Noah had a pretty long day yesterday. It started about 4:45 when he woke up and he just didn’t want to go back to bed. Rick tried laying with him in bed, and we thought he was actually going to fall asleep – and then he started “talking”. So about 6 o’clock, Rick and Noah went downstairs. A little later I figured that I wasn’t sleeping anyway, so might as well join them.

About 9:30, Noah and I were up in his room – he needed to play the drums for awhile – and then he must have been tired. He went to his crib and said “up, up”. I asked if he wanted to go night-night and he got all excited and said “yeah”. I didn’t think he was serious, but I put him in his crib and walked away. I started a load of laundry and came back to get him, but he was actually laying down and about sleeping. So I left and came downstairs.

He had his 18 month doctor visit at 10:45, so I needed to wake him up so we could get going. He didn’t really seem to mind that he was just woken up, so off we went to his doctor appointment. He weighs in at 25 pounds, 8.8 oz and is 33 1/2″ tall. He had to get two shots in his legs, but they said he is now done with shots until kindergarten, so that’s good!!! The doctor also said that there was swelling where his teeth are coming in, so we are using that as the excuse why he was up so early! The doctor also said it could be awhile before his teeth come in, so be prepared – not really what I wanted to hear!!!

After the doctor visit, we decided to go to Costco because we were almost out of milk. And then being that it was so close to lunch, we decided to grab lunch in the deli. Noah ate the whole hotdog…which they advertise as “at least 1/4 pound all beef hot dog”. I think he should weight more than the 25 pounds, but then again, he probably burns more calories when he’s running around the house!! On the way home, he fell asleep about 5 minutes from home and then when we got home, we thought he would continue to sleep. He laid in his crib and talked for about 45 minutes and then wanted out.

Then I needed to head to my doctor appointment, so I left hoping that Rick could get Noah to take a nap. When I got home, they were playing trains, so there was no nap. Not much to update on my pregnancy…everything seems to be going normal. I start going every week for a checkup now, so that just means we are getting close for this little girl to make her presence into this world!!

About 5:30, we had a friend and her little boy, Carter, come over. Noah and Carter played so good together. The cars, trucks, and trains were a big hit! They ended up staying until about 8:45 and then Noah was definitely ready for bed!!! Rick brought him upstairs and said that Noah went straight to the crib and said “up, up”.

He did end up waking up after about two hours and sounded like he was in pain, so not sure if it was because of the shots or teething, but I gave him some Motrin and he went back to sleep. He actually slept until 9:45 this morning! He does have a cough this morning and another running nose, but he’s still playing with his car, trucks and train, so he’s good to go!! I just hope that he takes his normal nap today!!!