Gus today and exactly one year ago today
Happy July 1st!! I decided that I'd start posting a current picture and a picture from a year ago... the growth/change is incredible!! A year ago, Gus was able to smile and that was about it. He was eating four ounces of formula every two hours, was taking Mylicon for his spit-up, and was going to bed at 11:30 at night and waking at 5am!! He weighed around 10 pounds and was about 23 inches tall.
Today was a pretty good day. It's a new month and I always look forward to the start of the month, because it's a great time to make changes and progress forward.
This morning Gus got up around 5:00 and it was right when Steve was getting up for work. Thankfully, he went in with me and helped me with Gus. Gus didn't go back to sleep until 6:00ish and then was back up around 7:15. I guess the good thing is that other than the 5am time, he didn't wake at all. Steve said he had soaked through his diaper... which is probably why he woke at 5:00.
We came downstairs and had breakfast and then I gave Gus the little flashlight to play with. He LOVES it!!!
Then I turned on the AppleTV and Gus enjoyed the music and seeing himself on the television.
Gus had a snack and then decided to try and climb OVER the couch... he's a wacky boy sometimes!!!
I put him off the couch and he started to play with his towel and rub his eyes. I knew it was time for his nap.
I put him down for his nap at 11:00 and thought that it'd be a perfect amount of sleep for him to get before we had to leave at 12:30 for The Pit. We had lunch reservations and were meeting some of Steve's former work friends. It's about 20-25 minutes to downtown Raleigh, so I wanted to leave the house by 12:40 so I'd get there for our 1:15 reservation.
Unfortunately, Gus didn't go down easily and didn't actually fall asleep until 11:45... and I had to get him up at 12:15 to get changed, dressed, and loaded into the car. I wanted to make sure he was well-rested and in a good mood for lunch.
He was in a good mood, and I was amazed at how well he did for having such a little amount of sleep. He had some string cheese, mandarin oranges and two Mum Mum crackers before everyone arrived. I wanted to make sure he wasn't starving while we took our time to order... it was a good plan because he was hungry when the food arrived. He shared Steve's chopped pork and brisket. I had the Carolina Style ribs (soooooo good) and a side salad and mashed potatoes with gravy. It was the lunch menu and the prices were almost 1/2 of what you pay at dinner.
Here are some pictures from lunch:
Gus tried lemon for the first time...
He didn't seem to care either way for it. Then I rubbed some of it on his teether and he made all kinds of funny faces. :)
Gus and Natasha. She was Steve's intern and such an incredible woman!!
This is Jenny. She and Steve share the same passion. If Jenny, Natasha and Steve got together and ran a company-- there'd be some amazing things happening!!!
Steve and Gus with Jenny and her husband and Natasha and her coworker :)
Jenny and Steve had some things to continue discussing, so I took Gus home. On the way he fell asleep (of course), so to keep the car in motion... I decided to stop at Sonic for Happy Hour and I got a LemonBerry slush for $.90 :)
We got home and Gus woke up just as I pulled into the driveway (SCORE). He had about 25 minutes of naptime in the car... which isn't too bad.
He was in a GREAT mood, so I decided to take a few more pictures of him... I'm so glad I did! They turned out to be so adorable!!
Running
Looking at Hobo on the screened porch >^..^<
One legged boy? Nope... mid-run!!
Steve got home an hour or so later and we watched Hard Core Pawn and played with the Duplos. Gus was getting really tired (it was after 5) and we decided to try a nap. It was no good. He didn't fall asleep until 6:30 (almost bedtime). Then he got up at 7:00 for dinner...
His whole schedule was thrown off. Hopefully he'll sleep well tonight. We took him to bed at 8:00.
See you tomorrow!
>^..^<
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