As I've mentioned previously, Payton is a good sleeper, she's also a great climber. I promise you, she does not sit still. I know a lot of people say this about their kids, but she literally does not stop moving, she'll even squat when I attempt to read stories, so she can get moving faster. And, I give her no juice, she does not need any.
Yesterday, she had been napping about 2 hours when I heard her, she normally sleeps 2.5-3, so I figured she'd just doze back off and it did get quiet again, so i assumed she had. nope, I think she was busy climbing out of her crib!! About 15 minutes after I heard her the first time, I heard her again, she was kind of whining/crying. Again, I figured I'd leave her be and see if she fell back to sleep. I gave her about 15 minutes, but she wasn't calming down, so I went to get her up. I opened the door and was a bit shocked, she was not in her crib! She was in her toy bin, which was right next to her crib. when she saw me she got quite upset, I'm not sure if she thought she was about to be in trouble or just realized how stuck she was. She had one leg in and one leg out, but was facing the wall, so she just couldn't get her self out. I paused for a fraction of a second while I debated snapping a quick phone picture, but I wasn't sure if she was hurt, so I rushed to her and rescued her. She clung to me for a few minutes, crying pretty hard. I could not find a single injury on her, I think she was just scared. How she got out of the crib and into that bin is still a mystery to me! It is right next to her crib, but I just don't know how she did it. A few people have said it might be time to move her out of the crib, for now I'm just going to move the toy bin. I am not ready for her to be in a bed yet!!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Bedtime
I think every family has their bedtime rituals and no two are probably alike. I am thoroughly amazed at how different our routine is with my two kids! Garrett we have to read 2 stories and sing 2 songs, every night. Payton on the other hand, wants to be laid down and left alone. I'm pretty sure Garrett would still let me rock him every night, Payton wants nothing to do with that rocking chair (makes me sad, isn't your last one supposed to be a big cuddler?!?!?) Anyways, as we walk into Payton's room, I always ask for a kiss, then one more, then one more, etc. The other night, I put her in her crib and usually she just lays right down, but on this night, she stood there reaching for me, and she said "One more, momma". My heart burst, how cute is that?!?!?!
Apparently, I also always rub the top of her head and say Good night, sweet dreams. I didn't even realized I did this, but Matt and Garrett verified it. One night, I guess I didn't, and as I got to the door, she kept calling momma, momma. I walked back to the crib, and she was rubbing her head saying, "night-night". So, I leaned over and rubbed the top of her head and said Good night, sweet dreams, and she rolled right over. Again, my heart just swelled. She is just such a little cutey to me!!
Apparently, I also always rub the top of her head and say Good night, sweet dreams. I didn't even realized I did this, but Matt and Garrett verified it. One night, I guess I didn't, and as I got to the door, she kept calling momma, momma. I walked back to the crib, and she was rubbing her head saying, "night-night". So, I leaned over and rubbed the top of her head and said Good night, sweet dreams, and she rolled right over. Again, my heart just swelled. She is just such a little cutey to me!!
Playtime
When Garrett is in school on Monday's and Friday's, Payton and I get to rack up some very quality one-on-one play time. Of course, I also am trying to do dishes and fold laundry and cook meals, etc. But, yesterday she was really begging for some attention, so I put the laundry aside and we sat down to play dolls, so I thought.....
Her favorite non-toy "toy" right now are wipes, so I gave her a wipe to use on her baby doll, and before I knew it, she had pulled my shirt up, in the back, and was trying to wipe my bum!! And I will admit, those wipes are COLD! Thankfully, she didn't get anymore then my lower back, but she was quite proud of herself, lol. Then she ran into the kitchen and grabbed the comb, again, I thought she was going to comb her baby dolls hair, Nope, she wanted to comb mine. Of course, I had gone with the curly hairstyle and just put gel in it and put it in a pony tail, so combing it was pretty painful for me, but it was still a good laugh. Then she had me lay down and we went "night-night" together. I love seeing her learn and mimic us. You think they aren't really paying attention, but they are!
Her favorite non-toy "toy" right now are wipes, so I gave her a wipe to use on her baby doll, and before I knew it, she had pulled my shirt up, in the back, and was trying to wipe my bum!! And I will admit, those wipes are COLD! Thankfully, she didn't get anymore then my lower back, but she was quite proud of herself, lol. Then she ran into the kitchen and grabbed the comb, again, I thought she was going to comb her baby dolls hair, Nope, she wanted to comb mine. Of course, I had gone with the curly hairstyle and just put gel in it and put it in a pony tail, so combing it was pretty painful for me, but it was still a good laugh. Then she had me lay down and we went "night-night" together. I love seeing her learn and mimic us. You think they aren't really paying attention, but they are!
Cuteness
I'm trying to jot things down that happen daily so I can blog more about it, of course, I'm failing miserably, but this happened the other night and was just SO dang cute!!
