First Cold, Working from home, and Diaper Changes

Cason has been helping me work from home on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  We have the best time playing, napping (mostly Cason and Daddy at lunch) and doing some work too.  Unfortunately the last two weeks we have been a sick bunch and just as I was back in the swing of working we were derailed.  Cason started the trend with what we thought was a cold.  Then Terry got it along with a sinus infection.  We had a rough week without much sleep.  Cason went from waking up once at night to waking up 3 or 4 times.  I called in my mom for some help so Terry and I could get a little rest.  Just as she got in town I started to get sick.  We all had some nasty virus that knocked us out but we are feeling better, just a lingering sniffle or two and lots of coughing, and only one wake up call a night.

He was so sad when he was sick.  He just wanted to be held and sleep.  Poor baby!

Napping at lunch while I get some work done.

Diaper changes in our house have become a comical event for me.  Most of the time Terry has an iron stomach and I appreciate this enormously.  Most people know I cannot handle throw up but for some reason gagging doesn't bother me.  It actually cracks me up.  Not sure why.  As Cason gets bigger, Terry has more and more trouble with the stinky diapers.  They make him gag and me laugh. I think his smell issues started with a trip to the dump while I was pregnant and forever changed him.  His solution was a painters mask and peppermint oil he sprinkles in it before he gets down to business.

No more problems.





3 Months and Back to Work

Cason was 3 months old on July 4th and I went back to work on July 2nd.  I'm full time but only working at the office 3 days a week.  Tuesday and Thursday Cason helps me work and I get to be with him all day.  He is really a good baby and I actually got a lot of work done while I was at home.  He plays on his mat or swings and he usually takes about 3 hour-long naps.  I just wish I could still take those naps with him!

I do think he might be punishing me a little bit for going back to work and changing up his schedule.  He was doing pretty good with his sleeping.  He would wake up about 2:00 or 3:00 after going down about 8:00 and then he was usually up for the morning again around 6.  We had a routine until this past week.  I got a couple 2 hour stretches but the rest of the time it was almost every hour.  He has also decided that sometimes (usually in the middle of the night) Daddy just won't do.  Terry has tried but usually for the sake of everyone I get up and we finally get some sleep.  So much for taking turns!  He does get up in the morning with him and they are napping right now.  So as long as it isn't 3 am they are best buds.

So, other than the sleeping he is really good.  He is always smiling and has started to laugh now.  He talks to us all the time.  He has started to roll on his side and when he does sleep, this is his new favorite position.  Cason and Cooper are best friends, at least as far as Cooper is concerned.  I'm not quite sure Cason really knows about Cooper yet, except that occasionally he gets his head or feet licked.

Cason and Cooper getting a little tummy time.

Some random pictures from the past few weeks.  I still haven't downloaded from my camera, but we finally got a new memory card reader and it was the wrong one.  So, eventually I'll get it together.

Finally a picture with Granny!

His new favorite position.  He fell asleep like this while I worked.

 Working on holding his head up.  He's so close!

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