When we first started making Tommy "cry it out" so we could all get some sleep at night, I hated it. I set a timer so I'd know when it had finally been 15 minutes and I could go rescue the sweetest most hysterical baby I'd ever known. But I did it anyway because "you only have to do it for a few nights and then never again."
Apparently never is a relative term.
Now that Tommy's sleeping in a big fat mattress with no walls, he isn't thrilled when we close his door after wishing him a good night's sleep.
After roughly 25 minutes of the screaming and wall pounding I started counting seconds between his outbursts. It's really no different from counting seconds between popcorn kernels popping.
Only instead of getting closer to a delicious bowl of popcorn, you're getting closer to the child giving in and falling asleep with just the top half of his body on the mattress.
I really love popcorn, but the kneeling-sleeping-child-wonder is significantly more beautiful.
Plus popcorn doesn't give you kisses in the morning.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
One thing I love about snow in May....
One thing I love about snow in May is that on the last day of May my spring flowers are prettier than they've ever been.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Where's Tommy?
I'm gonna let you go ahead and guess where Tommy slept last night.
Is anyone else freaked out by my baby's hugeness?
Is anyone else freaked out by my baby's hugeness?
Happy Birthday Wendy!
My sister-in-law Wendy does not take parties lightly.
Remember when we had a valentine's day tea party?
So for her birthday she threw a fancy party. Fancy meaning "wear your prom dress and bling" and meaning that she baked beautifully delicious goodies and decorated all day long in preparation.
Also we got to get all fancied up and I only took one series of "self timer" shots because we were busy having so much fun!
Now I wish I took pictures of each person in their dresses because it was something to behold. But I'm more glad that we had fun and ate deliciousness.
Happy Birthday Wendy!!!
Remember when we had a valentine's day tea party?
So for her birthday she threw a fancy party. Fancy meaning "wear your prom dress and bling" and meaning that she baked beautifully delicious goodies and decorated all day long in preparation.
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| This jewelry was laid out for people who felt "inadequately blung". |
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| This food was laid out for people who felt inadequately sweet. |
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| And this chandelier was hung for people who didn't notice that it was a fancy party. |
Everything was simply beautiful. And purple. And delicious. So so delicious. Which makes it good.
Also we got to get all fancied up and I only took one series of "self timer" shots because we were busy having so much fun!
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| T: Katy, Sarah, Wendy B: Ryann, Amy |
Now I wish I took pictures of each person in their dresses because it was something to behold. But I'm more glad that we had fun and ate deliciousness.
Happy Birthday Wendy!!!
May 2011 FB Status
It is amazing to me just how thoroughly a person can disappear in this world.
I'm torn, if I lay down and close my eyes Tommy is guaranteed to wake up. If I don't, why do I care if he's sleeping anyway? *sigh* Such hard choices.
Are toddler beds the same size as cribs? You know...mattress-wise?
Josh is singing "Let It Snow" I hope it's because that's the only song he knows about the weather. And this weather is worth singing about.
Soft pretzel and a slurpee. Tommy and I love our diaper-buying dates at Target.
Came to Lindon to party with the parentals. My boys are sleeping downstairs (where they've been since 7:30), my parents are actually out partying, and I'm sitting around watching facebook on a Saturday night. There has to be something productive I can do. Nap!
Josh thinks our baby speaks whale.
Looking for 2 power strips (with on/of switches) to borrow tomorrow. Does anyone in the neighborhood have one?
How many times a day are you allowed to eat cereal and call it a meal?
Wow that was a long night - I forgot how hard it is not to sleep at night.
Do people selling tamales in the Walmart parking lot make a lot of money doing that?
NBE is a boy!
Garlic chicken for dinner and now my house STINKS. It's in the crock pot full of other creamy ingredients, if I add water will it wreck it or properly dilute the garlic which is clearly too much?
Tommy is good at playing in the rain.
is excited for Stake Conference tonight!
Tommy's already practicing for minute to win it - he unrolled the whole roll of tp in under 15 seconds. We're gonna be rich!!!
Josh has Tommy for the day and I have 2 hours to get all formalled up for my sister's b-day party. I LOVE it!
Going to the pool this morning(ish) anyone wanna come?
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