Well we hit another milestone this week (at least for me!). We transitioned Finn to his room and sleeping in his crib at night, beginning on Sunday. He has done magnificent!  The first night he awoke around 4 am, and he cried pretty good for 10-15 minutes. Kevin checked on him and gave him his pacifier and he fell back asleep. He slept until 7:15 am, so for the night it was about 7 hours and 15 minutes.  Monday night he had a similar pattern, waking around 4:30 am. Kevin brought him in around 5:30 and we fed him as it had been 8.5 hours since he had eaten. We still thought that was really good!

Tuesday I headed up to Mansfield for the funeral of a dear woman I have known since I was a child in pre-school, Mrs. Bumpus. She was the sweetest lady, almost like a grandma to me. I first met her while I was in pre-school and since we attended the same church I would see her every week. As I got older I worked in the “Crib room” with her, which was the nursery where you watched the babies/infants during the church service. I kept in touch with her throughout college we would write notes to each other. She often sent me cards in the mail even for our wedding this past year. I often enjoyed being able to see her in Mansfield during the Christmas holiday. I will always remember she made the most amazing holiday treats – including the best caramel corn I’ve ever had, peanut brittle, and iced sugar cookies that were as perfect as I’ve ever seen. She moved to Tennessee about 2 years ago as she was growing older and needed the assistance of her family there. I took Finn with me on the trip, and her daughter and son-in-law told me she thought she had a great-grandson (Finn) and he was on her mantel.  So sweet, she was 91. He are some pics of Grandma and Grandpa having some fun with Finn.

We also received a nice package from Uncle John and Aunt Lora this week with some cute things for Finn.  Here he is with his Pacimal, an animal that has a pacifier attached!  He loved it, as you can see here.

The rest of the week was pretty low-key. Finn continued to sleep really well, so well that I texted Tricia and asked her to wake him up on Wednesday morning at 9:30 – he had slept 9 hours and 40 minutes!  Wednesday night he slept just under 8 hours, and Thursday night he slept just under 10.  Man, this boy is liking his room! I wish he were still in our room, but the truth be told he was outgrowing the cosleeper! He would lay there and run his fingernails up and down the sides as he could reach both sides at the same time with his arms stretched.

I’ve been trying to get him to roll over more lately. He has done it numerous times, and often awakes on his belly in the morning.  But Kevin had yet to see him actually do it.  So Friday evening I took the camera and we had a little photo shoot to demonstrate his abilities to daddy.  Then, of course, Saturday he demonstrated in person, yay Finn!  Of course it helped that Cameron was there giving him a bit of a reason to roll. They enjoyed each other as you see here.

And here is Finn picking up one of his dad’s favorite habits: biting on paper towels!

And here are a few from this morning to wrap up the week. He continues to be enamored with his hands and feet! And he has begun to scratch himself with his nails!