Sleeping in till 9:10

I couldn't believe it yesterday morning when I woke up and looked at the clock and it said 8:57, wow, Andrew is still sleeping!!! He had been up at 2:30 playing in his bed and then had a coughing spell at 6:15 for about 45 minutes and then he had fallen back asleep. I really didn't think he was capable of sleeping in that late! What a nice surprise. We had a good time with each other yesterday. After he drank his milk and had his oatmeal we headed off to Curves for me to excercise. We then came home and he played, had his lunch and then played some more and then was off to bed at 1 for his nap. He had another coughing spell, so I went in there 30 minutes later and gave him some cough medicine to sooth his throat. It helped, but he was wide awake. I left him in there, cause he had to take a nap, and finally, after another hour he went to sleep. He slept for about 1 1/2 and started coughing off and on which led to crying off and on, so I went in and got him. At least he was happy! I recently took him off his reflux medicine to see how he would do (I was so sick of giving that to him 4 times a day, 30 minutes before a meal). He hasn't had any problems and he has actually been sleeping better and been happier during the day. I wonder if that medicine was making him cranky at times. Hummm??? We then went to Target for grocery shopping and then came home. I fed him supper - his favorite mashed potatoes and a baby meat - and then gave him his bath and then Ben got home so that I could go to a baby shower. Yesterday was a very pleasant day!

Shopping Fun

For my birthday, I asked Ben if we could go to the outlet mall in Dawsonville, GA. Of course, he said yes. We went over to mom's on Friday and then headed for the shopping center Saturday morning. Mom was kind enough to watch Andrew for the day. Shopping with Andrew is fun, for about an hour or so, not 6 hours! We got to the outlets at about 11:30 and got a quick bite to eat at the food court and then hit the stores. Are main goal was to get the Christmas gifts for the neices & nephews and then for each other if we found anything. We were able to get all the kids gifts and then for each other as well. I think we accomplished alot for 1 day! All we have left is for our parents and then something for Andrew - almost forgot about him :o)

I started sneezing on last Wednesday and then started feeling yucky, again, on Friday, so I went back to the doctor to get my second round of antibiotics. I am feeling better today, but still tired. Since I was there, I got the flu shot too. This is the first time that I have gotten it, hopefully the illness's will stay away.

2 naps to 1

Andrew is fastly becoming a big boy. He has decided that he only needs to take 1 nap instead of 2. For the past several days, I have tried to lay him down for his 2nd nap, and every time, he plays in his bed for about 30-45 minutes and won't go to sleep. Tomorrow, I am going to try to lay him down for his first nap a little later than normal. I am going to shoot for noon instead of his normal 10:45 time and I'm not going to wake him up. Hopefully, he will sleep for 3 hours. He has never slept for more than 3 hours during a nap, so I don't think that is going to happen. This is also an adjustment for me. It was such a long day yesterday not getting that 2nd nap of downtime for me. It becomes challenging to keep a 1 year old occupied for an entire day all by yourself, especially when they want you in their sight the entire time and for you to play with them.