A little update

here's a totally crappy iPhone picture for your viewing please. 

Coffee, coffee, and more coffee please. David's never been a bad sleeper, actually he's always been a pretty good sleeper. Naps consistently for at least an hour at a time, doesn't fight bed time terribly, sleeps in until 9-9:30am, wakes up a few times a night to nurse and then goes right back to sleep without a fight. Sure when he was a newborn he was up constantly but that phase passed somewhat quickly and sleep has never been a big struggle in our house. However, the past week and a half has been awful. Just awful! I'm exhausted and tired and dude doesn't want to sleep unless he's pressed up against me all night long so the little sleep I do get is totally uncomfortable. This 8 month sleep regression is kicking my booty. All of the coffee please. In the moments where I'm pretty sure I'm going to die, I remind myself this too shall pass and before we know it, it'll be just a blip. The newborn days did and this will too and someday he'll be all old and grown up and definitely won't be wanting to snuggle me all night long. Babies, just when you think you've got it figured out they change it up on you. ;)

In other news, we've officially been pre approved to buy a house! We meet with a realtor this weekend and then we'll start our official search in a few weeks (unofficially we check listings every night ha). Ideally we won't be buying until May but on the off chance that we find the perfect house before then, we'll be able to move forward. We're in a pretty awkward in between when it comes to moving and buying and all things that go into that. Drex doesn't graduate until June and at this point doesn't have a job. We're trusting and praying that God is going to provide and totally just guide our path. We've both got house buying fever but want to make the best decision for our family for the longest period of time and that's a lot of pressure! 

David's growing and changing and even totally sleep deprived is totally full of joy. He's been eating FOOD which is seriously amazing and just another way in which he's taught me to be patient (something I'm totally awful at). Yesterday we shared a banana and I almost started to cry but sharing a banana with your baby feels like a super special moment! ;) We're doing a mix of purees and baby led weaning and it feels so right for him and us and it's good. There are SO many things I thought I'd do when I had a baby and I'm just consistently being taught that things don't always go as planned and that's totally okay. 

A little baby is waking up from his nap (which has lasted an hour and a half, hurray) so I should probably go grab him before he crawls off the bed or something equally awesome. ;)