Video: Bedtime giggles - 14 months

Boyd - 14 months

Our boy is a joy, and I love him more everyday. He really has brought so much happiness into our lives. Of course, he drives me batty sometimes too. It's not all rainbows, cotton candy, and unicorns around here every day (just most of them time!)

• I am totally crossing my fingers on this, but it seems as if we have finally made it over the 6-week hump of teething and colds. SIX VERY LONG WEEKS. Somehow bedtime has shifted later - to 8 p.m. - even with a new nap schedule (down to 1 per day). But actually that's fine with us because hopefully we don't have to rush home before 7 p.m. anymore to get Boyd home. I think my family is getting pretty tired of having to meet at restaurants by 5 p.m. to accommodate our baby's bedtime.
• I got a little teary-eyed at Boyd's last music class, watching him bop and sway to the beat. I can tell he really enjoys it and I love that it's giving him an opportunity to express himself and interact with other people. He loves crawling over to people and giving them a big smile during the sessions.  He's probably the friendliest kid in there. This is totally true, you can even ask my sister. :-)
  
• Knows more words: ears, eyes, nose, mouth, feet, hat, jacket, etc. 
• I tend to fret (just slightly) when Boyd hasn't yet hit a milestone, but invariably he reaches it right on schedule. The latest thing is talking - he isn't saying anything intelligible yet, although I could have SWORN that he said "hat" this morning when I dropped him at my mom's house.
• Sleep update: I start bedtime at 8 p.m. and he's been going down around 8:15. Usually sleeps through until 7 a.m. or so. Last night he just wouldn't settle and after going in to check on him, I smelled the problem: big time dirty diaper. After that he was just really upset and finally calmed down to sleep around 9:30.