My little "Lost Boy"

I got this adorable bear suit for Myles from my life-long friend, Kitty! :) I was in love with it the moment I saw it! Myles is just darling in it and Kenny thinks he looks like one of the lost boys from Peter Pan. So two mornings ago we had to have a photo shoot!

We decided to invite all of Myles' friends to the shoot!

I love this last picture, even though I know I desperately need to take a photography class to improve my picture taking abilities. :)

Needless to say, I am excited for Halloween!

Victory!

I know I said I'd report the following day, but things went so well that next night that I thought it was a fluke and didn't want to jinx us by writing about it. However, we've achieved victory! Yeah! Ever since that night he cried he's gone to sleep in his crib with no problems! This whole daylight savings time change has disrupted us a little though. We'll have to work that one out, and we're still working on naps. They are still pretty darn short, but I am much more confident now and I know we'll get it! :)

Here's Myles all happy in his crib in the morning! :) I finally caught a smile!

Myles trying to wake up Daddy.

This is just a funny picture!

Determined...

First of all, thank you for all your positive comments and support! It really helped this morning. Myles' sweet smile this morning also helped!

Last night went like this:

Myles in crib asleep from 7:50-8:15pm

Crying started at 8:15pm and lasted until 9pm

Mommy let out her breath and said, "That wasn't so bad."

She spoke too soon.

Whimpering started around 10pm

The crying began again at exactly 10:22pm and lasted until 11pm

Daddy took baby from crib, cuddled, then handed to mommy to nurse.

Baby fell asleep and mommy cuddled with him the rest the night.

I know, I promised to put him back in the crib after he ate, but I didn't. However, this is my goal (again) tonight. I know it will be worth it! I will report tomorrow!

Sleep tight everyone! (Especially you, Myles!) :)

p.s. That picture was when he was a day or two old. My baby is growing up so fast!

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

Sorry for the lack of picture on this post, but I just needed to write something. Okay, so tonight is the big night...Myles sleeping in his crib for the first time. I always said I would never take my baby into bed with me, but that is the only way he would sleep for an extended period of time these past couple of months, but tonight is the big night for him to learn to sleep on his own. I've spent so much time thinking and worrying about how to get him into his crib and now I'm sort of sad that he won't be in my arms tonight. He's such a sweet baby.
I sang him his songs and rocked him to sleep then gently put him in. He started crying 5 minutes later, which I expected. I let him cry for 5 minutes, went in, patted him, gave him his pacifier, and left. I promised myself that is the only time I will go in. So if he starts crying again, it's up to him to get himself back to sleep. Unless it's the time he usually eats, then I will feed him and put him back in. This is so exciting and scary all at the same time. I really hope he still smiles at me in the morning.