about my sweet boy, Nixon. The other morning I was changing his diaper that was very full of pee. I usually will change his diaper in the middle of the night, but I was way too tired so I didn't. Well when I was changing it I looked and there were these little bead looking things that were super small. ( Get a good visual of this...he was on his back with his legs in the air and his hands holding his feet ) I had no idea of what these things were. There weren't very many, maybe like 10 or so. I started getting closer and closer trying to figure out what these things were. I am about 3 inches away or less when all of a sudden "PHEWW!" NIXON FARTED! I could feel the air coming out of his butt when he farted! I started to gag as I was laughing. I set myself up for that one! I felt so sick the entire morning! I could taste it! It was so sick! Funny, but sick! To make it even better his farts have been the worst smelling farts ever! So that is my first story. The second one isn't as funny, but still funny. Oh, and the little bead like thingy's were from his diaper. He had so much pee that it was starting to explode or something.

I think it was the day after the fart incident. I was again changing Nixon's diaper when I couldn't find a fresh diaper to put on him. I sat him naked in the middle of my bed when I ran downstairs to get a bag of diapers. I came up and I saw Nixon looking down touching his ding dong! It was so funny! I started laughing and he looks up at me and he started laughing! It was so cute and so funny! I love this little man so much! He has such a funny personality!

p.s. he has officially started crawling

NIXON'S 6 MONTH PICS

EVERYONE MUST CHECK OUT NIXON'S PHOTO SHOOT THAT MY FRIEND MANDY DID FOR ME. THEY ARE AMAZING! SHE SERIOUSLY DID SUCH A FABULOUS JOB! YOU CAN CHECK OUT NIXON'S PICTURES AND OTHER PICTURES THAT SHE HAS DONE TOO. HER WEBSITE IS foreverstillphoto.blogspot.com

6 MONTH

Nixon had his 6 month doctor appointment today and boy it was rough. He was really happy when we got there because he loves pulling and tearing the paper they put on the table for sanitary reasons. Well, Nixon just pulls it and pulls it so by the end of our appointment there was tons of it all over. He go three shots. Two in one leg and one in the other. It was so sad. He cried for a good 10 minutes. It make me feel so bad, but I know they will do him good and keep him from getting sick. His stats:

Head: 43

Height: 27 1/2

Weight: 19

He does really well with the shots. He gets a fever for a bit and he is a tad bit cranky, but he sleeps really well. So that's good. He and I got about a 4 - 5 hour nap today. It was great!

BLEW ME AWAY!

Nixon just amazes me everyday! This is what he did on Sunday morning that just blew me away! He is a strong boy! He pulled himself up from sitting! Crazy! Also, there is a picture of daddy and him with matching Adidas outfits!

He has his doctor appointment on Thursday? I am not sure what day this week, but after I will post his stats. I can't believe he is 6 months already! I just love him so much and he bring Peter and I so much joy! He has the sweetest personality and keeps us very entertained! Love you bubba!

lAbOr DaY WeEkEnD!

I know that this post is late, but I have a teething baby who needs his mommy every second of the day.

For Labor day Peter and I decided that it would be fun to go somewhere, but with my tailbone still hurting it is really hard for me to sit for a long period of time. I called up my mom and asked if their condo was available. It was and they decided to meet us there! I was so excited! I got to spend some quality time with my sisters while Peter and my padre got to go play some "golf" ( or just make trouble driving the cart around ). Nixon played with my mom a lot of the time which I am so grateful for! She is the sweetest grandma! She loves him so much and Nixon love spending time with her! We were there from Friday night until Monday. My parents left on Sunday night so they could go to my grandma Lund's breakfast. We got to spend some quality time together, lay out, hang out, and eat some delicious food. On Saturday, we swam, got our tan on, Nixon went on the swings at the park by the condo and down the slide with Aunt Jilly. For dinner we went to Roadhouse something. It was this country type place that you can eat peanuts and just throw them on the ground. It was super good! Thanks padre! On Sunday, we made waffles and my dad just bought wicked nice waffle maker from Costco. I was super jealous! I love waffles and I got this new recipe for some syrup that was super good. On Monday, Peter was so sweet and let me lay out for a couple hours while he took care of Nixon. Then we left. It was such a nice weekend! I can't wait to do it again!

He loved swinging! He got the biggest grin on his face!

On the slide with Auntie Jilly

Mommy and baby

If Nixon is in water, he is happy as can be! He loves splashing around!

Again...swinging after swimming

Watching football with Grandpa

At dinner with the fam! Love them all so much!

Exhausted after a long fun day! Snuggling with daddy to end a perfect fun day!