i don't really know how people update weekly. not only do i feel like i don't have the time, i do the same thing almost everyday. even though that probably sounds incredibly boring, its not! i have a great life and i really like to stick to a schedule, it makes me feel better.
for 9 days we had an extra boy come over. 4 boys 3 and under is hard work. we loved having kai over, but i don't know how anyone would survive 4 boys that young for your real life!
this year instead of setting a resolution for the whole year i decided to set a few goals every month. janurary was a complete fail. so i just moved right on to feburary and march! his month one of those goals was to be a fun mom/nanny. like is said i like to stick to my schedule, which really doesn't involve leaving my house with 3 kids. it makes me a little overwhelmed. but i want to be better. lately we've done a few things. 1. we went to south towne mall to play at the dino land and have lunch. 2. we went to the dino museaum at thanksgiving point and to lunch. which was at the time a complete nightmare. i wanted to go because matthew LOVES dinos and he HATED it. he was scared to death. but when we got home matthew asked if we could go back the next day. so it turned out to be ok!
we switched b to a toddler bed. it was a complete nightmare. we were about to put the crib back up and i decided to start some sleep training instead. he's never been a good sleeper, crib or no crib! it was really getting out of hand... like he wouldn't go to bed until 11 or 12 at night, he was waking up all the time, he wouldn't sleep unless it was in my bed. so i decided i would let him go in his bed by himself and cry for a few minutes. the first few days weren't too bad and then all of the sudden like day 4 was so terrible, i considered giving up. now we are doing a little better, its still only day 7. he is still waking up at least 2 times in the middle of the night but we are making progress and im very hopeful its going to get better soon. also, when bedtime rolls around he can feel it and gets really anxious about going to bed. its so sad. he doesn't want to leave my side. sometimes i wish i would have been a little braver and worked on his sleep when he was younger, i know it would have been easier.
b loves books and i love it. he's always asking to read with me or i find him by himself reading his books or he likes to read to baby walker.
b loves nothing more then to be shooting hoops. he seriously is so good at it too!
he also loves watching mariah play. we recently got to watch her play at westminster and in dickinson for her senior night. i cannot believe she is done playing and will graduate in a few months. i still feel like she is 15 and i need to tell her what to do.
all three munchkins ready to go to the game!
sometimes these 2 drive me nuts together... they tease each other, they steal each others toys, they hit each other, they have a hard time sharing. and then there are moments like these that remind me how much they really do love each other!
jordan has loved to throw b in the air since b joined us. it scares me to death but b really likes it! they are goof balls most of the time together, but i sure love them.
we are all so happy that it is starting to warm up. we LOVE it outside!!
when i was younger, i swore up and down that my child would never act like my brother markus. markus was so wild! he ran crazy most of the time. well... b is exactly like him. good thing markus grew up to be a great, giving boy. i love my b and i really wouldn't change him.
and keeping with markus, he gave b this kobe basketball jersey and now beckett is obsessed! he wants to wear it all the time!
wow. thats a long one!
