New Routines

This morning started our new routine.  We've been having lots of trouble with M and C going to bed easily for quite some time now.  We have tried everything we can think of...and then we sought wisdom elsewhere, but it's all been to no avail.  They just don't go to sleep.

Last night I decided to start waking them up every morning at the same time and not letting them take a long nap ever.  I woke them up...and they dragged themselves out of bed.  Naptime was pretty easy because they were tired.  Bedtime tonight was the easiest its been in months.  Here's hoping I'm onto something and it continues to work well.  C zonked out almost instantly...

I also realized today that I don't really have many pictures of Liam where he is interacting.  He has become so very animated lately and I needed to capture that.

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Again, it has been too long since I have posted.  So much has happened in the past few months, and I get overwhelmed just thinking about trying to play catch up in my blog posts.  My mom challenged me tonight to just start from today and not worry about playing catch up.  So, here I am.

We moved the girls into bunk beds on Saturday and bed time has been quite interesting since.  Calli enjoys the freedom to just get up and roam the house whenever her eyes open from sleep, and Mikayla likes to climb her ladder to the top and then swing down over the side.  We are working through this newness of things, and hoping we can lay down some rules that will be followed.

Liam has really settled into a routine of naps and eating and I am loving it!  Life is getting easier with 3 littles running around.  He still sleeps in the pack n play in our room, but he does a great job sleeping now!

Tonight we had a birthday party for Julia and I forgot to take pictures!  It was just a small family get together, but it was nice.  Ben has moved from living with my mom to living with my dad.  That has been hard for all of us here on the farm still, but Ben is loving his new freedom.  It was nice to see him tonight though.

We ate dinner and then sat around and played games.  It's been a long time since I have just sat around and played games.  We played TV Scene It, with questions from TV shows from the 60's to the 90's.  It was fun to see who knew what.  We knew more than we expected and had a great time!

Matt is away for a few days with work, so I am holding down the fort.  It's tough to not have him here, but it just makes me appreciate him even more!  Well, here's hoping I can stay caught up and actually add some pictures to this wordy blog soon.