Sorta-Smiles, Shopping, and Sleeping

We can't believe Reid is almost 6 weeks old already!  We went through a little rough patch a few weeks ago, but things have been much better since then.  He's not nearly as fussy during the day now, is napping pretty well, and is at least going back to sleep pretty easily after feedings at night.  And today I saw hints of a smile and heard some cooing from him... so wonderful!  I keep waiting for him to break out in a big smile for me.  That seems to always make the rough patches so much easier.  And I just love those little cooing noises that babies make.  So sweet!  Here's Reid the other day... he was laying on the floor for a few minutes and I thought I saw some smiles happening.  I tried to get pictures of it, but this is the best that I got...

 

My good friend Michelle and I went to Portland this past weekend for a super-quick overnight shopping trip.  We left on Saturday around 11:00 A.M. and got back on Sunday around 5:00 P.M.  And it's a five-hour drive each way!  So when I say super-quick, I mean it.  :)  We hit IKEA, Homegoods, Target, and a few other stores on Saturday night, and then stopped by some outlets on the way home on Sunday.  I took Reid with us and was super nervous about how he was going to do.  Both of our other babies have pretty much hated the car seat, so I warned Michelle in advance of the screaming that I thought was going to take place.  Turns out I needn't have worried... my sweet baby was an absolute ANGEL!!  He barely fussed at all the whole trip, except when he was hungry.  He was totally content in the car seat and fell asleep in there really easily.  He hung out in the Baby Bjorn carrier with me while we shopped, and even slept pretty well that night!  I was totally amazed and so proud of him.  And it was SO GREAT to be able to enjoy an "easy" baby for once!  No pictures of the trip, though - we were in totally focused shopping mode with no time for pics.  :)  

In sleeping news, we put Reid in his nursery last week and had to move the bigger boys around in order to do that.  The first night we put J and E in the same room (with J on the top bunk and E on the bottom) and that worked out pretty well.  It took E a while to stop crying and settle down, and J was up for a while, too... just excited that E was in there, but they both went to sleep and slept through the night.  In the morning, however, I was not really keen on having both of them come out of the room fully awake at exactly the same time.  Usually E sleeps (or stays in his bed without fussing) for about an hour after J is awake, and I really missed having that time to wake up myself, or deal with Reid, or fix breakfast, etc. before I got E up.  I am NOT a morning person, so I really appreciated that time with only two kiddos to deal with!  Anyway, that next day when we put J down for a nap in the playroom/guest room, I thought, "Why don't we just have J sleep in here all the time?"  We have a queen bed in there for guests that almost never gets used, and then each boy would have his own room for a little while longer.  So that's what we did!  E now sleeps on the bottom bunk in J's old room, and J sleeps in the playroom, which we're now calling his room.  We still plan on having the boys share a room, but I'm happy to wait until they're a little older to do that.  Here are the boys in their "new" beds...

This stuffed gorilla is Emmett's new favorite pal... he loves it!

Since the room switch, Jackson has done totally fine - sleeping and napping just like he used to.  Emmett, however, has been a little stinker.  He sleeps at night okay, but has been refusing to nap without throwing a fit and getting out of bed 18 times first.  And his naps have been much shorter than usual.  Today, though, he went down without much of a fight and slept for a while!  I hope maybe he's getting used to the whole situation and will go back to normal napping soon.

Just a funny little Jackson thing before I close... I think I mentioned that his new favorite shows are "Dora the Explorer" and "Go, Diego, Go!"  Well, maybe we've been watching them a little too much lately.  Dora and Diego speak English and Spanish throughout the show, and the other day after I adjusted Jackson's clock so that he could see it better and asked him, "Is that okay?" he answered me with, "Yes!  Correcto!"  I almost died laughing. 

Tomorrow through Friday we're supposed to have sunshine and highs in the 60s!!!  We can't WAIT to open up the windows and let some fresh air in the house and get OUTSIDE!! Hooray!