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... of serious productivity

It is amazing what a good nap can do. No, not my nap. Abram's nap. Up until this week, he has consistently been taking 30-45 minute naps about four times a day. This was annoying because there is not much a mom can get done in 30 minutes. You start something and before you know it, you are dropping everything to go get the baby and start the feeding/play/putting to sleep process all over again.

But when that baby gets a good 1.5 to 2.5 hour nap in the late morning, it is incredible how much that mom can get done. This week, I successfully cleaned the house more thoroughly than I probably ever have, made a skirt, and a baby sling! Here is a bad picture of Abram in the sling.


And today I have altered a friend's bridesmaid dress and now I am blogging. Too crazy. I haven't gotten this much done since I was five months pregnant (It was about that point when I got very whiny and self pitying and I just laid around and watched TV all day. It was a sad state of affairs that I will not let happen the next time around).

So I am very excited to actually have my head above water for the first time in a long time. Now I just have to keep it up and I think that I will consistently feel a lot better and maybe even WANT to invite people over to our house... even... SPONTANEOUSLY (gasp!).

The nap was a definite factor, but I believe that the introduction of solid foods had a lot to do with the nap and his sudden turn into sleeping better and longer during the night. I am glad we waited until now to start, though, because baby food feeding is quite an involved and annoying process that I wouldn't have wanted to deal with before this. He started rice cereal over two weeks ago and is now on day three of avocado flavored rice cereal. I had tried sweet potatoes, but that was a big no go. We'll see if his pallet will expand now that he's successfully taken to a new taste. We've gotten quite a few cute high chair pics. (P.S. The Ikea Antilop high chair is by far one of the best bargain baby buys I have found. High chairs are expensive, man! Even second hand. This plastic, easy to clean, stury chair with bolster pillow was $30!)



Grandma Gae and Bopa Scott sure had a good time feeding Abram while they were here this weekend. And they were good at it! He really got the hang of it when Bopa was feeding him and he took off from there.

We also got to go on a hike while they were visiting. Here are some essential family hiking shots.



We are so glad they got to come see Abram and we are hoping to get to Colorado and Idaho for a visit in August. We can't go too long without seeing his wonderful grandparents!

And, finally, here are some extras:

Quinn and I out to eat with the fam.


Our wonderful community group at Easter brunch. We sure love these guys!
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  1. BryanMay 2, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    I remember when Ryan started taking longer naps, it really helped so much. In just a few more months he's going to be crawling all around the house.

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