May 23, 2011:
Its so funny - I remember those photos taken last year soooooo vividly. Decky was a big swaddle guy - he loved it, we loved it, he 100% needed it to sleep etc but then, the beast came out. He got pretty strong pretty quickly and started to fight his way out the minute you swaddled him which made sleeping very interesting - especially for his naps (looking back, his naps have always been an adventure :) even today this remains the case, unfortunately. In any case, the unswaddling started at daycare and we weened at home - we had to put one of his blankies all around his head to compensate for awhile and make him *kind of* of have that feeling of being bundled up but it totally worked! The things you end up doing..............................so in any case, a year ago the big thing was getting him to sleep without the swaddle.
.....................and onto this year! This morning, Decky and I went on a long run and even though all he did was sit, he was a hot sweaty mess when we got back so our neighbor let him run wild in his sprinklers. I had to fight his little butt to get him inside for lunch, (7 out of 10 times he throws a fit when you tell him he has to come inside) ate some eggs and veggies, he took a nap while I worked and then once he was up we were back out and playing!
It is absolutely shocking how much can change in a year and when I think back to last year at this time, it blows my mind. He was so little, such a love - now he's so big and and tens times the little love that he was. I can't wait to get his stats at the end of this week to see where he is physically but emotionally our little boy is just the happiest, smartest, lovable little boogar Paul and I could ever have wished for. We are the luckiest.............we'll see where we are next year on May 23rd :)
