1 pic for now!

Here is a picture of Anna last Saturday when it was hot hot hot out. She is wearing a hat that my little brother Matty gave her... she is supporting St. Louis!!! Mike would not be pleased, ha.

Friday baby!!!

Jared got his tooth fixed yesterday. He was miserable so I'm glad it's done (I think) and he did great. Annalise is a peach and Dylan may be walking!

I'm sad that I haven't posted any pics... but my card on my camera is full and I haven't had the time to post any! I will soon I promise!

Lets see......... Mike is going to be gone this weekend in Yakima with Doug, the kids and I are all alone. We might go to the zoo Saturday, but we'll see.

I was gonna try to post a long blog but the girls have decided otherwise! I'll try more in a bit.

So I've decided...

I am no longer going to blog about how great Annalise is doing at sleeping etc... All I'm going to say right now is I'm glad I didn't completely give up and trying! :)

Yesterday was BAD and I say that with as much passion as I can muster! I ended up crying along with her and calling my mom who talked to me until she cried it out. I had no other choice, and she did it. She survived and I guess I did. I was so tired yesterday, after Jared went to bed Mike was on his way home and called me. I didn't even hear my phone and when he called for me to open the garage, he had to call like 3 times cause I couldn't hear the phone.

Ok so I have a headache and I've been working on 3 lists for myself today. I have a TO DO list, a "Jamie's personal wants" list, and a "Jamie's wants" list. I'd share whats on the list but Mike just got here with lunch. The babies are sleeping- AHHH PEACE!

I have NO idea what to do now!

So I've talked so highly of how well Annalise was doing... I don't know if it was because I was so excited or what but we have completely had a meltdown.

I don't even know how to explain what has happened. She was doing so well laying in her bed and going to sleep. Now when I leave the room she SCREAMS, gets her legs stuck in the crib. I go in fix her, give her her binkie and again we SCREAM! I don't want her to be scared of being in her crib or of her crib. So I rock her then I lay her in her crib, that was working until yesterday and now she'll wake up as I lay her down and SCREAM. Annalise doesn't just cry she cries so much that it sounds like she is hurt. She does this no matter what it is!

Also as of two nights ago she has decided she is not sleeping AT ALL. Last night I really had enough. She will sleep for 1 hour and wake up and cry and cry and cry. I get so frustrated because she will not go back to sleep and she is so sensitive to me. I get irritated and I'm stern with her and I tell her to stop, HA she starts crying more. I didn't get any sleep last night and as of this morning for her morning nap she slept 15 minuets.

So instead of taking steps forward like we have been all week we have COMPLETELY gone backwards and I'm not a happy mom and she's not a happy Anna. If anyone who reads my blogs has any ideas I am up for anything (besides the whole crying it out thing), I'm not ready for that. I don't know what happened or when she decided this change, but I honestly am at the end of my rope! Oh and the fun fun fun thing about last night... after about 15 minuets of Anna crying and FINALLY getting her to sleep Mike comes into the room and wakes me up because Jared is crying. His tooth is hurting him and he's not sure what to do. We put oragel on it and then he cried and cried and then he finally went to sleep. Shortly after I finally went back to sleep guess who woke up? I don't know what the heck is going on, all I know is that I'm not the happiest person on the block!

Gotta love Monday's!

We took a step backwards today! As I've mentioned Annalise has been doing GREAT at going to sleep by herself... however today not so much. I'm not sure if it's cause Dylan is here or the first time she wasn't tired enough or the second time because she was two tired.

I will not give up though, I will keep trying.

Oh and have I mentioned that I HATE MONDAY'S! Dylan is super emotional today and I have a headache!

Hot weekend!

Jared had swimming lesson's on Saturday. It was fun but so short and I only have him in 4 classes I think, I hope that's enough. If not I'll just sign him up for more. This weekend sure was a hot one. I'm not gonna complain (even though I was HOT), but it sure was a change from the previous days. Anna did ok, I ended up taking off all her cloths and she was in a diaper the rest of the day.

As for Anna... again KNOCK ON WOOD, she has been doing pretty good at her naps. It seems like it gets a little better and a little better. Today she took a 2 hour nap! :) That's HUGE!!!

Also today my sister in laws came up to see us and it was fun to hang out. They were trying on Mike to get him to move down to Olympia. I want to, I want to be close to them. Plus I'd get to watch Ryker and maybe someday any other nieces or nephews. Jared and Ryker had a great time playing and Anna was cute as always!

Ok I'm off to take a shower and go to bed, Goodnight!

1 HUGE step!

I am so proud of Anna... for as long as my daughter has been alive (7 months) I've always rocked her to sleep... I know that I shouldn't but I do anyway, I treasure those moments.
Well today she decided to be a butt and was moving around getting pissy with me. So I laid her in her crib and said goodnight. I sat outside the door and listened to her. She played and played, cried a few times. I went in gave her her binkie and then left. Eventually (30 minuets later) she fell asleep.

I hope this will be the 1st step to some good things, like SLEEPING through the night or taking longer than 1/2 hour naps!