Payton is a good sleeper, a great sleeper in fact, but every once in a while she wakes up 30 min or even an hour after we lay her down, she cries a bit, then goes right back to sleep. The other night, this is exactly what happened. Garrett was playing in our room so he heard her cry. I was dong dishes and I heard him singing, I peaked in my room and he was standing by the monitor singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to her. Now, what he doesn't know is that she can't hear him, of course, she settled right down and went back to sleep. He came running and told me he sang her back to sleep. I will not ever tell him that she couldn't hear him. It was just SO cute!!
Payton is a good sleeper, a great sleeper in fact, but every once in a while she wakes up 30 min or even an hour after we lay her down, she cries a bit, then goes right back to sleep. The other night, this is exactly what happened. Garrett was playing in our room so he heard her cry. I was dong dishes and I heard him singing, I peaked in my room and he was standing by the monitor singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to her. Now, what he doesn't know is that she can't hear him, of course, she settled right down and went back to sleep. He came running and told me he sang her back to sleep. I will not ever tell him that she couldn't hear him. It was just SO cute!!
Friday, January 6, 2012
No sugar challange
Matt's been complaining a lot about his weight lately, so Monday night, I challenged him to a week of no sugar. I am usually not a huge sweets person but with the holidays there were lots of yummy cookies, pies, brownies, chocolate treats, etc, so I was getting into a bad habit of snacking a ton. We also had a lot more white bread, and pasta then we normally do.
I figured this challenge would be pretty easy, I was wrong! I made it through day 1 ok, maybe because it was new and I was motivated. Matt did not fair so well day one, he felt sick, had a horrible headache and before dinner decided going cold turkey was not working for him. He consumes a ton of soda and a LOT more sugary stuff then I do. So, he had some crackers and some frosted mini wheats, but that was it.
Day 2 wasn't too bad, we both did really well. I'm realizing that my "bad" time of the day is right after lunch, or about the time I lay the kids down, that's when I want to snack or grab a cookie, or a handful of M&M's, or a carmel hershey kiss or a rolo, you get the hint. But, we both made it through day 2 with no sugary stuff and no white bread or pasta.
Day 3 suddenly got hard! I saw a post on fb about hot chocolate and thought, oh that sounds good, then as I was getting it out, I remembered that has sugar :-( so I put it back. Garrett was extra whiney so I was really craving my chocolate snack after lunch I felt i deserved it! but, somehow I made it through the day.......I thought! When I woke up on day 4 I realized we ended up eating a frozen pizza for dinner and the crust was not whole wheat :-( But, I'm not beating myself up, it was not an intentional slip up, so I'm going to get back on track today and hope I don't have any more accidents!
As for wt loss, I lost 2.5 pounds, then gained a half back (probably from the pizza), I'd like to lose 1 more, that would put me back to pre holiday wt. I knew the 3 pounds I had gained weren't a serious gain, it was probably too much food and too many drinks over the holidays, it was all sitting in my belly, and now it's gone :-)
4 days to go, I can do this! Oh, and Matt has pretty much given up, he's cut WAY back on his sugar and his snacking and I think that was his ultimate goal, so he feels like he had some success.
I figured this challenge would be pretty easy, I was wrong! I made it through day 1 ok, maybe because it was new and I was motivated. Matt did not fair so well day one, he felt sick, had a horrible headache and before dinner decided going cold turkey was not working for him. He consumes a ton of soda and a LOT more sugary stuff then I do. So, he had some crackers and some frosted mini wheats, but that was it.
Day 2 wasn't too bad, we both did really well. I'm realizing that my "bad" time of the day is right after lunch, or about the time I lay the kids down, that's when I want to snack or grab a cookie, or a handful of M&M's, or a carmel hershey kiss or a rolo, you get the hint. But, we both made it through day 2 with no sugary stuff and no white bread or pasta.
Day 3 suddenly got hard! I saw a post on fb about hot chocolate and thought, oh that sounds good, then as I was getting it out, I remembered that has sugar :-( so I put it back. Garrett was extra whiney so I was really craving my chocolate snack after lunch I felt i deserved it! but, somehow I made it through the day.......I thought! When I woke up on day 4 I realized we ended up eating a frozen pizza for dinner and the crust was not whole wheat :-( But, I'm not beating myself up, it was not an intentional slip up, so I'm going to get back on track today and hope I don't have any more accidents!
As for wt loss, I lost 2.5 pounds, then gained a half back (probably from the pizza), I'd like to lose 1 more, that would put me back to pre holiday wt. I knew the 3 pounds I had gained weren't a serious gain, it was probably too much food and too many drinks over the holidays, it was all sitting in my belly, and now it's gone :-)
4 days to go, I can do this! Oh, and Matt has pretty much given up, he's cut WAY back on his sugar and his snacking and I think that was his ultimate goal, so he feels like he had some success.
Monday, January 2, 2012
New Year's Resolutions
I've decided not to go the resolution route this year. They always seem to revolve around my weight and stuff I can't really keep, so this year I'm making some goals for myself.
