busy day (I wrote this post on Tuesday... I am only now finishing it... 2 days later)

What a day we had yesterday. It was exhausting! My sister called and asked if we would like to go bowling. Ellie had never been before so I thought sure, that'd be fun.

Now I try and cram as much into one day as possible since we live 20 miles from "town". I don't like to make a trip in every day. It is to much work with kids and the cold! So I decided to try and see if I could also get Coop's 4 month check up in the same day.

11:00 - lunch at the bowling alley

12:00 - bowling

1:30 - I was going to a birthday lunch with the ladies from my very pt job - Katie was watching the kids

2:45 - Coop's appt

Oh and of course I had to get in early to get a coffee before hand or my day just WOULD NOT be a good one, ya know? :)

Surprisingly we made it to Clara's (Starbucks in town) and to the bowling alley by 11! Amazing since Clara's doesn't have a drive thru and I'm so desperate for my coffee that I haul everyone in for one! I am NEVER on time anymore. Never. So I was pretty proud. We had a yummy lunch. I breastfed Cooper for the first time at a restaurant. Which was interesting with a bunch of guys my dad's age who work for Red Wing Shoe sitting in the next booth. But I did it! Proud moment #2 of the day! :)

Finally after being asked by Ellie 193,742 times if it was time to go bowling, it was. She had a great time. Honestly it has been years since I've bowled and I had a pretty good time also.

Thankfully my dad stuck around and kept Cooper happy. :)
Why are bowling shoes SO attractive? ;-)
With bumpers...
Onto Cooper's appt...

Now my boy doesn't sleep. He is up all day. No napping. He falls asleep around 10 each night and is up by 1 to eat. Then 3 something, then 5 something, sometimes 2 something and 4 something... it is terribly exhausting. I haven't had a full nights sleep in over 4 months and that really starts to wear a person down. This was one thing I really wanted to talk to Dr. H about. He pretty much told me that I need to start a more consistent routine and get him to bed by 8:30ish every night, while he's awake. I don't know if I've just grown dumb since having Ellie but I just was letting him fall asleep in my arms each night. DUH.

So last night I put him to bed at 9:15. He fussed for maybe 10 minutes and was out! Seriously. Was it that easy? I'm hoping so. He was back up at 1 a.m. and I put his nook in and he was instantly back out. He then slept until 4 a.m.! So besides waking to pop a nook in I slept from 10:45 -4 a.m. last night. Whoa, it was awesome! :-)

Today I put him down at 10 for a nap. It was a no go. He cried and cried and I just couldn't listen to that! Now this afternoon I put him down when Ellie lays down for quiet time and they have booth been sleeping since 12:30! Praise God!! I love me some peace and quiet.

Stats: 27.5 inches long - off the chart!

15.9 lbs - 75th percentile

Dr. H also believes Coop is having some reflux and this may be why he isn't sleeping much. We've started a med for that, to try for 2 weeks and see if it helps. He is also spitting up a lot so we'll see if this helps. He also told me to start with the rice cereal as it might help to keep some of his food down and help him to sleep. I can't believe my little boy is getting so big already! I wasn't expecting to start cereal for a couple more months. :( He is growing up to fast!