Welcome, Separation Anxiety.

This past week welcomed in a new house guests called separation anxiety. One day was normal, the next not as normal. It currently only rearing its head at sleep times, but its making Phoenix scared to be put down. He cries and clings and claws at it to hold him and the cry is one that makes you feel horrible because i can tell that he truly is feeling fear in the situation. Each night has been a little easier, though. And the struggle is getting shorter and shorter. But the second night it happened led to me layong down in our bed with Phoenix and waking at 12 to put him in his bed. This is different for 2 reasons- 1. He has never WANTED to lay in our bed besides his infant days. He actually seems to love the space of his crib and the times i tried to let him sleep with us ( for pure selfish, snuggle reasons) he protested and 2. he, until recently, had not learned to "snuggle" or "love" as some call it. So to have him WANT to lay in bed with me and snuggle simultaneously, was odd! But i ate it up! I love getting snuggles! 

Sadly, I knew this couldnt continue- we would only create a bigger problem that would be way harder to break down the road. So back to his bed he went and its gotten easier each night. Poor guy :( This was us that night:

We did some outdoor exploring the other day,too. As a boy, or just as a 10 month old, Phoenix loves seeing, touching, examining and of course eating his findings :) He gets such an inquisitive look with those eyebrows that he inherited from his father! 

 And nothing better than a cool refreshing beverage after such hard play! 

He's pretty well mastered the sippy, huh 

So much laughter from this little boy ALL THE TIME! And especially when hes upside down!

His very own cleaning supplies!

Brand new activity cube for the most active boy i know!

Planning for the 1st birthday is still going on as well.. Phoenix is helping me pick out the Peter Rabbit Organic Snacks for his cousins who will be visiting...

Family time at the park today! The park is so fun with our little guy being mobile now! He loves to run and enjoy all the playground toys!

Happy 4th of July!

Yes, its been a month since i posted- time just gets away! Im too busy spending time with the awesome people in my life that blogging takes a back seat sometimes! The latest and greatest of updates:

-im still birthday planning and definitely narrowing down what we will be getting Phoenix! I think we've determined what we are for sure getting him but its been a process deciding! Also finalizing all the birthday details and making lists of what we still need to make and/ or buy.

- Our big guy turned 10 months! 31 inches and 25lb and as active, curious and beautiful as ever!

- Mom and i took Phoenix to his first "big" pool in June which he LOVED! he played in the kiddie pool and had so much fun watching the other kids- hes definitely a people watcher :)

Then we had a snack...

The water fun resulted in this...

-We took Phoenix to his first carnival. They set up in our town, within walking distance to our house! He just loved the rides and seemed to especially love the carousel- after we got off of it he kept pointing to it so we rode it again! He even walked around the carnival with us which was surreal to have my 10 month old walking by my side....sigh

1st Ride! 

- Phoenix has also started handing us items and "sharing".. its the sweetest thing! while rocking for nap the other day he insisted on sharing his paci with me

-We celebrated 4th of july yesterday- its been stormy so fireworks weren't in the cards this year but luckily once the rain subsided at about 9pm, Phoenix DID sleep through the neighborhood people shooting off theirs- yay! 

Happy 4th of july!