Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving dinner was great. It was at Sheryl's house. She made a delicious turkey, and had traditional sides, such as mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and jello salad. Oh an d you can't forget the gravy, and bread. Yum. And Geddy had a fun time getting lots of attention from everyone. We watched football all day, except for during dinner.

Today, we had a fun time, since we decided to go to the Mentor Graphics gym. It was the first time I've worked out for maybe 2 years. Merrill, Geddy and I went. I ran for 10 min and did weights for 10 min, while Merrill and Geddy were in the gymnasium. Merrill shot hoops, and Geddy played with his balls that we brought for him. And then I came into the gymnasium, and practiced volleyball and also played ball with Geddy. He was very cute and had lots of fun. I think that we'll try to do that every weekend in the morning now. It's a good chance for Geddy to play, and we can avoid the rain without being stuck at home. Also, the mall play area is kind of crazy, with lots of older kids jumping, so I don't feel comfortable bringing Geddy there unless it's quiet. So now he can roam around in the gym and I don't have to worry about other kids jumping on him.
 
We got Geddy a new car seat, a Graco Myride 65. It's rear facing until 40 lbs, and then you can switch it to forward facing until 65 lbs. A strange but useful feature is that it has cupholders. Isn't that funny?

me volleyball. Geddy had a blast.

Merrill geddy and I went to the mentor gym today and had a blast. I worked out for 20 min and geddy and merrill played in the gymnasium. Then I played so

Geddy can whistle backward while inhaling. Quirky skill for a baby to have!

Sign Language

Geddy is starting to do a lot more sign language now. He still doesn't really initialize any signing except milk, but he can imitate a lot of signs now, and I think that he understands what they are. But he still doesn't understand that instead of whining, he can just sign something and communicate. The signs that he imitates and I think he understands are milk, eat, all done, dog, drink, bird, and more. But they are quite off from what a proper sign would look like. But he is trying, and it's super cute to see.

He went down super easy tonight, awesome! Bath at 7:30, asleep at 8:25. He's starting to get into lala his giraffe, and also a felt bear. Napped for 2 1/2 hrs today in his carrier.

Only woke up twice

Last night, I tried putting Geddy to sleep earlier because I though he was tired but he fell asleep at 8:45 as usual. So our bedtime ended up being like an hour and a half or something. I was in the room with him, and he just kept on getting up, walking around, looking at books, etc. He woke up once at 12:30 and I fed him then, and he woke up at 4:30, and we didn't feed him, but Merrill rubbed his back. It did take him a while to go back to sleep though, around half an hour. He woke up late, around 8:10 am.

 

Merrill co-slept with him overnight.

 

Overnight sleep time: 11 hrs

Nap time: 1 1/2 hrs