My lovey...

Man, this boy is my lovey, aka: "yub yub", aka: "lover". He is a toot, but seriously look at that face. Yumm-Oh. 

Good news: Jude (I think we can officially make the announcement) is (drum roll please)............

SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. I am a new woman, revived, refreshed, and renewed. Interrupted sleep was really getting to me. 

Here's the deal: Jude slept with us for the first few months home (which I love to do with my babies), it was awesome for the first little while. Then, he basically asked if we would mind if he moved to his own bed (in not so many words). So, we moved him to a crib right next to our bed. Better on the sleep front. But, when he would wake up at night I would rock/sing/feed him and he would drift off. When I would put him in his bed half asleep he would go right to sleep as long as I was not in the room. Daddy was fine to be in the room sleeping tucked away nicely in our big huge comfy bed. But, if mommy was in the room trying to sleep JuJu would through a fit. No, he did not want to be in our bed (I would have been totally up for that plan), no, he did not want to be awake, yes, he did want to be in his bed sleeping but not with mommy right there. 

So, we did it....we moved him to a room by himself (happens to be the office with a baby bed in it at this point). We put some darkening shades on the window and WAH LAH, the kid sleeps through the night. I still go in there the moment I hear him wake up or be restless but he doesn't do it...he just conks out for the night. Awesome. 

I am really going to claim it as a miracle. But, I do understand that a lot of it is just that he is more comfortable being with us, he sees us as safe, this as home, and Micah and I as his mommy and daddy. That is really something to Praise the Lord for, isn't it? 

When I put him down in his crib now (after cuddlying, rocking,singing) I have started kissing my little lovey starting at his head and working my way all down his side to his stinky feet. That is the best thing about night night time for him. He literally lets me just covered him with kisses. During the day he is way way too busy for that. But at night he just sits there and takes it. 

I've fallen in love with another man (that makes 3 now) and Micah isn't even jealous.