3 month update with mr. frog :)

look! thomas is as big as mr frog now. wow... he recently learned that he can grab onto things if he can coordinate his thumb with his fingers. so he now grabs at his bib, our clothes, our skin, toys on his bouncy chair and anything else that strikes his fancy. he is not quite a pro yet but it was so neat to see him really grab toys for the first time, with purpose, not the wild, wind milling, smash and grab job he has been doing.

almost all of the parents we know have been telling us "don't get too comfortable. just when you think you have a routine down, they change on you." so for a few weeks now, he has been pretty good about going to sleep between 9 and 10pm and waking up and 4am and 7-8am for food. 3-4 days ago, he has decided that is not good enough. so he still goes to sleep at 9-10pm but he gets hungry around 2am and 4am and 6am and 7am and 8am.... etc...
ok, that sounds funny, but it is not! we are thinking it is a growth spurt. if so, i hope it doesn't last too long. on saturday, we actually watched our first movie since the beginning of the year "Walk The Line" (it was a good movie). so we went to sleep a little late (1am). when i got up at 4am i could barely stay upright. luckily it was a good quick feeding and i was back in bed by 4:30. unfortunately, he decided at 5:30 that he was hungry again. so i stumbled into his room and fed him. well this time, he decided that he was awake. he just would not go back to sleep. i was so tired i couldn't really even walk straight. every time i would try to ease him from an upright position to lying down in my arms, his sweet little face would go from happy alert to red mad crying face. you know i LOVE loooove thomas but there are times when i want to run away screaming, run as far away as i can. poor thomas. william had a funny term for it. he admitted to me this morning that he was impatient with thomas early this morning. so had burped him pretty hard. he said that he was trying to stay calm but that thomas has a secret weapon! what was that? crying. or rather his piercing wind-up screeching. yes at 3 in the morning, that is truly a devastating weapon, even the best are fallen by it.

on another topic, thomas has recently learned how to fly. he learned from his friend sara and he loves it! notice his little arms straight back like little wings. although, he drools so much we have to hold our hands under his mouth to catch the drool... :p