Getting so big!

A friend of mine lent me a book called Babywise not too long ago. I had heard of it but never really knew what the concept was. When Avery and Sarah were babies, I tried really hard to do everything just right. They were on a pretty good schedule and were sleeping through the night at 6 months old. I did not move either of them out of my room until 6 months. The truth is that they would have been sleeping through the night a lot sooner if I had moved them out earlier. I am such a light sleeper, I wake up anytime the baby moves. Well, I have had a harder time getting a schedule for Spencer. He is almost 7 months old and I had no plans for moving him out of my room anytime soon until I read Babywise. Spence got kicked out of my room a few nights ago. He has some semi-scheduled eating and napping times. IT'S FANTASTIC! The boy takes long naps and wakes up happy. He is sleeping until 6am every morning. I miss him terribly though and find myself waking in the middle of the night to listen intently to the baby monitor in case he needs me. Here's my big boy in his crib.

Here's my big boy's almost completed room. Keep in mind this is my first nursery and the first child I have ever had sleep in a crib.



Here are my girls sculpting bugs out of Gramma's homemade playdoe. I was pretty impressed.

Rain. Rain. Go Away.

It's 4 o'clock in the morning and I feel a little like this cartoon character with the permanent raincloud over his head. The thunder, lightening and heavy rainfall started at about 4pm yesterday and I haven't been able to sleep since 2am. I keep having these dreams that I wake up in a flooded house. I finally had to go check the weather to see when we are going to get a break from this. I think the forecast says it will stop raining May 6th. Yippee!

So we have no backyard neighbors. We live next to a giant runoff. It got so full during the hurricane, I got pretty nervous. I would have to say, it's at least that full this morning.

Always time for Blogging.

Things have been so hectic lately, I haven't had a whole lot of time for anything. However, I do like to post at least once a week. These are some random pictures I have taken this week.
Sarah "feeding" her baby.

Spence and Sarah hanging out.

Happy Easter!

We had a marvelous weekend! Easter makes me especially mindful of the Savior. I am blessed to have a knowledge of his goodness and mercy.

We dyed eggs with kids for the first time this year.



Avery showing the special egg that Daddy made.


Easter Baskets


Spencer loved his new sippy cup but is not too keen on the baby food yet.

Spence looked so handsome and is learning to sit up like a pro.


My beautiful girls.

Not Again!!!

O.K. When I first started blogging, I wrote a post about how bad things happen in threes. Well, it's happened again.

1. Spencer and his gooey ear.

2. Mark and the Mono.

3. Sarah broke her leg again!

No, I am not kidding. In less than eight months, Sarah broke both bones in her left leg last August and fractured her right leg on Thursday. Am I concerned? Of course I am. We'll take her in tomorrow for a cast and take her in later this week for blood tests. My big fear is that her bones aren't strong. CPS's big fear is that we are abusive parents. I will post more pictures and updates throughout the week.
I just love my family!

Yee Haw!

It's a great day because...

This guy is so cute.



Mark is finally getting better.




Sarah is learning how to get herself dressed.



And the girls are getting along.


OOPS! SPOKE TOO SOON.

Some Random Thoughts

It's four AM and I can't sleep because Mark is snoring too loudly. These last few weeks have been pretty crazy for us. Not for any other reason than Mark being sick. When he's not working, he's resting. I have been feeling like a single mom and fall into bed exhausted every night. We moved into the greatest ward here in Houston. There are so many other families we have so much in common with. We have actually started having friends over and being social again. We haven't been very social since Mark's been sick. I really hope I don't catch it.

Anyway, here are a few cute pictures I came across.
Sarah trying her hand at modeling (I guess). Since we cut her hair, it has regained it's body.

Spencer is so cute when he sleeps; however, he is not one of those babies who's cuter asleep than awake. He's just really good all the time.

He scratches his head with his fingernails even though I clip them all the time.