movin' on up out

it's not exactly a deluxe apartment in the sky, but josie has moved out of her bassinet and into the crib! wow. i didn't think that would happen until this winter...but that time frame got moved up thanks to ryan moving into a bed and josie becoming too big for the bassinet :)

josie - too big for the bassinet - you can't believe it? neither could we. but the other day she was supposed to be taking a nap. while she cried herself to sleep, i could hear her head banging on the sides of the bassinet. i went up to get her and saw that she had flailed her foot against the side so many times that she had rubbed her little toe raw. real nice. so i gave the poor girl some socks and we got busy moving the crib out of ryan's room!

so as of tonight, our little josie is sleeping in a crib AND in olivia's room. we can't believe it. she's not quite 7 months old. while that might not seem like a big deal it is... ryan's crib was in our room until he was 14 months old. so 7 months old AND not sleeping in our room is HUGE.

so tonight was the first night in a long time that i got to turn my bedroom light on when i changed after my run. what a concept!! and tonight was the first night in a long time that olivia had to go to bed with her lights off :)

not much - but totally random

wow, i've been slacking on posting lately. either i need to sift through my pictures and post a cute one or one of the kids needs to say something really funny. although the other day, olivia called camouflage pants "goulash pants". that's funny. but not exactly post worthy.

so not much to report here. except...
after many weeks of waking up every 1.5-2 hours at night, last night josie slept the ENTIRE night. from 10pm - 6:45am then ate, then went to sleep till 9am. ahhhh do i feel refreshed or what?? as much as i love her having a growth spurt, the past few weeks i was pretty tired.

and tonight tim & i got out of the house for a date to macaroni grill. it was fun to get out without a car-full and table-full of kiddos. we did bring josie - no way i'd leave all 4 kids at bedtime (the oldest who's only 5) with a teenager. man, there are days when i can't even handle it!! we had a yummy dinner and then hit the mall to find jeans for the kids for school.

ok, when did little girl size 6 jeans start costing $39.50????
seriously.
cute.
but no i didn't buy them.

well i'm off to bed. and i bet i totally jinxed it and josie will be getting up a zillion times tonight :)

wordless wednesday x 3

ryan's story

why do i look so sad & pathetic?

i'll start at the beginning...

i'm 2.
that means i'm big.
sunday night i decided cribs are for babies.
josie needs my crib.
(i know that cuz mom was all excited about the new crib sheets that came in the mail for josie.)

so i moved into garrett's bed.
mom calls it a bunk bed.
not sure what that means, but we sleep together on the bottom.
garrett likes the wall and i like to spread out. it works well.


in fact, it's been going well all week.
then... yesterday i took a nap.
i went right to sleep.
mom loves that!
then i rolled out of bed right into a pile of matchbox cars. ouch!!!!
i was mad.
mom was sad that naptime ended too soon.

once again, check out my sad & pathetic face.
did you notice my eye?


mom felt bad that i was the "neglected 3rd child who didn't get a bed rail."
so she gave me a push-up. sweet!
look how happy i am now!!!

notice the new addition to my bed last night :)

(almost) wordless wednesday

oprah's olivia's favorite things

hey mom, wanna know what my favorite foods are?
water, milk, bacon & powerade.

yum yum.



the love of bacon is nothing new.
here's olivia & garrett in the o'hare airport few years ago.
who knew quiznos sold sides of bacon??
there's nothing like a bowl of bacon to put a smile on her face!!

why

because i love sleeping babies

because she's getting so big

because i think she's a cute

because life goes too fast!!!

that's why i like this picture :)

you know you're a geek when...

you write up your own math problems.

answer them all.
give yourself stickers.
and finally, tape your pages all over the basement :)


well she might be a geek. but she's my little geek :)
love you, livvy!!
you crack me up!!

a little weekend fun

look who's 6 months!!

josie has changed so much the past few weeks. all of a sudden she's interested in her toys. she's constantly smiling and following the kids around the room with her eyes. no baby sounds yet, but i'm guessing that will come soon.

gone is the baby blob stage!

she's finally settling into a nap pattern (3 hours this afternoon!!) and sleeps ALL night. she's still just nursing, but i'm thinking we'll try some cereal in the next month or so. but no rush...meal times are already crazy around here!

by my best bathroom scale estimate, she's about 10lbs.

have SIX months really gone by already????