Thursday, September 17, 2009
The battle with sleep!
OK, so just so we are on the same page, Brynlee is 9 months old, and for some time she has not been sleeping AT ALL at night. She usually is up every hour, sometimes lets it go 2 hrs between waking up, but mainly every hour. She has been doing this for several months... Can you see how I might be frustrated? WELL last night I decided I had to be done with it because I was getting really short with the girls and had absolutely no patience whatsoever. I felt horrible about it, but I decided that I was going to have to let her cry it out like i had been told to by Doctor's. SO Night one was a little rough... We didn't get home from Eagle Mountain until 10:30 pm so it was already 2 hours past when they normally go down. Kara was fast asleep in the back seat as well as Brynlee So i was hopeful she would just stay asleep, but no such luck. We got Kara situated into our room on the floor and then I got Brynlee ready for bed. She had her normal bedtime bottle which calms her down and then I told her how much I loved her and gave her lots of hugs and kisses. Then like I always do (i sing to the girls at night) I sang Brynlee Twinkle Twinkle little star, Rock a by baby, and I am a child of God. She was calm while I was singing and then the second I went to leave she started to cry but I knew I needed to just walk out. So I waited for a while and when she was still going at it we went in and realized that for the first time she had pulled herself up on the side rail of the crib and was just standing there, and I don't think she knows how to sit back down after standing up LOL, I did not want her to fall down so I laid her back down and put her Binky back in and she closed her eyes, but the second my hand left her and she could not see me anymore she started crying again, but again I left. She went at it until 12 midnight and finally went to sleep... What a relief! I finally was able to get a full nights rest UNTIL about 4 in the morning I woke up to the sound of breathing on my face and i could feel the stare of lttle eyes on me. Kara had climbed into our bed and was just sitting there staring at me and breathing on my cheek. The nerd. So I told her to go to sleep, which she didn't do right away but several minutes later... All in all though I did get more sleep than I have had in months. Good feeling. I felt horrible but it is going to be better for us all in the long run I think.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Been a LONG time
It has been such a long time since i have written on here! I get so busy with life and everything else that I just have forgotten to get on... so there is a lot to write on. BUT here we go...
Steve just recently applied for a job for the Idaho Falls Police Department. He placed #11 out of the 45 people that applied and tested! WOOHOO... he did so good! they will be looking at the top ten to come back for more testing with the department in October. SO we are really hoping that a few of the people already have a job or are not interested anymore so that we can move to Idaho Falls or somewhere nearby. We love Idaho In general because the homes are so cheap and because our favoritest cousins live here!!!! LOL. So we will let you know how that testing goes. We should find out within the next month or so.
KaraLynn Just turned 3 and she is such a character!!! she is so full of energy sometimes i don't know what to do with it! She needs to pass some on to me to get through the day better. She loves helping out with her new sister... and sometimes helps a little bit too much when she wakes her up and says that she slept good... UGH annoying~ She also tries to give her a bottle which ends up all over Brynlees' face... what a mess. But non the less she is an awesome big sister and other than her constant nagging she is such a fun little girl. She is full of laughter and surprises!
Brynlee is now 9 Months old! crzy that i have not written on here since i was 7 months pregnant! Brynlee is definitely nothing like kara, she loves her pacifier and is a big whinner@! She likes to have the attention. She STILL does not sleep through the night. don't know what is up with that. karaLynn was sleeping through the night from the time we brought her home form the hospital... So needles to say I am pretty frustrated about being up several times during the night to feed her and put her back to sleep. so in turn I do not sleep hardly at all so luckily both girls are on a nap schedule for noon every day. so that is my time to be able to nap with them and regain my energy. Brynn is also my bigger child. She is such a chunk and it's so stinkin' cute! she has the cutest smile and always has soemthing to laugh about.
