Snow Day!

We have a snow day tomorrow, but today felt like a snow day to me!

Since it was so slick out, I decided to keep the kids home and not go anywhere.

Tomorrow is day 2 of not going anywhere.

Will they call school off on Wednesday too? I will definitely need to get out of here by then!

This is our third snow day.of the school year..how many can we have before we have to go to school in June like last year??

Army Crawling!

Just for the record...Christian started army crawling tonight.

I think we have a little bit before he is full force, but it's coming!

49 Degrees Today

Really, it was 49 degrees out today and I didn't go anywhere. :) It's kind of disappointing, we probably won't have weather like this again for awhile.

I wanted to go to the zoo, but I couldn't convince Courtney. I didn't really have any errands to run. I wanted to go have lunch with Megan at school, but Christian took a two hour morning nap and he wasn't awake in time to go (And I am not going to wake this boy!). I wanted to take the kids outside after Megan got home, but was in the middle of making cookies. Soon after that, I thought about going outside again, but the girls had already put their dress-up clothes on and wasn't worth making them change. Soon Matt was home and it was dinner time.

Right before dinner though, the girls came downstairs with their school clothes back on and declared that they were going to go outside. I looked outside and it was already getting dark. I told Megan I would go for a walk with her around the block and she didn't want to, she wanted to play in the snow. Unfortunately, she didn't go out because she was not going to play outside in the dark and neither Matt or I wanted to sit outside with her! She was not too happy about that. :(

Let the cold weather join us again tomorrow, maybe we'll take advantage of the nice weather the next time it comes around!

A Night at Home with the Kids

Last night, Matt had a meeting in the evening, so I had the kids until bedtime.

Matt has these meetings once a month, so I know they are coming and sometimes it can be a very long day with kids that don't want to behave. But last night, we had a great time! The kids were well-behaved, Christian was in a GREAT mood, and everybody got along great!

Here are some highlights of our evening.

1. I asked Courtney what she wanted for supper. I thought, maybe something out of the freezer like chicken patties/ fish sticks. Nope, she said, "Mom, I want sloppy joes." Really Courtney? Can't I make something easy? But she insisted, so sloppy joes it was!

2. Before supper, Megan and Courtney were playing dress-up and Megan pulled out this green cowbody hat she got from grandma Lu for St. Patricks' Day last year. I chuckled when she came down in this outfit.

Do you call this a "Cowboy Princess?"

And of course, she thought it was hilarious when she put it on Christian's head!

3. After supper, I decided to sit down and play a game with them. They had Mouse Trap out the night before and put it together, but we haven't actually played the game in a long time. They are both old enough, so I suggested we play it.

In the past, we've had trouble playing games. Megan, my typical first born, has to win. If she's not winning, she usually gets mad, quits, and sometimes messes up the game (pushing the board, clearing the pieces off the board, etc.).

So last night, I sat down some rules. 1. Don't quit, even if you are losing. 2. Don't ruin the game 3. Have fun!

And we did! The girls played great. They took turns, didn't argue, and it was fun! We had a couple times when somebody was whining because they were losing, but we turned it around and said, "I bet you can beat them!" and then they would get ahead of the other person and giggle!

In the end, we got the entire mouse trap built, Courtney had landed on the cheese wheel, and I landed on "Turn Crank" With this combination, I turned the crank and got Courtney trapped under the cage!! Game over!

By how this game went, it makes me want to play with them every night! I am so glad that Megan is finally coming around and playing games nicely! I think school has helped her with this. Courtney has always liked to play games, so she's never had trouble with it.

4. After game time, it was time to clean up bedrooms. We start at 8 pm and they have until 8:30 to clean their rooms. At 8:30, I went in there and the room was spotless! They are getting so good at cleaning up their room- a little consistency goes a long way! Soon we settled down into our pajamas and I started our evening activity (we don't always read books anymore). Soon enough, Matt walked in the door and finished bedtime up!

It was a great night together!

Free Pass

Ok, Christian, you were up at 1:45 this morning, but you get a free pass for it.

Yesterday you wouldn't sleep and you whined all day. My hips hurt from holding you and I just wanted to clean the living room! I had piano lessons last night and Matt was stepping on and breaking toys, so it had to be done! I did get you down for an hour nap, so that helped! But you were still incredibly tired and whiny the rest of the night.

About 7:15 last night, it was time to nurse again so we did. And you fell asleep. Cloth diaper on. Clothes on. I thought you would just take an hour or so nap and then be up for another three hours.

Nope. You decided to sleep until 1:45 this morning!

This why you get a free pass for getting up in the middle of the night.

I really didn't think you would sleep that long, but once you were still sleeping at 10, I let you be and went to bed myself! I was just hoping your diaper wouldn't leak and then I would have to change sheets in the middle of the night. I also had to feed you one more time, so I was pretty sure you would be up sometime.

At 1:45, I heard you cry, so I got up and changed you (your diaper did leak, but only onto your clothes) and fed you again and put you back to bed. You were back down by 2:15 and awake again at 7:15 this morning with A BIG SMILE on your face!!! I LOVE happy Christian!!



How can I keep this huge smile on your face all day long??

What to do??

What do you do with a baby who won't sleep at night AND won't sleep during the day?

Really Christian, we were on a roll! You slept about 3 weeks through the night and you were taking great naps! It was wonderful!

For the last 3 nights, you have been up. Unfortunately for you, I have let you cry yourself back to sleep because I am now used to not getting up with you anymore. And when I do come in, all you want is me to pick you up and hold you.

As for during the day, I know you are tired. Just go to sleep already. I cannot hold you all day.

I feel like we are back to square one again. Ugh.

Weight Gain!

I forgot to add yesterday that Christian weighed 18.1 lbs! We're finally gaining weight again!

Here's where he has been:
Birth weight 9.0
2 months- 14.1
4 months 16.12
6 months 17.3 (Yikes! He only gained 7 oz. in two months! Very bad :(
7 months 17.9 (only 6 oz. in a month)
7 months, 1 1/2 weeks 18.1!!!! (8 oz in about a week and a half- yay!!)

So do you think sleeping better and gaining weight go together? It sure seems to!
Or is it the solid foods? Or the thyroid replacement medicine?

It doesn't matter what it is, we're back on the right track!