Sleep training

I've been working with baby Andrew over the last 3-4 weeks with getting him to sleep on his own. It was rough going the first day (he screamed for 1 hour and 20 minutes straight)! It was only that bad the one time though. Ever since, we read a book, swaddle him, and lie him down and he eventually falls a sleep (with a lot less crying). He is also sleeping well at night like he did around 8 weeks (we went through a few week period where he was waking 2 times a night). Now, he normally goes to bed between 8:30 and 9:00 and gets up around 7am. The book that really helped me to get into this routine is "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child".

Sometimes daddy still rocks him to sleep though. He seems to be able to adapt to this "special" occasion. I'm not sure how he will sleep once he goes into daycare in 2 weeks. I have mixed feelings about this because I've always stayed at home with my kids when they were a baby. Well, I'm off to lay this baby down for his nap.

Baseball disappointment

Well, last year our 11 year old boys won the state tournament and went on to the Regionals in Palm Beach, Florida. We didn't expect for the boys to go as far as they did last year, and it ended up being a wonderful year of baseball.

This year, we expected the boys to go far (level of talent was big this year), and they didn't. I'm not sure why, but they didn't win the area (got runner up) and they went to Mt. Airy, NC for states and got knocked out there. I am disappointed because we decided that I would stay home with the baby (I've been doing sleep training with him, and he's napping and sleeping in his crib).

I have tried posting a video on my facebook page to no avail. I'm not sure what the deal is, but Josh did hit one homerun while in Mt. Airy and Jim got it on video. I'll try and see if I can get it to download on here. This was his 9th homer of the season this year.

Where is the time going???

Wow, I didn't think summer would be flying by. I guess the old saying is true that time flies when you're having fun. I have definitely enjoyed being on summer vacation and love being at home with the kids. We just got back from the beach last week. It was not the normal, relaxing trip that you would think (having a 4 mos. old, 7 yr. old, and a 12 yr. old and a friend- that makes it difficult to just sit back and relax). Hopefully, in a few years, I'll be able to enjoy a vacation:-) I got to spend about 30 minutes on the beach the whole stay. I'm ok with that because I'm not too keen on getting all sandy and nasty feeling. Don't get me wrong, I love the beach and the serenity of hearing the waves, but I've never been one to want to go swim in the ocean.

Other than that trip, we have been hanging out at home a lot-I'm working on getting this baby to nap well and that means that we are at home a lot. If I'm out, it's only for a very quick trip. Amber, my 7 year old is taking swim lessons and Josh (my 12 yr. old) is starting his state tournament in baseball this weekend. Last year, they won the state title as 11 yr. olds and this year they are trying to claim this title for a second year in a row. I have mixed feelings about this. I've always tried so hard to be at all of Josh's games to show him my support. Now, with a 4 mos. old baby, it has been more difficult to make every game (as sometimes they have 2 games in one day). So, this weekend the tournament starts in Mount Airy and Jim is thinking that it's best that I don't go to every game (because of all the travel involved with a baby). I want to be there, but I don't want the baby to be miserable. The baby is already arching his back every time we put him in the carseat now (after our trip to the beach). He is making it very clear that he doesn't want to be in his carseat.

I know that I have not posted in forever, but I will try and post pictures of our beach trip and post updates on Josh's games.