Okay, so before the infamous computer crash, I was talking about Logan and all his transitions. I wanted to let you know that things are going well. He takes a nap everyday...I put him in his crib, he cries for about 3 to 4 minutes then he is off to dream land. The problem is at night...JR actually really likes Logan sleeping with us, so he lets Logan fall asleep in the bed with us and then I have to wake JR up and tell him to take Logan to the crib...anyway, Logan is doing really well, I am just trying to get JR on the same page. Logan has also been going to bed at 10:30 which is really great.
We are 18 days away until we get married....I cant believe it, nor can I wait until we are on that plane and on our way to vegas!!!
Ughh...I really had so much but now I am distracted by Logan, so I will have to come back to this...he is just making me laugh way to hard to concentrate!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I'm Back!!!
We finally got our computer back!!!! If you have been missing me and my wonderful blog posts, its because my computer crashed and it has been in the shop for forever it seems like!!! Grrr...I have so much to say but I am watching American Idol and I cant concentrate, right now....plus I may need to really think first so that I can filter out some of the blah stuff!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
rough stuff
So right now we are going through some transitional periods with Logan...some have been "not too bad" and others are proving to be trying at best! First, just let me say that I was not stupid enough to do all of this at the same time...this had been happening for a while now!
Transition #1 - Bottle detachment - we have been slowly taking the bottle away from Logan...some would say that we waited too long...to tell you the truth, I have no idea when the right time was. Anyway, around Thanksgiving, my sister said that he shouldn't be on the bottle anymore, so we slowly started decreasing the #. He has been on sippy cups since he was a year old, but he also had bottles...so anyway, by Christmas he was down to only having a bottle before bed. So in short, it was very easy to reduce the amount of bottles, but it was more difficult to take it completely away. Part of it is my fault, because it is just easier to give him a bottle...but I have been holding steady, and I will say that he has had a few, but VERY few.
Transistion #2 - Bedtime - Since I quit my job we have been trying to move Logan's bedtime to a normal hour. For 7 months we put Logan to sleep right before I left for work, so that he would sleep longer and I could actually get some sleep. So we put him to bed around 1:00 am...I know that sounds awful, but it worked for us. Anyway, after I quit we decided that he needed a decent bedtime...THIS HAS BEEN HELL!!! We tried moving it up 30 minutes at a time...which is basically just hit or miss....sometimes he goes night night, sometimes he doesn't....this is where the temptation to give in to the bottle comes in....Most nights he will lay in bed and talk (see previous blog for video). He will lay there with out squirming or trying to get up, but he talks non-stop. We have finally gotten to 11:00, but I still want him in bed earlier...GRRR!
Transistion #3 - Sleeping in his own crib - This IS ALSO HELL!!! After Logan was born he slept with us for the first couple of months....I had been warned by many that we needed to put him in his crib early so that we wouldn't have a problem with it. BUT...we were stupid....from month 3 to 14 he pretty much always slept in his crib, then his once a week, once every two weeks, all of a sudden turned into more and more often, until it was every night. Of course, the every night thing really started up when I took the job with the paper. So I wanted to get him back to his crib, and it hasn't been easy...at all. Today was the second day in this process...but really only the first REAL day...see the other night we put him in his crib several times, because we were just trying to get some sleep...but it turned out that whether he was in the bed with us or in the crib, we weren't going to get any sleep. When he was in bed with us...he was jumping on us, talking, calling Dexter...when he was in the crib, he was screaming bloody murder..It was a very long night and even longer day! So he slept with us last night, I set my alarm and Logan and I got up at 9 this morning. At 12:30 I told him it was nap time, and I took him to his room and laid him in his crib...I didn't just lay him down for no reason, he was sleepy, so I laid him down. At 2:00 he was still screaming, so I went and picked him up.....I know, I am supposed to stay strong, but It had been an hour and a half...if it hadn't happened by then...it wasn't going to happen. So I got him up and