Thank You Linda.....

Jay's Mom came in to town a couple of weeks ago and saw our bedtime routine with Sophie.... it consisted of me or Jay reading books with her and sitting next to her bed while singing songs or "telling stories" until she fell asleep... then we would have to creep out of her room like undercover agents so we didn't wake her up.. after we got out of her room (sometimes successfully sometimes not so much) we had to slowly shut the door with the knob turned so we didn't make a sound and risk waking her only to have to start the entire 20-120 minute "routine" over again. The person that ended up putting her to bed that night came out of her room looking like a zombie from sitting in the dark all that time ready to kill anyone that made a sound from that point on. Jay's Mom suggested maybe putting Sophie in her bed and letting her cry for just a minute and see if she will stay in there and get herself to sleep. She is two years old after all. She needs to learn how to do that at some point right? So we tried it. The first night, it took about 20 minutes and she was out.. (and slept all night) the second night maybe 5 minutes and every night after that it has been a breeze! Are you kidding me? So... Thank you Linda for giving me that extra push I needed to get my daughter to sleep on her own so that I could actually have some time to myself or with my husband and my boys! Sophie is so much happier in the mornings and I don't dread bedtime anymore! We love you! xoxo M

I am not a good BLOGGER.....

I was never good at keeping a journal or a diary... I would get a new one and get all excited and as soon as I went to make an entry, I would freak out and be overwhelmed because I felt like I had to catch up on every detail of life up until that moment. So... I ended up writing something stupid and putting the journal down not to open it until several months later when I would have the same sense of panic.. It was a vicious cycle and I am feeling that way again. I'm not going to try to catch up on everything I haven't talked about. I am just going to blog when I can and that will just have to be ok. Alright? Alright....

Football season for Isaac and Jake is almost over and I am counting the days! It's not that I don't enjoy seeing my kids run around in the freezing cold, getting yelled at by coaches and struggling with the grueling 4 day a week practices.. I just really can't wait to have a night that consists of something other than the following...."Get your homework done... I'm sorry you are upset that you don't have time to play but you begged to sign up for football so you are going to have to just deal with it until the end of October.. I know you are tired and that it is cold outside but get your homework done, shove that dinner down your throats and get your equipment on because it's time for practice.." and then later when we get home from practice... " get your equipment off, take a shower, shove a snack down your small throats and get n bed so we can get you to school on time in the morning.. and hurry up." AHHHHHH!!! That's why I am counting the days. I have to admit though, it has been fun to see my boys play in their games on Saturdays and see them make a really good catch or tackle... Especially because the looks on their faces when they do this is priceless!

I will add more later... I won't promise that it will be tomorrow or even next week but it will get done "at some point" (that is my favorite line.)

M

Ike 3-08

Ike 3-08
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