Whew, is all I can really say!

This week has been a long ride. Here are some things we accomplished/are in the process of accomplishing:

1. Wade moved into his very own room! It was getting to be pretty cramped quarters in Mommy and Daddy's room, so Wade moved into his own big boy room. It's going pretty well, but he's still getting used to the differences, such as the window facing the west so it's really bright in there. This makes it hard to fall asleep at night and for naps...

2. We are working on teaching Wade to fall asleep by himself. He has relied on Mommy for 7 months to rock him to sleep and now he's having a hard time adjusting to going to sleep by himself. Hindsight is 20/20, right? Man, I can see where I may have went wrong on this one :)

3. He's finally mastered the art of rolling over and sometimes practices during the middle of the night. He usually hates it when he gets stuck on his belly, so we have to come rescue him. This time, he apparently was too tired to protest.

4. One day, Daddy said, "Why are you so grumpy, are you getting more teeth?" The thought had not dawned on me, I just thought it was all the other changes going on that were making him crabby. But lo and behold- another tooth had popped through! Score one for Daddy! The tooth is not directly above the other 2, just to the left of center, which I'm hoping will keep him from grinding his teeth... He loves to gnaw on carrots, they must feel pretty good on those sore gums. Don't worry Grandpa K., I won't let him actually eat the carrots...

5. We are finally seeing actual evidence of Wade learning to respond to us. If he's upset, or you ask him if he wants up, he'll put his arms up to be picked up. When we say "no, no, no" he shakes his head back and forth. It's the cutest thing right now, but I can imagine when he starts yelling back the "no, no, no" at us it won't be so cute.

6. Daddy celebrated his first father's day. Wade cooked him breakfast, made him a cake and gave him a digital frame for his key chain (with a little help from Mommy). He spent most of the day "getting stuff done" and napping. That night, we went over to the neighbor's house to grill some stuff- apparently it was a wonderful day all around :)

Just some cute pictures:

Look at that chubby baby butt! This might be a good blackmail photo years down the road...

We cleaned our junk room and look what we found!