we played after, of course, I comforted him. At 3:30 he was doing the head nod, and he even tried to lay on the kitchen floor to take a nap...EWWW! I promptly picked him up, rocked with him for a bit, then laid him in the crib. His eyes shot wide open and the screaming began. At 4:45 I went to pick him up...same process. This time I walked around holding him for a bit until it seemed that he was asleep, then I went another 10 min! I laid him in the crib, he immediately woke up...screaming ensued. JR got home around 6 and I started dinner, Logan was still screaming so I went to pick him up. He said hellp to his dad and played for a few minutes, then curled up next to him and fell asleep. I let him stay for about 5 minutes..picked him up put him back in the crib....guess what...he started screaming!!! I finished dinner then went next door to chat (JR was still in the house) I chatted for a while with Nikki, then went back to eat, and Logan stopped crying for about 15 minutes, but I guess he heard us moving around and woke us a started screaming again, so I went to get him AGAIN! I guess his 15 minute nap gave him some sort of energy because he was going strong for a while. At 10:30 he got a bath from JR, had his sippy cup of milk,and about 30 minutes later he fell asleep. I wasn't ready to go through the battle again so I just let him sleep for a while...SO yes I CHEATED....but in my defense, after he was asleep for a good 30 minutes, okay maybe 45 I went and took him to his crib, where he is sleeping soundly...for now! So hopefully he will wake up tomorrow and see that the crib isn't so bad, and tomorrow will be much easier! HOPEFULLY! I will let you know how it goes....but like an idiot....I am awake, and it is 1:30 in the morning...so night night...I need some sleep, especially if tomorrow was anything like today!
Transition #1 - Bottle detachment - we have been slowly taking the bottle away from Logan...some would say that we waited too long...to tell you the truth, I have no idea when the right time was. Anyway, around Thanksgiving, my sister said that he shouldn't be on the bottle anymore, so we slowly started decreasing the #. He has been on sippy cups since he was a year old, but he also had bottles...so anyway, by Christmas he was down to only having a bottle before bed. So in short, it was very easy to reduce the amount of bottles, but it was more difficult to take it completely away. Part of it is my fault, because it is just easier to give him a bottle...but I have been holding steady, and I will say that he has had a few, but VERY few.
Transistion #2 - Bedtime - Since I quit my job we have been trying to move Logan's bedtime to a normal hour. For 7 months we put Logan to sleep right before I left for work, so that he would sleep longer and I could actually get some sleep. So we put him to bed around 1:00 am...I know that sounds awful, but it worked for us. Anyway, after I quit we decided that he needed a decent bedtime...THIS HAS BEEN HELL!!! We tried moving it up 30 minutes at a time...which is basically just hit or miss....sometimes he goes night night, sometimes he doesn't....this is where the temptation to give in to the bottle comes in....Most nights he will lay in bed and talk (see previous blog for video). He will lay there with out squirming or trying to get up, but he talks non-stop. We have finally gotten to 11:00, but I still want him in bed earlier...GRRR!
Transistion #3 - Sleeping in his own crib - This IS ALSO HELL!!! After Logan was born he slept with us for the first couple of months....I had been warned by many that we needed to put him in his crib early so that we wouldn't have a problem with it. BUT...we were stupid....from month 3 to 14 he pretty much always slept in his crib, then his once a week, once every two weeks, all of a sudden turned into more and more often, until it was every night. Of course, the every night thing really started up when I took the job with the paper. So I wanted to get him back to his crib, and it hasn't been easy...at all. Today was the second day in this process...but really only the first REAL day...see the other night we put him in his crib several times, because we were just trying to get some sleep...but it turned out that whether he was in the bed with us or in the crib, we weren't going to get any sleep. When he was in bed with us...he was jumping on us, talking, calling Dexter...when he was in the crib, he was screaming bloody murder..It was a very long night and even longer day! So he slept with us last night, I set my alarm and Logan and I got up at 9 this morning. At 12:30 I told him it was nap time, and I took him to his room and laid him in his crib...I didn't just lay him down for no reason, he was sleepy, so I laid him down. At 2:00 he was still screaming, so