Why are we boycotting naps??

As of the last couple of days, Christian has not napped when we are at home. When we're out and about, he'll sleep in the car or stroller, but just not at home.

It all started last Thursday night when I went to mom's night out. I came home and after I nursed Christian and I went to lay him down, he would not let go of me! Once I peeled him off of me, he ended up crying for 2 hours because I would not sit and hold him all night. He fell asleep about midnight.

I had the same problem Friday. I went to put him down for his morning nap and he just grabbed onto my shirt as tight as he could and would not let go. Again, after I peeled him off, he cried for a couple of hours until he fell asleep.

Ever since then, I think it is pointless and I am refusing to wait for him to cry it out. One thing I have learned the last ten months is that he will not lay down and go to sleep on his own. During the last couple of days, I have nursed him to sleep like usual and when I move to lay him down, he wakes up. Even though he is extremely tired and needs to nap, he'll wake up. So, I've let him stay up and don't fight him for a nap.

I know, another bad habit, but really, I can either listen to him cry endlessly OR I can wake him back up and keep going with what we were doing. Plus he is usually happy once he wakes up a little bit. It is like he just needs a little catnap to get him through the next five hours or so. Today, he probably slept 1/2 hour the entire day and he was up at 6:45 this morning and I put him down at 9:30.

One thing though that is that he is exhausted by the end of the day and he crashes!

He has also had a runny nose the last couple of days, so you think he would need some rest to get better, but apparently not!

But really, can we give mom a break? Just a half an hour??

A Heart for Others :)

Yesterday, I was watching the World News about all the devestation that happened in the southern United States. Courtney was watching it with me and out of the blue she said, "Mom, we should pray for those people."

Next thing I know, she bows her head and I hear, "Dear Jesus..."

How sweet is that! I didn't hear the rest of her prayer, but I can almost imagine what she said!

When we sat down for supper last night and I ask who wants to pray, Courtney raises her hand and said, "I want to pray for those people in the tornado." And she did!

I hope she continues to have a heart for others!

Where's Waldo?

This week has been busy.

Tuesday night, we had Megan's one and only school music program. It was very cute and lasted a whole 15 minutes! They did a great job!

Last night, we had AWANA awards where they both received their book completion awards. Very proud of my girls for all the Bible verses they learned over the year.



Now some fun, can you find my girls in each of the group shots??


Here is the first grade class at Aldrich Elementary, there are about 100 kids.



Megan's sparks group from church. These are kindergarten through 2nd grade.


Courtney's Cubbie group from church, these are 3-5 year olds.

Any luck finding the girls??

Good Reports!

Megan, Courtney and I all had our 6 month checkups today at the dentist.

We all left with good reports, no cavities! Plus I didn't need a root canal or a crown. Yay!!

I'm pretty excited that I don't have to go back to the dentist for awhile, unless I decide to do invisalign, but that may be awhile.

Courtney and Megan both have spots on their teeth where they could brush better, but we're getting there. They both did good for the hygenist too, I'm very proud of them!

No Mario for a week??

Matt and the girls finished "Paper Mario" last weekend and Courtney is already begging to play another game with her. Matt said he is not going to play anymore Mario until next Saturday.

We have already begun a countdown: 4 days to go!

PS Courtney and I were in JCPenney's yesterday and we saw a t-shirt with all the Mario characters on it, including Peach. I let Courtney get it for her dad. :)

To nap or not to nap?

It has been apparent to me these last few days that how much sleep Christian gets during the day correlates to his bedtime. Maybe he's been like this all along, but I've just noticed it more this weekend.

For example, yesterday (Saturday), he was up at 6:30 am. Not very nice of him to get up so early on a Saturday. :( Anyway, no morning nap and then I took Megan to dance and let him home with Matt. While we were gone, he slept an hour on Matt's shoulder while he played the Wii. When I got home, he was awake and ready to go for the afternoon. He stayed awake until about 8 pm. By then, he was ready to crash! I nursed him and he was in bed by 8:30.

Today is a completely different story. He was up at 6:30 again, so he slept 10 hours. He was still tired when he woke up, so I knew he was going to take a morning nap. He fell asleep on the way to church at 9:30. When we got there, he woke up and he spent the next hour in the nursery. When I went and got him, he was giving me the "I'm really tired" cry, so I took him out to the car and buckled him in. Within 5 minutes of leaving church, he was out again. This was about 11:15.
We had to go to Lincoln today, but we had to go home first to get some things and change clothes. When we got home, we just let Christian sleep in the car. Twenty minutes later, we were back on the road. He did not wake up until we pulled into Lincoln at about 12:45. He slept about an 1 1/2 hours. Wonderful. :)

He was great at great-grandma's house, but by about 5, he was ready for another nap. We got in the car about 5:30 and before we were out of Lincoln, he was asleep again. He slept until we pulled into the garage at about 6:15-6:30.

Right now, it is 10 pm and he is still wide awake and crawling around everywhere!

Do I prefer one short nap during the day and an early bedtime OR two or three naps and then he's up until 10 pm??? I'm not sure!!

Saturday

I decided to throw all three kids in the bathtub today, just to see what would happen.
Christian decided to pee, that's what happened. The girls jumped out as soon as they could, I drained the water, refilled it, washed Christian, and then they continued with their bath. Too funny!

This picture is for April- the dinosaur pajamas fit him great!

I also took the girls to get thier very first pedicure this afternoon with some family members, they were great! Very cute- I will post the pictures soon!