NOW me... I am just busy busy busy taking care of the girls. We have not been living in our house in eagle mountain since December of 2008. we are currently renting it out tot he floyd family and they are awesome renters. they take really good care of the house and have made a lot of improvements to the house. Earlier this year they helped us put in our fence. So that was really nice. Now when we move back we will have a house with a fenced in backyard. A LOT more privacy which i like. I hated having the neighbors walk through our yard! They also installed blinds throughout the house and painted rooms a lot of fun colors and designs. She did a lot of really neat yard work. They put in stone walkways to the side yeard and out in ground cover around the stones, so it looks really cool. And they will be leaving lot of the yard deco. for us because they have so much they don't know what to do with it all. So im really excited about that. I am still not working... Still a stay at home mom. It has it's up's and down's. I lve being able to be home and take care of my girls the way I want, I do not like the thought of leaving my kids with someone else and having them be raised their way. I love being able to experience all the little things that happen even when it is the frustrating things. Cause for some reason I look back at those times and really treasure them and try to appreciate everything even though sometimes, well a lot of times it is hard.... I just recently started watching my sisters 2 girls while they work. It is only 2 or 3 times a week and I get 30 a day. so it is more money than I had before. and I get to keep the girls with me for this so more time with them and the girls get to play with their cousins. Win Win situation the way I see it. I also just got an interview at the Developmental Center which is Tuesday the 8th. It ways $10 an hour which is more than any job i have been able to find. So im hoping that it works out and that i wont have to leave my girls with anyone for too long. We could really use the money so we shall see.
Pretty much that is all that has happened since i last wrote. not all too exciting, but it's life. I promise i wont take so long next time to write on the little things happeneing. I want to be able to look back and say OH i remember that happening! so i will be better!
Steve just recently applied for a job for the Idaho Falls Police Department. He placed #11 out of the 45 people that applied and tested! WOOHOO... he did so good! they will be looking at the top ten to come back for more testing with the department in October. SO we are really hoping that a few of the people already have a job or are not interested anymore so that we can move to Idaho Falls or somewhere nearby. We love Idaho In general because the homes are so cheap and because our favoritest cousins live here!!!! LOL. So we will let you know how that testing goes. We should find out within the next month or so.
KaraLynn Just turned 3 and she is such a character!!! she is so full of energy sometimes i don't know what to do with it! She needs to pass some on to me to get through the day better. She loves helping out with her new sister... and sometimes helps a little bit too much when she wakes her up and says that she slept good... UGH annoying~ She also tries to give her a bottle which ends up all over Brynlees' face... what a mess. But non the less she is an awesome big sister and other than her constant nagging she is such a fun little girl. She is full of laughter and surprises!
Brynlee is now 9 Months old! crzy that i have not written on here since i was 7 months pregnant! Brynlee is definitely nothing like kara, she loves her pacifier and is a big whinner@! She likes to have the attention. She STILL does not sleep through the night. don't know what is up with that. karaLynn was sleeping through the night from the time we brought her home form the hospital... So needles to say I am pretty frustrated about being up several times during the night to feed her and put her back to sleep. so in turn I do not sleep hardly at all so luckily both girls are on a nap schedule for noon every day. so that is my time to be able to nap with them and regain my energy. Brynn is also my bigger child. She is such a chunk and it's so stinkin' cute! she has the cutest smile and always has soemthing to laugh about.
NOW me... I am just busy busy busy taking care of the girls. We have not been living in our house in eagle mountain since December of 2008. we are currently renting it out tot he floyd family and they are awesome renters. they take really good care of the house and have made a lot of improvements to the house. Earlier this year they helped us put in our fence. So that was really nice. Now when we move back we will have a house with a fenced in backyard. A LOT more privacy which i like. I hated having the neighbors walk through our yard! They also installed blinds throughout the house and painted rooms a lot of fun colors and designs. She did a lot of really neat yard work. They put in stone walkways to the side yeard and out in ground cover around the stones, so it looks really cool. And they will be leaving lot of the yard deco. for us because they have so much they don't know what to do with it all. So im really excited about that. I am still not working... Still a stay at home mom. It has it's up's and down's. I lve being able to be home and take care of my girls the way I want, I do not like the thought of leaving my kids with someone else and having them be raised their way. I love being able to experience all the little things that happen even when it is the frustrating things. Cause for some reason I look back at those times and really treasure them and try to appreciate everything even though sometimes, well a lot of times it is hard.... I just recently started watching my sisters 2 girls while they work. It is only 2 or 3 times a week and I get 30 a day. so it is more money than I had before. and I get to keep the girls with me for this so more time with them and the girls get to play with their cousins. Win Win situation the way I see it. I also just got an interview at the Developmental Center which is Tuesday the 8th. It ways $10 an hour which is more than any job i have been able to find. So im hoping that it works out and that i wont have to leave my girls with anyone for too long. We could really use the money so we shall see.
Pretty much that is all that has happened since i last wrote. not all too exciting, but it's life. I promise i wont take so long next time to write on the little things happeneing. I want to be able to look back and say OH i remember that happening! so i will be better!
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