Shopping with Samuel

Samuel is learning in leaps and bounds. Everyday he discovers something new and does something entertaining. This week Samuel started to notice the texture of things around him. He wants to touch everything! Gone are the days of eating dinner with Samuel sitting on my lap, because he wants to eat what we are eating. He wants to touch the computer keys and the buttons on my cell phone. By the way if you have gotten any strange texts with major spelling errors from me lately, thats why.

Today we were looking at baby toys. I found a cute blue elephant and pulled it down from the shelf. Samuel grabbed it from my hand and shoved it in his mouth. Covering it with thick drool... Needless to say we purchased the elephant.

The poor cashier at the register had a strange confused look on his face when he picked up the dripping toy. 

Rest

Samuel is 4months and 1 week old this week. I never could have imagined how amazing it is to be a mother. Children really are a wonderful treasure.

Samuel groggy after his restful night of sleep

Something else I never expected...exahustion. Along with the sweetness of motherhood comes countless sleepless nights(and days). Samuel is not a "good sleeper", he never has been. But this morning I woke up at 6:30 am. Thats right, Samuel went to sleep at 10:30 pm and woke up at 6:30 am!!! I couldn't believe it! I feel revived, a new woman!

The last 3 weeks Samuel has only slept in 1-2 hours increments. It has been trying, and my mood and patient have fell victim to my tiredness. I felt as exhausted as I did when I was pregnant and only sleeping 45mins at a time. I feel immensely blessed to have finally slept 8hours all at once for the first time since last April.

So will it last, or did God just know I needed to sleep at some point before I cracked? Im hoping its a permeant combination. Even though he seldom naps, Samuel is currently asleep. Maybe this is the start of something new!

 Mark 6 tells the story of when Jesus fed 5,000 + people with 2 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Mark 6:31 says:

 ³¹ Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

As a mom I often am so busy carrying for others I cant eat or sleep or even shower or brush my teeth. But as with the disciple, such times are nessicary for the good of others. Im so blessed to know God does eventually provide time of rest. 

Vingar Sheets

I love co-sleeping. Its the only way Samuel and I for more than 2hours. Im so blessed to spend nights cuddling with our precious gift from God.

Of coursing nothing is without its downers. Samuel is a BIG POOOPER...I mean massive pooooooper. He has "pooslosions" or "pabooms" on a daily basis. Sometimes we wake up and we are laying in a "paboom". A few nights ago we found ourselves in this situation. I get up, wash Samuel/clothing/my self/ sheets. But the bed still reeked(and yes there were two blankets and a waterproof pad underneath us...still got the bed).

I've been using vinegar in a lot of my household cleaning. Its natural, cheep and works great for wood floors. Even though it smells when you put it on, it drys odarless.

On the wood floors that is. I sprayed the matress foam topper with vinagr and water, thinking it would stink but eventually dry and the smell would go away. Well, that was four days ago and Ive been sleeping in a salad ever since.
Now to the big question...anyone have a cure for salad bed??????? Please im desperate......