I went and picked him up.....I know, I am supposed to stay strong, but It had been an hour and a half...if it hadn't happened by then...it wasn't going to happen. So I got him up and we played after, of course, I comforted him. At 3:30 he was doing the head nod, and he even tried to lay on the kitchen floor to take a nap...EWWW! I promptly picked him up, rocked with him for a bit, then laid him in the crib. His eyes shot wide open and the screaming began. At 4:45 I went to pick him up...same process. This time I walked around holding him for a bit until it seemed that he was asleep, then I went another 10 min! I laid him in the crib, he immediately woke up...screaming ensued. JR got home around 6 and I started dinner, Logan was still screaming so I went to pick him up. He said hellp to his dad and played for a few minutes, then curled up next to him and fell asleep. I let him stay for about 5 minutes..picked him up put him back in the crib....guess what...he started screaming!!! I finished dinner then went next door to chat (JR was still in the house) I chatted for a while with Nikki, then went back to eat, and Logan stopped crying for about 15 minutes, but I guess he heard us moving around and woke us a started screaming again, so I went to get him AGAIN! I guess his 15 minute nap gave him some sort of energy because he was going strong for a while. At 10:30 he got a bath from JR, had his sippy cup of milk,and about 30 minutes later he fell asleep. I wasn't ready to go through the battle again so I just let him sleep for a while...SO yes I CHEATED....but in my defense, after he was asleep for a good 30 minutes, okay maybe 45 I went and took him to his crib, where he is sleeping soundly...for now! So hopefully he will wake up tomorrow and see that the crib isn't so bad, and tomorrow will be much easier! HOPEFULLY! I will let you know how it goes....but like an idiot....I am awake, and it is 1:30 in the morning...so night night...I need some sleep, especially if tomorrow was anything like today!
Pics as Promised!
Vanessa and Brandon
These are completely out of order.....These are my cousins with my aunt and uncle...I thought it was a really sweet moment.
My dad dancing with his mother, my memaw.
These are completely out of order.....These are my cousins with my aunt and uncle...I thought it was a really sweet moment.
My dad dancing with his mother, my memaw.
The electric slide...thats my mom in the green and my sister behind her.
The bride and groom getting married!
More electric slide...
D.J., their friend from Puerto Rico, Carlos, and Uncle Manny
More of the same
The bride and groom getting married!
More electric slide...
D.J., their friend from Puerto Rico, Carlos, and Uncle Manny
More of the same
My mom and dad...after all this time...awwww!
Me and my Daddy Me and my Mom Me and my sisters!
Me and my Daddy Me and my Mom Me and my sisters!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Cody
Also, I forgot to mention that Cody, the lab...somehow got out...my sister was devastated.....when we got back from the wedding she had finally come back...Thank god.
Last night we went to bed, I woke up to see this...it was so funny....you cant really see anything because all the lights were off, but check it out.
Last night we went to bed, I woke up to see this...it was so funny....you cant really see anything because all the lights were off, but check it out.
I was laughing so hard...JR was snoring, and Logan was talking on the phone...every once in a while you see his face appear...that is when he pushes a button which makes the light come on! He was much louder and much more talkative, until he saw the red recording light...so please excuse the lulls!
Monday Madness
OKay...so their really is no madness to today, I just like the alliteration! This weekend was great, but oh so busy! JR went to New Orleans on Friday for a bachelor party, which meant that I had Logan ALL DAY with no relief. He was actually pretty good, he usually is...but every once in a while I wonder how I will get through another hour! I finally went to see Bride Wars, which I really liked...at least the part that I got to see. I had to take Logan with me...I know what your thinking. UGHHH...I hate it when people bring their kids to the movies. He was pretty good through most of it and when he started fussing I took him over to where the door was so that we weren't bothering anyone. At the very end...he started crying too loudly so I just took him outside and missed the end of the movie, but oh well.Afterward, Nikki said that she wasn't bothered at all, so that made me feel a little better..hopefully we didn't bother anyone else.
My family FINALLY got here a little before 12 (midnight) My sister and her son (Isaiah) stayed at my house, so it was nice to catch up with her.
