Like Papi like hijo

Almost exactly 10 months ago we found out that Santi was a boy. The first thing I bought specifically for my little boy was a pair of Puma shoes. Today was finally the day he got to wear the adorable shoes. They are still a little big, but as fast as this child grows we decided he could wear them or else by the time he fits in them perfectly he will only be able to wear them twice! He was looking kind of adorable, but then I noticed something...Nolan was wearing almost the exact same outfit. Both boys were wearing Nike pants and Puma shoes. Like Papi like hijo.

Lots of firsts

We have had a bunch of firsts this week. First time in a swing, first time to sit up, first time to eat cereal. I cant believe how big my little baby is getting!

The swing was actually pretty funny. I know Santi is to small to swing, but I thought we could at least give it a shot. He smiled the whole time, but my mom and I noticed his little hands and feet were shaking. I would have taken him out, but he was so happy. I think he just felt off balance. It was pretty adorable!

Last week I started sitting Santi up. He didn't really like it and always looked down so it was impossible for him to stay up on his own. Every morning for a few minutes I would sit him up. By about the third day he was able to stay for a few seconds. So I grabbed a toy and shook it in front of him so he would look up. It took all of about 5 days and now he can sit up for probably 5 minutes all by himself. Every once in a while he will tumble over, but he is doing so good!!

Sitting up with his first ever pumpkin.

I have to say that eating real food is my favorite of Santis newest tricks. I spoke with the doctor last Monday and he told me to go for it. He said Santi is old enough and should have no problems. But he warned me that it may take several times to actually get any food down. Apparently some babies don't like the new texture, taste, and they have to get over their gag reflex. Well, not my baby. He just about grabbed the spoon out of my hand and chugged down the cereal. After a few bites he started crying so we thought he was done. Nolan got him ready for his bath while I got his water ready. Nolan decided to try one more spoonful and the kid chowed down again. Come to find out he didn't like the chair we had him in but he LOVED the food. We shall see if he likes it again tonight!

Future futbol player

The very first thing Nolan ever bought Santi was a soccer ball. He is finally at the age where he can play with it. Here is a short clip of Santi with his soccer ball. I don't know about you, but I think he has mad skills! (Notice the toy in the background, Nolan thinks it will make a perfect goal. He already has plans to teach Santi how to kick it in there!)

Fluke? I sure hope not!

Will I ever know what I am doing? When I finally figure something out and feel good about it everything changes the next day. The only sure things in life these days are that the diaper is dirty, the drool is going to get everywhere, and he will be hungry soon...very soon. I think someday the learning curve will slow down a little bit. I think so anyway. Maybe he wont change everything in life every day, maybe it will be every other day eventually. Bless his little heart. I love that rolly pudgy squishy baby!

I tried something new last night and it seemed to have worked, but like I said before it will probably be different today. I was reading on how to have a happy sleeping baby and it said that most people keep their babies up later than they should. Nolan and I try and keep Santi up every night a little later than he would like so he will sleep more. What I read basically said I was doing the exact wrong thing. Oh great!!! At 2 months Santi was sleeping 7 hours, then he hit his 3 month growth spurt and ever since then has been sleeping more like 2-3 hours (TORTURE for me)! So last night we planned on putting him to bed earlier than normal. We were going to give him a bath at 8 instead of 8:30PM. Well he was done by 7 PM. All he wanted to do was go to bed. So we gave him a bath really early, fed him, and put him to bed before 8. I thought for sure it was going to be a horrible night, or at least morning...ready to go at 5AM or something. No, what I read may have been right. Santi slept for 4 1/2 hours twice, which means I only got up twice. Oh happy day! Was it a fluke? Not sure, but willing to try it again tonight.

Oh how he loves his thumb!

A small preview

Here is a very small preview of Halloween. I didn't really care for the holiday when I was younger, but now I have a little chicken. This is the most excited I have ever been!!!

The dreaded first sickness under the belt

I have been terrified of Santi's first real sickness since the day he came home from the hospital. What if I don't realize he is really sick? What if he gets sick in the middle of the night? What if he has a fever and I don't know it. Well, he officially got sick and I noticed, we got him to the doc within the hour, he has meds, and he is on the mend. If only it had been that easy though...

I am as blind as a bat. I have had glasses since 2nd grade and contacts since 6th. Last Wednesday my eye started bugging me, but I just thought I had something under my contact. By that evening it was really annoying me so I decided to switch out my contacts since I do on the 1st of the month anyway, so just a few days early. My eye was still bugging me with the new contacts so I decided to wear my glasses Thursday and Friday. Friday night I had to work a wedding rehearsal so I wore my contacts and everything seemed fine. I wore my contacts all day Saturday to work the wedding and my eye was really bugging me by the end of the evening. Im a stubborn person so instead of wearing my glasses like I knew I should, I wore contacts to church and all day Sunday. Then it happened. Sunday night I woke up with some of the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life. By 4:30 in the morning I was crying with pain and the lamp in my room only made it worse. Thankfully my mom was able to come over about 45 minutes after Nolan left for work. Of course Santi was up for that whole time. I had to carry him with my eyes closed into the sunny living room so he could play with his toys. I would then go back into my pitch black room (my cell phone light was to bright) and close my eyes...and that was still horribly painful. Anyway....my mom drove me to the doctor at 8:30 that morning and he told me I had an ulcer in my eye. I had never heard of that before. But basically bacteria had eaten away a layer of my cornea. Thankfully the layers grow back and thankfully it hadn't eaten away more layers. I was prescribed eye drops, but sadly all I could take for the pain was tylenol!

My mom took me to her house and put me in a very dark room and helped take care of Santi all day! Bless her!!!

That afternoon we noticed Santi wasn't feeling well. He refused to eat. The kid NEVER refuses to eat. I mean he could eat every hour if I let him. I had noticed the day before he had grabbed at his ear, but wasn't really worried about it because he seemed fine. Within the hour we were able to get him into the doc (yes, with my eye streaming tears and HUGE medical sunglasses...I looked amazing!) Sure enough, Santi had an ear infection. Thankfully he had only had it for about a day, so it wasn't horrible.

The last few days have been really interesting in our house. I had to remember when Santi needed his meds & tylenol and when I needed my meds and tylenol. I had to make a chart...it got too hard. Praise the Lord we are both on the mend. As soon as I can handle outside light a little more I am allowed to wear contacts again! Santi has several more days of antibiotics, but should be over the infection by now. Thank you Lord for modern medicine!