1) spent more time on me - this doesn't mean going to the spa and spending a ton of money, this means, painting my nails, getting up early enough to shower, blow drying my hair, putting on make up, etc. Not for anyone except me. If I feel "pretty" I think it will help me be more confident and maybe be happier and in turn my kids will be happy and confident. I'm not talking about getting all dressed up, just taking a few minutes every morning for me.
2)be more content with what we have - I'm not a huge shopper and like I've said before our money issues are not from us going crazy buying things, but I'm always saying I hate my phone, I want a laptop, or photoshop or to go on vacations. The fact is, until I get a seriously well paying job or the business makes a major turnaround, those things aren't going to happen, so I need to be more content with what we have and make these things work for us.
3)do one home improvement/decorating project a month - again, money is tight, so I will budget for these things, use coupons, watch for sales, do things as I can. But, I'm learning I can do a lot of these things myself, so time to get off my butt and do them. A lot of the things I want to do are cheap, painting the front door, for example. I just need to do it.
4)go to church more - I go to bible study religiously, I never miss a class. This is kind of selfish though, it's free daycare and gets us out of the house, but the truth is, I like going, I like learning about God and asking myself tough questions, and understanding the bible more. But, this year I want to be more involved in the church. This is a struggle usually, because I'm catholic and Matt is baptist. This year I don't much care, we are both Christian, if Matt will go with me and he will only go to Central, then we'll go. To me, church is church, right? I'm sure some don't agree, but I am thankful that my kids are growing up in a church and they will be introduced to both religions and they can choose when they get older.
5)be healthier - ok, I'm not going to lie, I'd like to lose 5 more pounds, but with money as tight as it is, buying the "healthy" groceries isn't always doable, but I'm going to try and focus more on eating healthy and less on wt loss, the weight will come off if we eat healthy.
These are in no particular order, but I'll check back every so often and see how I am doing.
1) spent more time on me - this doesn't mean going to the spa and spending a ton of money, this means, painting my nails, getting up early enough to shower, blow drying my hair, putting on make up, etc. Not for anyone except me. If I feel "pretty" I think it will help me be more confident and maybe be happier and in turn my kids will be happy and confident. I'm not talking about getting all dressed up, just taking a few minutes every morning for me.
2)be more content with what we have - I'm not a huge shopper and like I've said before our money issues are not from us going crazy buying things, but I'm always saying I hate my phone, I want a laptop, or photoshop or to go on vacations. The fact is, until I get a seriously well paying job or the business makes a major turnaround, those things aren't going to happen, so I need to be more content with what we have and make these things work for us.
3)do one home improvement/decorating project a month - again, money is tight, so I will budget for these things, use coupons, watch for sales, do things as I can. But, I'm learning I can do a lot of these things myself, so time to get off my butt and do them. A lot of the things I want to do are cheap, painting the front door, for example. I just need to do it.
4)go to church more - I go to bible study religiously, I never miss a class. This is kind of selfish though, it's free daycare and gets us out of the house, but the truth is, I like going, I like learning about God and asking myself tough questions, and understanding the bible more. But, this year I want to be more involved in the church. This is a struggle usually, because I'm catholic and Matt is baptist. This year I don't much care, we are both Christian, if Matt will go with me and he will only go to Central, then we'll go. To me, church is church, right? I'm sure some don't agree, but I am thankful that my kids are growing up in a church and they will be introduced to both religions and they can choose when they get older.
5)be healthier - ok, I'm not going to lie, I'd like to lose 5 more pounds, but with money as tight as it is, buying the "healthy" groceries isn't always doable, but I'm going to try and focus more on eating healthy and less on wt loss, the weight will come off if we eat healthy.
These are in no particular order, but I'll check back every so often and see how I am doing.
New Year's Eve
This year we had no solid plans, but we had asked Matt's parents if the kids could spend the night and they agreed, so we knew we wanted to go out and do something. Money is obviously tight, so we ate dinner at home with the kids, then dropped them off at the in-laws, came home and got dressed. We knew we were going to go to a friends outdoor party, but also knew we wouldn't stay there too long, so dressing was an interesting issue. What do you wear to an outdoor party that you can also wear to a nice bar?? I decided I just didn't care, and wore what I wanted. I was probably overdressed for the outdoor party and under dressed for the bar, but I didn't care one bit. The outdoor party was fine, but I knew no one, so we didn't stay long. But then we couldn't seem to hook up with any of our friends :-( In the end, it ended up not mattering one bit, Matt and I spent New Years Eve together and had a good time, and that's all that really matters!
The kids had a blast at their grandparents, they stayed up too late and got up early, so we all napped yesterday :-) Ate junk food and laid around, it was a good day!
Happy New Year's everyone!!
The kids had a blast at their grandparents, they stayed up too late and got up early, so we all napped yesterday :-) Ate junk food and laid around, it was a good day!
Happy New Year's everyone!!
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