"The poorest, the weakest, the simplest child, is born for immortality. This value outweighs the entire material universe, no matter how small a mark this child makes on it. The tiniest infant owns a deathless intellect, and is as immortal as the Father of spirits. No one can tell what this child will become."

~ A Prebyterian Pastor who died in 1873


"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."

~ (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)

Friday, August 7, 2009

One Small Step for Jack, Another Moment Missed for Stuart

Stuart is out of town this whole week on business until Sunday and it just so happens that he is the one who gets up with Jack at night {seeing as we have an 11 month old who STILL will not sleep through the night... any suggestions would be appreciated!} anyway, he started his nightly ritual because when I was breast feeding I was too exhausted to get up with Jack every night and after my wonderful mom who stayed and helped us for weeks and weeks left Stuart, being the great husband he is told me that could be his full time duty, plus he works from home so it’s not like he had to wake up and get ready for work, he could work in his pj's. ANYWAY, so when Stuart told me he would be gone for a week at the beginning of August I was a little nervous, that maybe I wouldn’t hear him since my mommy radar typically doesn’t work anymore at night because, well... that is Stuarts' job.

So I would like to report the past 2 nights I have heard not one peep from the little man, he sleeps from 8pm until I wake him up at about 6:30am. I called Stuart this morning to gloat… (I mean give him the nightly report) and he is so jealous it’s not funny. I think it is hilarious because Jack wakes up sometimes up to every 45 minutes when Stuart is home and Stuart never fails to produce mad tossing back of the sheets and followed by some explicit language on occasion.

UPDATE: Night 3 did not go as well, but it's just a minor derailing from our stellar sleeping streak.

But ALSO, and the most exciting report of this post... well let me begin with the last time Stuart went out of town on business, Jack decided to start crawling. By the time Stuart got home Jack was crawling so much he crawled straight to the door to meet him. I told him I had been working ALL week long non stop with him and of course he was a little jealous that he missed it. But hey I missed him rolling over for the first time, which he decided to do while I was at work one day, but that's beside the point there is no competition here, but if there was I would be winning (Mwahahaha... (evil laugh) )

WELL… THIS trip Jack decided to start walking! He takes a few steps and gets so excited he flails his arms, like his mom at a sale at Anthropologie, which then makes him fall down. So if I could just get him to keep his composure over his major feat he will be walking to meet Stuart when he comes home Sunday. (Or actually hopefully not because Stuart won't be home until 1 am and THAT would break our good sleeping streak.) But theoretically if he were coming home at a decent hour THEN Jack would be walking to him.

I thought it was pretty funny that every time Stuart is gone Jack, for one, sleeps through the night but also that he tends to reach upcoming milestones. Hmmm, maybe I should kick Stuart out more often, I may have Jack doing quantum physics by his birthday.

Here it is... my proof!
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