Saturday, we had lunch at my grandparents house. My little sister and Brandon got there around two along with their two dogs, Malika and Cody...Malika is a giant Doberman and Cody is a chocolate Laborador. So we had to do some shopping after because my parents forgot to mention that we were going to my cousins rehearsal dinner. JR got home about 15 min. before we needed to leave, so he got dressed quickly and we all went to Galveston for the dinner. It was awesome to see my family! I love my cousins...of course mom had two Margaritas, which if you know my mom, it was about 1 1/2 too many...but I love when my mom drinks...she is way more fun! Randi and I both had 3 so we were a lot of fun too!!! We came home went to bed...well everyone else went to bed, I watched The Dark Knight, then went to sleep.
On Sunday, we had to board the cruise ship early ...10:00, then we had to wait to enter the building, then we had to wait in line for our names to be checked off the list, then we waited in line to get our visitor's pass, then we waited in line to go through security, then we were sent to the terminal where we waited to board the ship, and finally after boarding the ship we waited in line, in what seemed like a wind tunnel, to get our pictures taken for the visitor's pass. It was finally 11:40, the wedding didn't start until 12:30, so we walked around the ship, went to the room where the ceremony was taking place at 12:15...then we watched the wedding cooridinator go over everything that was supposed to happen...then FINALLY the ceremony! Directly after My sister and I went to get a beer...while we had to WAIT for the reception to start. Then it started and there was an open bar....My mom, my dad, and my sisters, and myself....it wasn't pretty....we were the drink family!!! Every family has the drunk uncle or whatever...well we were the drunk family. I dont know how we got home, I just remember waking up, feeling really bad...I have lots of pics that I will post on a new blog!
My family FINALLY got here a little before 12 (midnight) My sister and her son (Isaiah) stayed at my house, so it was nice to catch up with her.
Saturday, we had lunch at my grandparents house. My little sister and Brandon got there around two along with their two dogs, Malika and Cody...Malika is a giant Doberman and Cody is a chocolate Laborador. So we had to do some shopping after because my parents forgot to mention that we were going to my cousins rehearsal dinner. JR got home about 15 min. before we needed to leave, so he got dressed quickly and we all went to Galveston for the dinner. It was awesome to see my family! I love my cousins...of course mom had two Margaritas, which if you know my mom, it was about 1 1/2 too many...but I love when my mom drinks...she is way more fun! Randi and I both had 3 so we were a lot of fun too!!! We came home went to bed...well everyone else went to bed, I watched The Dark Knight, then went to sleep.
On Sunday, we had to board the cruise ship early ...10:00, then we had to wait to enter the building, then we had to wait in line for our names to be checked off the list, then we waited in line to get our visitor's pass, then we waited in line to go through security, then we were sent to the terminal where we waited to board the ship, and finally after boarding the ship we waited in line, in what seemed like a wind tunnel, to get our pictures taken for the visitor's pass. It was finally 11:40, the wedding didn't start until 12:30, so we walked around the ship, went to the room where the ceremony was taking place at 12:15...then we watched the wedding cooridinator go over everything that was supposed to happen...then FINALLY the ceremony! Directly after My sister and I went to get a beer...while we had to WAIT for the reception to start. Then it started and there was an open bar....My mom, my dad, and my sisters, and myself....it wasn't pretty....we were the drink family!!! Every family has the drunk uncle or whatever...well we were the drunk family. I dont know how we got home, I just remember waking up, feeling really bad...I have lots of pics that I will post on a new blog!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
VEGAS!!!
So enough with the stress....we are going to VEGAS!!! I couldn't be happier and my mom is even on board. I can't wait...We are going on March 16th, getting married on the 17th (St. Patrick's Day) and staying until the 23. It is kind of bittersweet....Logan's birthday is on the 23rd:( But the truth is we will be having a shin dig for him and it will be okay...funny thing is, my parents got married the week before my birthday and came home the day of...Luckily my grandmother had made me a cake and we started celebrating before they got there!! Logan will only be two, and although I indulged and let him have cake at his first birthday, he probably wont have any at his second...maybe a mini cupcake or something. I really hate to give him sweets...a bite here or there doesn't make me panic, I just dont want him to eat so much candy....he has plenty of time to do that when he gets older! Anyway, so we are going to VEGAS...it is JR and my first time and we cant wait to go...we wish we could leave tomorrow!!!!! If you want to check out our wedding website it is www.weddingwire.com/JRandSara I can't believe how excited I am!!!
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