Baby Fun

Landon must have thought that yesterday's post was too boring, so he gave me quite a bit to write about today. Thank you, Landon. Your thoughtfulness astounds me. I could, however, have gone without you peeing on me while you ate this morning. Apparently we need to shop for bigger diapers.

Anyway, last night was another success in the "Get Landon Back to Sleeping Through the Night" front. I moved him from the Pack n Play in our bedroom where he'd been sleeping the last few nights back into his room and he was a champ! He slept through the night and only woke up once around 4:30, but he immediately put himself back to sleep. I am ridiculously proud of him. I'm still not sure what caused last week's night-time melt downs, but I probably will never take a full night's sleep for granted again.

As for the exciting news, Landon decided last night was the opportune time to really start working on his crawling. His form isn't perfect yet (hey, these things take practice!) but Little Man is mobile...which means I need to finally finish baby-proofing the house. We had dinner at Brian's parent's house last night, and after dinner Landon must have thought we needed an early Christmas present. Either that, or Brian's shoe was really, really interesting because the next time we know, Landon is pushing and pulling and tugging and wriggling his way to Brian. As soon as that shoe was in his little hands, he squealed with delight...and then spotted the tree. That cued him to roll over and start the process over. His little toes dug into the carpet and his fingers splayed and grasped and finally the tree was within reach. Luckily, Pop-pop saved it before it came crashing down on all of us. But as I'm sure you can imagine, Landon was more than pleased with himself. Unfortunately, this newfound skill was discovered right as we were preparing to leave, which irked the baby - he wanted to keep practicing and finding new things to catch. So we wrapped up a wailing, squirming little boy and headed home to gloat that our son is on the move. The kitties better watch out.

Honestly, though, I have mixed feelings. Not because I don't want him to develop - obviously, I want him to learn and grow and become his own little person. But with each new skill he learns, the fact that he's growing and growing fast becomes more and more obvious. Sometimes I wonder if I'm enjoying him as much as I should and really taking advantage of everyday with him. As impossible as it is, I want to remember *every* minute with him, and the fact that time is flying by is pretty scary. I don't want to look back on these moments someday and wonder if I missed something or if I've forgotten a detail. I want to remember with perfection the look on his face when he grabbed the tree. I want to remember exactly how mad he was when we picked him up to put him in the car seat. I want to remember the sense of prized and accomplishment that virtually oozed from his little body when he realized that he can move himself.

Since Landon's developing ahead of schedule, I almost feel rushed. Of course, I'm incredibly proud that  my little penguin keeps us guessing and reaches his developmental milestones before most babies. But I'm also afraid that his intelligence and strength means we have less time to really enjoy him as he is now - a fun, interactive little boy who loves people and games and STAYS WHERE WE PUT HIM...at least for the most part.