Thomas the swinger

We had a busy and fun day today! Thomas went grocery shopping with me and did really well for most of the trip. He isn't the biggest fan of the 'ole car seat...but is, with each trip, getting better with it. So...we made it half way through the shopping trip before I had to take the car seat off the cart and swing it wildly through aisle 14...all the whilst trying to steer the cart back to
aisle 7 to pick up the mayo I forgot(real mayo, not Miracle Whip Mr. Tom) ! All in all a great trip though.







Ready to go to the store!






Oh and the good thing about morning shopping trips is Thomas gets worn out and actually naps! He has not been sleeping much during the day, 15 to 20 minute cat naps usually...that is it. But today he pretty much slept from 11:30am to 3:00pm. He preferred a few different locations during this time though, crib, mommies lap, swing, mommies lap, mommies lap, mommies lap...you get the point! He is getting closer to napping in his crib.










Sleeping in my swing.









He is on his 5th night of sleeping in the crib by himself (WHOO HOO!) and is doing really well with it. (Hopefully I will not jinx him!) He sleeps from about 8pm to 11:00pm to 1:00am, and then from then until about 4am, then may sleep until 6am, and then he lays with us until 8am.

He has also decided he likes to be swaddled. When he was born he refused to be swaddled. He hated his arms being tied down. Well a few nights ago he was crying just to cry so Tommy wrapped him up like a little burrito and he has slept that way every since. He loves it!





Mommy the burrito maker.














Little burrito!






soo...after his nap the next door neighbors Erin (mom), Lilly and Grace came over to help with some Christmas crafts. We did a few crafts and made some peppermint bark and played with Thomas and Mable for a little while. We had lots of fun!






Sitting in the kitchen.






All in all a good day!