Lex is starting to pick up on
the baby signs. :) It’s pretty cool. He can do “big” pretty
well, and we’re working on “all gone”, “drink”, and “mommy”.
“Mommy” is open hand with thumb to cheek. He was doing it this
morning, but each time his had got to his face it started
opening and closing. I think he was confusing himself. He’s
cute when he looks at his hand like it’s doing something
completely out of his control. Then he laughs and claps. We
have fun :)

He has also started sleeping
with his butt in the air. It’s adorable. I want to get a
picture, but he doesn’t sleep as rock hard as he used to so
it’s harder to get pictures. If I turn on the light, he sits
right up and looks around.

Lex has been waking up more and more often
at night the past few weeks. We are up to 3 times a night
again. So Alan and I decided we need to get tough again. Last
night I put a heavy dark curtain over his window (thinking
maybe the cars or lights or earlier sunrise is waking him) and
I changed his diaper during the night (lately he’s been waking
up with a very wet diaper – time to buy the overnight variety).
Soo… we put him to bed at 8pm last night. His first wake-up
was 4:30 (lately it’s been 12:30 so we’re off to a good start
already!). I changed his diaper and put him back down. He
fussed a bit (11 minutes) but then fell asleep. He woke up
again at 5:30 acting very hungry so I brought him into the bed
to nurse. He nursed very well and we both fell asleep again. At
7:05am Alan says to me “Did you shut off the alarm?” which is
normally set for 6:30am. I say “no”… hmmm…. Lex, meanwhile,
continues to sleep in my arm. We checked the alarm and found
that it’s actually set for 6:30pm! I found that hysterical
because it hightlights how long its been since we actually woke
up to the alarm! Normally we set it at night and shut it off at
5:30 or 6:00am when we get up with Lex. So we overslept this
morning and I was late(ish) for work – but it was
fabulous!