Thursday, February 26
Monday, February 23
The Big 4
Laura tagged me to post the 4th picture in the 4th folder in my computer. This one is a bit of a quandry to me because I've been so disorganized in my photos. 
AS it turns out it was a picture of me when I was pregnant with Jonah. I'm with Jonah and I'm wearing a dress that Josh's brother and sister-in-law (Matt and Heena) sent me from Korea. I was also wearing my red shoes. I got rid of those a few months ago and I really wish I hadn't because I really liked wearing red shoes.
That was a REALLY hot summer, but one of the best summers I have ever had.
I tag TARA!
AS it turns out it was a picture of me when I was pregnant with Jonah. I'm with Jonah and I'm wearing a dress that Josh's brother and sister-in-law (Matt and Heena) sent me from Korea. I was also wearing my red shoes. I got rid of those a few months ago and I really wish I hadn't because I really liked wearing red shoes.
That was a REALLY hot summer, but one of the best summers I have ever had.
I tag TARA!
Thursday, February 19
Boo!
Did I scare you? Yeah, I know you weren't expecting that. An actual new post??? Wow, I think I just saw a pig fly by.
It does help that I am now no longer sleep deprived. After a lot of effort and some really long nights, Monkey goes to bed at night and doesn't cry when we turn off the lights and leave him alone in his room. He actually goes to sleep. I'm very proud. He has even stayed in his own bed until 7:30 in the morning a couple times. We're working on making that more consistent.
Also, he has been fully weaned. That's what happens when your child gets a virus and pukes any time they drink milk. Even yours. He is eating very well- he likes peas and yogurt and chocolate- and has mostly regained the weight he lost when he was sick. I had to get him a belt in the little boy's section at Target. I had to cut a good foot off of it, but at least he can wear more than one pair of pants now.
Josh is doing well. He's been busy tilling up the garden spot (which is going to be HUGE, by the way- produce anyone?) and building me a pantry and fixing the many things which all seem to have broken at once. He's so handy!
I haven't painted yet, but I plan on getting the new bathroom done before my sisters visit in a week. Theoretically anyway. The rest of the house is slowly getting organized and clean again. It's amazing how out-of-wack my own head gets when my house isn't in order.
Other new things
Jonah's new favorite words:
Violin, Purple, Elmo, ABC, no no no (imagine him shaking a finger while saying it)
Digital converter boxes:
So far I think it stinks. I get more channels, except for NBC, which has entirely disappeared. Also, sometimes the other channels disappear or are just unwatchable. The guy at the 1-800 number said it would probably be like this until June. Seriously? My kid just wants to watch Elmo.
My new bathtub:
I'll post a picture later (hey, just be happy I'm posting). I can't tell you how fabulous it is to stretch out in a tub and NOT have to bend my knees.
That's all for now... Pictures later. New format for the blog later too, I think.
It does help that I am now no longer sleep deprived. After a lot of effort and some really long nights, Monkey goes to bed at night and doesn't cry when we turn off the lights and leave him alone in his room. He actually goes to sleep. I'm very proud. He has even stayed in his own bed until 7:30 in the morning a couple times. We're working on making that more consistent.
Also, he has been fully weaned. That's what happens when your child gets a virus and pukes any time they drink milk. Even yours. He is eating very well- he likes peas and yogurt and chocolate- and has mostly regained the weight he lost when he was sick. I had to get him a belt in the little boy's section at Target. I had to cut a good foot off of it, but at least he can wear more than one pair of pants now.
Josh is doing well. He's been busy tilling up the garden spot (which is going to be HUGE, by the way- produce anyone?) and building me a pantry and fixing the many things which all seem to have broken at once. He's so handy!
I haven't painted yet, but I plan on getting the new bathroom done before my sisters visit in a week. Theoretically anyway. The rest of the house is slowly getting organized and clean again. It's amazing how out-of-wack my own head gets when my house isn't in order.
Other new things
Jonah's new favorite words:
Violin, Purple, Elmo, ABC, no no no (imagine him shaking a finger while saying it)
Digital converter boxes:
So far I think it stinks. I get more channels, except for NBC, which has entirely disappeared. Also, sometimes the other channels disappear or are just unwatchable. The guy at the 1-800 number said it would probably be like this until June. Seriously? My kid just wants to watch Elmo.
My new bathtub:
I'll post a picture later (hey, just be happy I'm posting). I can't tell you how fabulous it is to stretch out in a tub and NOT have to bend my knees.
That's all for now... Pictures later. New format for the blog later too, I think.
Monday, February 2
Still here
So night weaning went okay. Four days and Jonah had the picture. He's pretty smart.
Sadly he is a little too smart for his own good. We started sleep training him and discovered that he can climjb out of his crib. We lowered the crib so he couldn't do that and he still climbed out. It's less impressive if your kid falls asleep because he's got a concussion, so we talked to some of the other mothers at church and I did some research and we decided to do some controlled crying. It's like CIO but you stay int he room, you just don't look at or acknowledge your child unless they get up out of bed. In our case if he was about to jump I picked him up and laid him back down.
I spent an hour and a half sitting on the floor, hopping up to lay him down at lead 30 times before he started to fall asleep standing up. I peeked at him and suddenly he just plopped over asleep. I wited a few minutes and then I left the room. He only slept from 11:00pm to 2:30, then we had to do it again. the second time it took 45 minutes. I gave him some milk and I think that helped because he was thirsty. Josh and I sat there together the second time and at one point he started to get up and I stopped him. Josh leaned over and said, "He's snoring." I thought he was still drinking milk.
Hopefully he will get it by the end of the week and we will have completely reclaimed our bed and our nights.
Otherwise things are going well. We're going to build a pantry for the kitchen this week and hopefully we can paint the bathroom next week since we've had the paint a while.
Jonah is writing on my toes so I think I better go.
Sadly he is a little too smart for his own good. We started sleep training him and discovered that he can climjb out of his crib. We lowered the crib so he couldn't do that and he still climbed out. It's less impressive if your kid falls asleep because he's got a concussion, so we talked to some of the other mothers at church and I did some research and we decided to do some controlled crying. It's like CIO but you stay int he room, you just don't look at or acknowledge your child unless they get up out of bed. In our case if he was about to jump I picked him up and laid him back down.
I spent an hour and a half sitting on the floor, hopping up to lay him down at lead 30 times before he started to fall asleep standing up. I peeked at him and suddenly he just plopped over asleep. I wited a few minutes and then I left the room. He only slept from 11:00pm to 2:30, then we had to do it again. the second time it took 45 minutes. I gave him some milk and I think that helped because he was thirsty. Josh and I sat there together the second time and at one point he started to get up and I stopped him. Josh leaned over and said, "He's snoring." I thought he was still drinking milk.
Hopefully he will get it by the end of the week and we will have completely reclaimed our bed and our nights.
Otherwise things are going well. We're going to build a pantry for the kitchen this week and hopefully we can paint the bathroom next week since we've had the paint a while.
Jonah is writing on my toes so I think I better go.
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