Bill and Miss (plus two)

Last night, Sunday, January 10th, Braden slept in his crib for the first time.  He has been sleeping in his bassinet next to our bed for the last 3 1/2 months.  I just read the label on the bassinet and it said the weight limit is 15 lbs (Braden is over that) and that babies should be under 3 months old.  Besides that, he is basically the length of the bassinet, so I knew it was time to get him into his crib, but I was avoiding doing just that.  So last night we decided that it was the night to make the move. 

Jacob has been wanting to sleep in our room and I figured out it was because Braden was also in our room.  So last night before bed time I told Jacob that Braden was going to sleep in his baby room, Jacob was going to sleep in his big boy room and mommy and daddy were going to sleep in their room.  Jacob was so funny, as we walked up the stairs, I was walking behind him with Braden in my arms and he immediately walked into Bradens room and pointed and said "He goes in here mommy."  I was heading toward our room to get Braden's blanket out of the bassinet and as I entered Braden's room, Jacob had already turned on his froggy music and told me where to put Braden (in the crib of course).  So Jacob saw me lay Braden down in the crib and then Jacob was satisfied with the results and quickly went into his room.  This was the first time in about a month that Jacob has willingly, without crying, fell asleep in his own room.  I think he was a little jealous that Braden was with mommy and daddy.  This has been the only real sign of jealously from Jacob and with all thing considered, I'm impressed with Jacob. 

Braden was sort of asleep when I layed him in the crib.  He did wake up and cry a little, so I went in his room and put the pacifier back in his mouth.  He stirred and cried (just a little) for about 15 minutes and then he was sound asleep.  He probably fell asleep at around 8pm and slept the entire night and woke up at about 7:15 in the morning (this was his 4th night in a row sleeping through the night).  I did have to go in there twice, once at 4am and once at 6am to put the pacifier back in his mouth, but other than that he slept peacefully like a little angel in his crib.  Jacob did pretty well too, but he did come into our room sometime early in the morning, not sure what time that was.

I will admit it was nice to have our room back again to ourselves, but it did feel a little strange.  I was glued to the video monitor until I finally fell asleep, but I woke up several times at night to check the monitor :)  I guess that's just how I work :)

Today daddy had the day off, but Jacob was coughing a lot so we decided just to lay low.  We did have the boys pictures taken, Braden's 3 month pictures and Jacob's 3 year pictures.  They both did so well.  Braden was all smiles for the photographer, unfortunately, the photographer wasn't able to capture all the smiles on film.  Jacob did very well too, but some of his pictures he had a bit of a fake smile.  All in all, the pictures turned out great and we are pleased.

Both boys are asleep in their rooms right now and it's looking to be another peaceful night in the Roberts' house.

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!