There's Something About Mary...

Friday, April 2, 2010

Here Comes Peter Cottontail!

Here Comes Peter Cottontail...

Hopping Down the Bunny Trail...

Hippity...

Hoppity...

Easter's on its Way!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Within the fog of being sick and rundown here lately myself and then having John Michael wake up with croup in the middle of the night last night, thus requiring a trip to the ER in the early morning hours.......this had me absolutley rolling in the floor tonight!

We started to flip through an episode of American Idol on the DVR and noticed how random (and just plain weird) it was that it said and "some other people". Forget the other famous judges that have been on the show for years, they're apparently just some other people! So random and just plain funny!

I'm tired tonight and hoping for a decent night's sleep. I sent Jordan to the ER with JM last night around 1:30 or so and they made it back around 4:30. I couldn't go with them because I had to stay home with Matthew in case he woke up to eat. Needless to say, Jordan didn't make it to work today so we have enjoyed a day at home recuperating and resting and trying to get JM better. He's better today and I think croup won't get him down too badly! We are hoping Matthew doesn't catch it. It is highly contagious, so I am just praying that he stays well.

Matthew's sleeping is going a little better. I've been leaving a CD on very, very quietly along with his white noise and I think it's helping. We shall see!

And just for fun, here's a picture of our first baby, Jackson!

He enjoyed the beautiful weather today too!

Monday, March 29, 2010

A Sunny Day!

Thanks to you all for your wonderful advice about our sleep situation. Last night was much better! Thank goodness. I finally got some good sleep for a few hours in a row and I'm feeling better today. I think I have a sinus infection. I hope it clears up soon!

The weather today is SO pretty! The sunshine is out and it just feels wonderful outside. I decided that we should have a little picnic outside! In theory, it sounded like a great idea...

Except for one certain little white fluffy dog...

who decided to misbehave, try and eat all of our food, and then proceed to roll ALL over our winter grass over and over again....

I spent about 45 minutes cleaning tiny pieces of dead winter grass off of us and then trying to brush it out of bichon frise fluff. I even tried to vacuum it off of him, but seeing how he is terrified of the vacuum, that didn't go so well! I then had to vacuum the den and kitchen and change my own clothes! What a mess! That simple lunch turned into an hour and a half ordeal, but we had fun! We've got to get a little toddler table for us to use in our backyard for Spring and Summer! We love to play in our backyard!

Verse O' the Day:

Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You.

Jeremiah 32:17

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Note From A Tired Mom

I've been down this road before...the no-sleep road. Don't even get me started on all the sleep issues that we had with John Michael. I could write a novel! I'm not complaining because I know how much worse it could be, but I'll be the first to admit that I need my sleep!

Yes, it's part of having kids and it might be selfish of me, but I'm just no good for them the next day when I haven't had any good quality sleep. Plus, I am now sick and I'm an even worse mom while I'm sick because I'm just out for a day or two. It's days like these that I wish Matthew took a bottle so I could just rest up!

When we had little Matthew I was so surprised because he slept so well ever since he was born. I was all prepared for the horrible, sleepless nights of newborns, but those never came...

until now.

I am exhausted, tired, and a little confused as to why he has started waking up a lot at night. So, I figured, who reads blogs...MOMS! If you've got any advice, I will seriously read it and consider it!

: "Who, us? We would never wake Mom up!"

Here are a few facts to consider:

1) Matthew is probably close to 20 pounds at just 4 mos, so I decided to start rice cereal at night to try and help him sleep longer periods of time. He does constantly grab our spoons and food and try and shove it in his mouth, but I'm not ready to let him start real baby food yet.

: The first bite! Yum!

2) We swaddle him. He has always done well swaddled, but lately he has been fighting it and trying to get his arms out. Last night we didn't swaddle him and it was a total disaster!

3) We moved him to his own crib because we felt like we were disturbing his sleep (like alarms going off, Jordan getting paged in the middle of the night, those kinds of things)

4) I started a diet 2 weeks ago and within just a few days noticed my milk supply had dwindled down to almost nothing! I took it easy for a few days and nursed him like crazy to get my supply back up. This is when he started waking up to eat because he wasn't getting enough to keep him satisfied through the night.

The problem is now resolved, I begrudgingly got off my diet and things are back to normal, so I know he's getting enough milk!

5) He just learned to roll over this week and he also discovered his feet so I'm wondering if he's just so into his environment and becoming more alert that it's harder for him to want to sleep really well?!

5) I'll freely admit this: I'm so terrified of this turning into a 9 month long sleep deprived problem like we had with John Michael. I was almost in tears last night (I'm sick as a dog right now, by the way) just remembering how sleepy and tired I was because JM never slept for close to 9 months. I know I cannot go down this road again and I want to try and get this solved now!

6) Personally, we are not big fans of letting them cry it out at night at such a young age. They're just so little and it breaks our hearts! Also, we're not big fans of rigid scheduling (except for naps, of course) for our babies!

I'm pretty good after I finally get good and awake in the morning and I roll over and look at him (he's usually in bed with me by this point!) and he smiles and coos and plays. It's hard to be mad at him at all! On really bad nights I've gotten up at : 12, 2:30, 3 or 4, 5 or 6 and then it's time to get up for the day!

Do you have any advice?! I figure real moms know about getting their babies to sleep. I've never been a big fan of parenting books so we just don't own any and I usually don't read too many of them! I'm hoping I can rest this weekend while Jordan is home to help with everything and that I'll be better in a few days! Now, I'll just sit back and let all your worldly advice come to me!