A Little Down Time

Recently Will has stopped having consistent morning naps, even though some days he still gets a little sleepy/fussy around 10 or 11. Instead of pushing him to nap when he doesn't seem to want one, I've decided to give him some "down time" in his crib. I put him in there with his blankie and turn the mobile on and he just chills. I just went in to check on him because he was babbling fussily, and when I got in there I saw that his mobile had turned off (it goes 15 min. at a time). Upon turning it on again he got the silliest little grin on his face and proceeded to stare at it adoringly. Cute!

Lately I have been trying to get Will to laugh because: #1. He doesn't do it often and #2. It makes my heart melt. The other night Rodney had him on his lap on the couch right before bed and had him giggling away. I tried to capture it on film and he stopped as soon as he saw the camera (of course). Then we unsucessfully tried to get a shot of his new teeth (sorry it's so dark):




I don't know why, but I LOVE taking pictures of Will while he sleeps. Maybe it's that vulnerable state that sleep induces. Whatever it is, I think it's so much fun to sneek into his room during his naps and snap a few shots (like the butt-sleeping shots from the other day). Yesterday I went in to wake him (crazy I know) because it was a late nap that had lasted a little too long. Here's the picture I took:

I think what got me the most were his hands: they're starting to look like boy hands instead of baby hands. I was a little disappointed after I took this shot, because as soon as the flash went off, he woke up (I quickly ducked down to avoid being seen because I wanted to keep this moment suspended in time). After he discovered me hiding, he shimmied over and gave me these faces through the crib slats:

I love it when he wakes from a nap happy.