valen has been going down to bed so good for naps and night time still. i feel like he turned a corner over night!! but now that he loves his tummy so much we got to get him a crib now... he still sleeps in our room, not sure where else to put him. dahlia and him can share a room in the future but not quite yet, he will be waking her up early in the morning and we dont want that! he doesnt always wake up crying but if he does i am sure she would wake up... because i certainly dont jump out of bed at his first whimper... i can barely move my body i am so tired... takes me a few minutes (=

anyways just thought i would post this adorable picture of valen! he will be 4 months in a week and a half!! 

for a while there Valen was waking up two or three times a night and his wake time in the morning would be 730 or something. (way too early!) which was getting very frustrating! i had to hold him during the day for 30 minutes or so till he would fall asleep for a nap. then at night i would do the same thing.. even still he would cry. ahhh but the past couple days i decided to lay him down for bed and just stand there and sing to him and touch him, he kinda fussed and sucked his hands a lot, but after about 10 or 15 minutes he went to sleep. and slept till 530am! then again until 1030. that was heaven! so for his naps i laid him down again and just left and he fell asleep! i thought this was going to take weeks for him to get used to, but i guess not. he is not as fussy during the day either.maybe it is because he is getting a better nights sleep! so tonight we laid him down and it took 10 or so minutes but then he calmed himself down and is now sound asleep!

i think part of it is because he started rolling over a couple days ago and likes to sleep on his side now. he sleeps so much better and sounder. he never did like his back!  if he keeps this up i am going to be so stinkin ecstatic i wont know what to do with myself!

Valen is three months old today! it is amazing how much he has changed and even more amazing how much more he will still be changing in the next three months! he will be sitting up and playing with dahlia soon. he already likes to play with her now. she will tickle him and he giggles all the time. whenever she is in his face he smiles (= so sweet! she smooches him a lot and sometimes she is a little rough, but he still smiles and laughs at her. he is so playful and just wants to be talked to. i dont remember dahlia being like that as much as he is.