It is so bad when at early morning hours she starts in. I have been so lax with her as far as letting her cry it out and falling asleep on her own. We have worked on it a little and all in all she has done well. I find myself at 3 a.m. while holding a screaming, writhing child, thinking, "She will never be able to fall back to sleep on her own. I have scarred her for life. I'm going to have to rock her back to sleep even at 18. I have made myself her security blanket of sorts." It is also in those wee hours of the morning that I think, "We are done! No more babies! I can not take this again."
Ok, let me clarify that she does this only once in a while. She is a pretty good sleeper, not anywhere near as good a sleeper as her big sister, but then again, I trained Peanut in sleep patterns from almost day one! It did pay off. Pumpkin does this every so often but when she does it is bad! We try to let her cry it out, but she wins every time. She literally screams and screams for what seems like EVER! And now that we live in a townhouse with neighbors on both sides of us, well it is hard to let her go on and on like that. I know our neighbors are plotting against us for this. I sure hope the walls are thicker than I imagine them to be.
I am done rambling....I guess, if you think about it, pray for this mama and her patience. Pray for us as we raise these two beautiful girls...one who is more reserved and unsure about things and one who I think would take on the world at just 5 months old. So different already!
Other than all of that we are doing well. We really do love our new community and all that goes on here. I sat down and wrote out all the fun kid activities that we could be involved in on our calendar and I could literally take the girls to something different almost everyday! It is just crazy how much is going on! We certainly will not be going to everything. I did join a Mom's group...it is through a group called Meet-Up. Check it out if you are looking for a group of moms to do fun things with. Maybe you could start a group in your area if that is something you would like to do. I haven't been able to hit any of the meet-ups yet but plan to do so soon. We are going to go to the Mom's REST stop at the church we have been attending tomorrow. I am looking forward to that and am a bit anxious. I am really needing to connect with some women and hoping to find that there but it is hard when you are the newbie and don't know anyone. So pray for this too, if you think about it.
I know you are here looking for pictures of those gorgeous girls...so here you go. We went up to spend a few days with Gigi so most of the pictures are from that.
We brought alot of yummy things back with us from the garden. I am hoping to make zucchini relish today and freeze some tomatoes! We also brought a gorgeous boquet of miniature sunflowers!
Ok...look at this kid....she has ornery written all over that face!
We continue to enjoy eating supper together on the days that Daddy is home. I have enjoyed making meal plans for the week and cooking for my family. Here is a yummy Shepherd's Pie and Blueberry Pie that we had the other night. Peanut gave it a thumbs up!
We took the girls on a walk after supper. They love to be outdoors. We saw some very pretty flowers along the way.
Here are a couple funny Peanut things...
I am pretty anal about keeping my girls' noses clean. Oh, how I hated yucky noses when at the preschool. It makes my stomach turn over! So Peanut "helps" with her nose every now and then. She will say, "Mom, I need a kleenex. I have a mooger." mooger = booger!
She likes to sing Rock-a-Bye Baby these days. Her version is , "Rock a bye baby, two times." She sings that over and over. It is so funny. Not sure where the "two times" phrase came from.
I think that is is for now. I will let you all know how my Mom's group goes tomorrow. I hope it is the therapy that I am looking for. :)
-Mama
