January is Family Time!

Tony has two weeks off from work to spend at home with Bryson since he was only able to take off a couple days after Bryson was born! Bryson loves spending time with Dad and will definitely miss him when he goes back to work!!!

On January 5th, Bryson gave me a big smile and actually giggled!! There is nothing more wonderful than his laugh, it definitely made my day!!!

On Friday night, we had our first, non-family baby sitter! Ashlynn came over for three hours to watch Bryson while Dad and I spent time with friends! Bryson kept Ashlynn on her toes, but she did great and Bryson was fast asleep when we got home!

On Saturday (January 7th) we took Bryson to the Mall of America for his first time! He was so good!! He's' definitely going to be Mom's little shopper :) Afterwards, we ate at a Mexican restaurant for supper and Bryson was the perfect angel and slept the entire time!

Bryson has been a little fussy at a certain time each night and it has been heartbreaking not knowing the root cause of his unhappiness :( we changed his routine a little last night and Bryson was the perfect angel that we have grown so used to! We didn't have bath time last night and I gave Bryson some chamomile/ginger water (supposed to calm little ones) and that seemed to help! Now we just have to find out whether it was the absence of a bath or the chamomile.... or maybe a combination of the two??

Vito and Sammy seem to be adjusting well! Vito a little more than Sammy :) Vito loves to sit next to Bryson, especially when it involves snuggling on the couch! Vito even licked Bryson's toes :)