Sleep

From the time Nolan was born it was pretty clear where he liked to sleep; on mom or dad or cuddled up as close as could be on our sides.  We allowed this.  Not only allowed it, we enjoyed it.  As the weeks passed our boy grew bigger and with the added inches and weight came a lot more movement.  We commented frequently how he could move so much yet be sound asleep.  The more he moved, the less sleep we got.  After awhile it seemed Nolan wasn't sleeping as well either and he was starting to wake up more often during the night.  So a couple of weeks ago we decided to make the transition to the crib.  Once we made the decision we started reading about the different ways to go about getting our boy to sleep in his crib as painlessly as possible (which really means how to do with as few tears as possible, from both Nolan and me).  There are a lot of books out there on this subject, which made me feel better because I can't tell you the amount of time I have thought about sleep since he was born.  Should we put him down?  Is he tired?  Should we wake him up?  Is he napping too short? Too long?  Is he getting enough sleep?  And on and on and on... 

We decided to wait until this week because Nate is off from work.  So last night we went for it. We followed Ferber's method which has you go in at certain time intervals and console them without picking them up.  I must say that it was hard, extremely hard.  Nolan cried a lot.  I cried a lot.  Nate was a trooper and checked on both of us frequently.  Eventually Nolan drifted off for a couple of hours.  Woke up.  Cried some more.  Drifted off for a couple more hours.  Woke up.  Cried.  Repeat.  But, we survived the night!  The first night is always the hardest, right?  And the little man gave me a huge smile when I picked him up from his crib this morning, so hopefully he won't need counseling in years to come because we abandoned him in his crib.  He is in his crib again tonight and hopefully it will involve fewer tears...from both of us.

Santa Monica 5000

Last summer before I was pregnant with Nolan, Nate and I were in pretty good running shape.  We had just finished the San Francisco half-marathon and were looking for another one to run in the fall.  Then we found out I was pregnant.  I still ran those first few weeks, but I took it nice and easy. Then morning (ALL DAY!) sickness took over for ten long weeks and my weekly miles faded away and stayed gone until just recently.  Lately, we have been wanting to start up again and with our awesome new jogging stroller we have the chance.  We are running a 5k in October and Nolan will be joining us as well!  The couch to 5k plan is assisting us in getting back in shape.  It is super easy and starts with a mix of running and walking which is a great way to ease my out of shape legs and stretched out tummy back into the swing of things.  Nolan seems to enjoy his jogging stroller, most of the time he falls asleep!

About to go for a run...

AWAKE...in the middle of the night

Nolan woke up to eat in the middle of the night which is still pretty common for him.  He normally eats and goes right back to sleep.  Not last night!  Last night he decided it was time to be up for awhile (almost 2 hours!).  He was quite happy and gave Nate and I a lot of smiles.  Eventually he drifted off back to sleep...

Here is Nolan hanging out in bed during the pre-dawn hours:

Roll Baby Roll

A few days ago Nolan rolled over for the first time.  We caught the second one on video!  However, since that day he has shown zero interest in rolling around, so we aren't sure if it was a fluke or not.  Either way, it's pretty cute. **He also has a nice face plant right before the roll over!

Nolan has a bouncy chair that our friends Joe and Henna got him.  He recently figured out how to make the chair bounce and has had quite a "kick" with it!

In other news on the Lynch front, serious family time is about to come to an end.  Nate starts his first day of work tomorrow, which means it's just Becca and Nolan at home now.   The last few weeks have been great!  We have spent our days playing with Nolan, taking walks, watching movies, and trying to teach Nolan good sleep habits, which is not easy!

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San Diego

To celebrate Nate graduating from PA school and getting a job we headed down to Cornado Island in San Diego for a night.  We spent time in the Gaslamp district where we got lunch from the Old Spaghetti Factory and ate it at the park inside Petco Park.  We then walked around for a bit and had dessert at Ghirardelli's.  After checking into our hotel we spent the evening walking around Cornado Island.  The next morning we got up and headed home.  The short trip was great, but it is a lot of work traveling with an infant!  We plan on staying close to home for the next few months.

Father's Day

On Nate's first Father's Day we went down to Orange County to watch the Dodgers and Angels play.  Nolan did great; he made it until midway through the seventh inning.  He did make Becca miss the most exciting part of the game (a fan running onto the field and being tackled by security) because of a dirty diaper.  On the way home we stopped by Sonic (yum!) and introduced my dad to cream slushes.  We also were about 20 feet from Kobe Bryant when walking into the stadium and have a bad picture below to prove it!