10 weeks and on to spring

I’m going to start at the end of the week and work backwards this time because Devon hit a large milestone last night. He slept 8 HOURS. Straight. Without one wake-up-and-help-me-back-to-sleep session. When I looked at the clock and it said 7am the only reason I didn’t bolt up to see if he was alive was because I heard him cough. I feel like a million bucks today and hope to use all this energy to get a few things on my list done. If only I could figure out what caused such a wonderful night and duplicate it ALL THE TIME. And to think I was a little worried about daylight savings time messing him up. Ha! Let’s jump forward every night if it means he sleeps that long!

Saturday Devon came with me to the Volunteer Appreciation Party at my work. He did a really good job of being social for about an hour and then took a snooze in his baby bjorn. My coworkers and the volunteers loved meeting him and once he got cranky we were out of there which was not something I’ll be able to do in the future! This was also Devon’s first day wearing overalls. Big milestone. He has about 16 other pairs in various sizes so it’s just the first of many days in the future.

One of my former coworkers has a little guy who is about a year and a half and we have decided to try to swap babysitting services about every month so we can all go on date night. Russ and I got first crack at that Friday night. This was Devon’s first time away from the house with someone else watching him and he did great. Mom and Dad also did great and didn’t call to check in once. We had a lovely dinner together at a fancy smancy Italian restaurant called I Nonni. Gotta love those internet deals!

Other big firsts this week include waiting for his first oil change and visiting Menards and Home Depot. Stick with me kid and the fun will just get better and better. However the trip to Home Depot was to get a quote for our kitchen countertops!! We are getting closer and closer…

I’ve noticed Devon has started pulling easy things towards his mouth – such as his blanket if he is covered up and his clothing and of course his own hands. He is still doing stellar on the tummy time when he is in his birthday suit and when he is looking around propped up on a boppy.

Today we also noticed for the first time that he seems to be starting to 'reach' for toys in his jungle gym. Here is a video of him sort of playing with the bird:



The weather has very much turned towards the spring feeling and tonight we plan to take our first walk outside with Devon and get him used to being outside – he’s going to be spending quite a lot of it outside between our biking, camping and gardening this summer! Have a good week!