Friday: Brought to you by the letter C

This morning started with a call from work putting me on call for the day. This was a great start to the day since the last two days I worked I had to deal with all sorts of angry parents and really needed more than one day off. So we slept in until 7:15 when Zane started muttering and kicking about in his crib. This is my cue to go get him and start one of my favorite activities of the day, morning cuddle time.

Zane has become rather cuddly over the past couple months. When he was about 5-6 months old he started not wanting to be cuddled at all, which I guess was ok because he would put himself to sleep. I am not sure when he started enjoying the cuddle again, but it is the highlight of my day. We cuddle in the morning, singing  songs, talking about the night, we cuddle before his naps for a little bit. He doesn't always fall asleep in the cuddle, but sometimes he does. I know I should probably be putting him his crib and letting him play around in there until he falls asleep, but I know that soon enough he will not want to be held at all, so while it lasts I am happy to rock him to sleep, sing lullabies, and soak up what is left of his babyhood.

After sending daddy off to work Zane and I worked on clapping. He was very concentrated on his clapping, watching me very closely as we sang and clapped. So much fun!! We also worked on kisses ( I know that doesn't start with a C, but still cute). He gives hugs and kisses now. He will put his little arms around your neck, hold on for dear life, and then give you a sloppy kiss on the cheek. This is basically the best thing in the world.

Zane took a great morning nap, well honestly we both took a great morning nap, after a little more cuddling and singing. Then Zane ate cottage cheese and carrots for lunch, which he enjoyed. I crafted, trying to put the finishing touches on Zane's first year scrapbook, while Zane cruised and crawled around the house. We tried to go outside twice, but it was in the nineties and horribly humid, so that didn't last long. After Zane's second nap we had playtime downstairs, where Zane really wanted to work on climbing and I really didn't. So he played with his little cars instead. He crawls around pushing them now, which is very adorable.

Today was also supposed to be the start of Zane's bottle wean since there is only t minus two weeks to no more bottles. The wean did not start out well at all. He threw a complete fit the first two times we tried drinking his milk out of a sippy cup and I had to switch it back over to a bottle to get him to sleep. Before his last nap this afternoon he did drink a little, maybe 3oz, out of his cup but only after great protest.We shall work on it more tomorrow. It was a great Friday with my little man!