swimming and bananas!

Owen got his first taste of banana today and he loved it. I found this little mesh contraption that he can hold onto and just suck out whatever is in the mesh bag part. He got mad whenever it wasn't in his mouth. Super funny. We took a video of him eating it but I can't get it uploaded on here for some reason. It's on google+ though.

Last night we took Owen to the water park because our church had rented it out for the evening and he had a blast. We just sat in the wading pool and had a lot of fun. I love being in the water and am hoping Owen continues to like it so that next summer we can go to the pool more often.

The last 3 nights Owen has only woken up once which is great! Friday and Saturday he slept 7.5 hours and last night was around 6.5. This morning he took a 2.5 hour nap which was amazing! He didn't get to bed until almost 9 last night due to the swimming outing and woke up at 7:15 so I think he was still worn out from that. I got a lot more done this morning than usual! He still has a hard time being awake for more than 2 hours and I'm trying to decide if I should try to keep him awake longer or just keep following his cues and put him down when he's tired. He's sleeping great at night and has a harder time going down if I keep him awake too long. I'm not sure that it will even help him sleep longer. I'll have to think about it I guess. We've been letting him cry more at bed time which I don't love but it's not every night/nap which makes it a little more tolerable. Yesterday I put him down for a nap and he screamed for probably 15-20 minutes and woke up twice crying. I think he was still upset about it when he got up because he kept crying when I went in his room when usually he's all smiles then we got downstairs and he got a super sad look on his face and stuck his lip out. It took a little while for him to be happy so we just made sure to give him a lot of loving. Poor guy.

This afternoon was full of tantrums so I'm not sure what that was about or how to deal with this. At this age pretty much all I can do is change his situation or environment and hope that remedies it.

He still wants all of my attention at all times which is tricky. I want to give it to him but there are other things that need to get done during the day and sometimes mommy just needs a breath. I love the smiles  I can get out of him just by looking at him though.