Damon can now sit up all by himself. I was at church on Suday and had to take him out to the foyer. There was a bigger baby out there who was interested in Damon, so I sat him on the floor so the other baby could play with him. When I put him down I expected to have to hold him up, but I let go and he just sat there all by himself. This was a first. He still topples over sometimes or just gets tired and doesn't want to sit up anymore, but I think he is a pretty big boy! -6/13/2010-

Damon rolled over for the first time today! Way to go Damon! He is getting so big. I put him in his bed for a nap on his belly (he has always been a belly sleeper), and suddenly he was on his back. Confused, thinking i must have kinda put him on his side, I turned him back over to his belly, and right in front of my eyes he rolled right over. I couldn't believe it. He has never shown any signs of trying to roll over. So I imediately called to tell Terry. What a big boy!

I can officially say that Damon is now sleeping through the night! Woohoo! The reason I say officially is, there were nights here and there that he would sleep through the night, just to get my hopes up. Then he would go right back to waking up every night. But he has now consistantly slept through the night for I would say a couple of weeks now. Lets just say I am alot less grumpy nowadays! Way to go Damon!!

Today for the first time ever, Damon fell asleep on his own. Woohoo!! Normally I have to hold him and pat his back to get him to fall asleep, but today at his nap time, I decided just to put him in bed while he was still awake, and just let him cry it out. Thankfully he didn't cry at all and just went to sleep. (This is a HUGE accomplishment in my book. It is so hard to get him to sleep, and alot of times when I finally do get him to sleep, as soon as I lay him down he wakes up.) Now I just need to get him to do this in the middle of the night when he wakes up! Fingers crossed!!

Damon is really smiling and laughing now. He has been smiling occasionally here and there, but now he smiles all the time. When he sees my face he gets this huge grin. Its so cute and very rewarding. And also just the other day, Terry was putting him in his jammies for the night and accidently touch his armpit. He started giggling like crazy. At first I thought he was starting to fuss a little bit, but then I realized he was laughing. So now everytime I change him I tickle his armpit a little.