Ocean

A sneak peek:

Cutie Pie!

Zoo

I can't get the link to the album to show correctly, but if you see a blank white box click on it and it should take you to our Zoo pics.

Sunshine!!!!!

Thank goodness for the Sunshine!!!!!! It was in the 70's here this weekend. I got to spend time on Saturday riding without wind, snow, or rain and LOVED it. Logan finally got to get her feet in the grass. She loves the grass. It must taste good, cause we could hardly keep it out of her mouth. And my Sunday jog actually involved the discussion of "should I wear a tank top" and "is Logan dressed TOO WARM?" The day I find a place that is 70's and dry year round I'm MOVING:)

Maybe it's the Binki

So I'm thinking that Logan's sleep issue may be the binki (that's what we call it around here). Anytime she wakes up for a sec  she wants it. But she is too tired to find it herself, so she cries us to put it in. I think after the umptinth time she just gets frustrated and cries for me, as by then she just wants to cuddle and sleep. So my instincts are leaning me to weaning her from that first. Last night however, was not good and she was with us ALL night. She woke up constantly and was crying and not easy to console. I finally got up and got some Tylenol. I do not think she has an ear infection (no other symptoms, fever, etc). But thinking that maybe it's because she is teething??? Anyone have this? Her teeth coming in really have not seemed to bother her at all. But maybe at night when she is sleeping the pain gets more intense? She's been like that at night before when she's had a bad tummy ache. But Tylenol never helps that. And she definitely seemed better after the Tylenol. .................. hmmmmmmmm:( Poor Baby :(

Elizabeth Pantley

Anyone read her books?

Bad Sleeper and Baby Dolls

So Logan is officially a bad sleeper. Actually, she has been that way since about 3 months. She will sleep oh so sound if you are HOLDING her, but man, put her down and you get 30min at nap time and around a hour at bed time. Yuck. So nap time I can navigate, but bed time.......let's just say she's been sleeping in our bed for the last 6 months:) Which I really don't mind. I mean, they are only little once and they aren't always going to want to be so close to us. So I've enjoyed the sleepy time cuddles together as a family. But she started waking up a couple weeks ago in the middle of the night to play. Sitting up, hitting us and crawling around. This isn't that safe. I don't want us to not wake up in time and her fall out of bed. So we decided to work on her sleeping in her crib. It's been a roller coaster. Some nights she has done well....meaning between about 9:30 and 6am'ish she has woken up needing a quick console only 4 times. Yep, that's doing good. Bad night, last night. Between 10pm and 2am I was in her room 4 times and Earl was in there twice. Needless to say I finally gave up and brought her to bed. I do think though that she had a tummy ache. So my mom got her a baby doll yesterday. One with real hair and a real face, etc. She LOVES this doll. She pokes it's eyes, mouth and nose. Talks to it and drags it around. Which we all find quite funny since she is only 9 months. But she seems to know its got a face like us and prefers it to her more age appropriate toys. So I'm hoping that maybe she will take to this doll enough that if she sleeps with it she will find comfort and not need mom to come rub her head for 10 seconds. Yep, I've got to get up to give her about 10secs of attention and she goes back to sleep. But crying it out is not an option..............she'll out last me any day on that. Plus it just feels unnatural to let her cry.