Birthday Weekend

As mentioned before, Iain's birthday was Friday so I had asked Aunt Karen and Uncle Tedd if they would be willing to watch our lovely Callum for the evening. They kindly agreed and came over around 6 p.m. that night. Iain and I decided to spend our free evening viewing Iain's movie choice- The Mummy 4- at the Regal Cinema's in Hagerstown. Right before the movie, we grabbed a bite of pizza. Now Callum had had a nap earlier in the day but despite our attempts before going out, I couldn't get him to close his eyes. After we left, Aunt Karen and Uncle Tedd couldn't get him to close his mouth. Apparently Callum cried the rest of the evening right up until he finally fell asleep. I knew he was a bit fussy at night but we'd never had him behave like that before! Anyway, we really appreciate Aunt Karen and Uncle Tedd's patience with our little guy. I don't know if I would have been so good! Our newest adventure with Callum is to get him to sleep in his crib. We've had the Pack N' Play in both our bedroom and now his room for him to sleep in. He definitely getting too long for it and we want to transition him into his crib. Callum managed to sleep there last night but he had to be swaddled (yes, we are still using the swaddler). I think that weaning him off of this is going to be one of the hardest things of all. He just can't seem to relax with his arms free. I'm hoping that he won't be 5 years old and still sleeping with it. I did order the next size up meant for babies 15-22 lbs. but it was as big as a parachute. I sent it back. We keep saying that we're going to let him sleep without it but then he cries and cries ,and I'm tired so back into the swaddler he goes. We'll figure out something eventually I guess. On another note, he is rolling, rolling, rolling. Every time I place him on the floor on his back, he flips onto his tummy. It's very cute and he keeps getting better and better. I think that we will need to start baby proofing the house. Watch out cats! Callum will be on the loose soon!