Excitement surrounds!

I woke up with this idea that I would surprise JR by moving everything out of storage and in to the new house before he got home from work....but then I remembered that I CAN'T. #1 I dont have a truck, although I could probably borrow my moms...#2 I have to have help for a lot of that stuff....although my sister should be home in a little while, and it wouldn't hurt to ASK my mom - but she wont be awake until later this afternoon....hmmmm. So I have decided to go and get as much of the little stuff as possible...and maybe I will ask to borrow my mom's truck - I guess we'll see about that one! I am so excited to be getting into the house...it is finally here, I feel like I have waited forever for this moment! LOL
JR had a job at 2 am this morning so when he got home last night he went to bed. He had to leave a little after midnight....my poor husband is going to be TIRED. He wont be getting home until around 5, so I really want to do something nice for him. I know that this is going to be hard on him but it is a little rough on me too! So hopefully, I too can get some rest!

Moving on and moving out!

AHHHHHH! so after posting my blog yesterday I decided to look up some ideas for getting Landry to take the bottle. I found a lot of different websites. So I showed JR one that said to try to get others to feed the bottle - a baby can smell its mother's scent from 20 ft. away. It also advises to leave the house because a baby can sense its mother's presence even if she is in the next room. So last night about 20 minutes before Landry's normal feeding time, I made a bottle handed it to JR and I left the house to run to the store to get Diet Coke for my mom. I was gone for about 15 - 20 minutes and when I walked through the door, JR was putting Landry to sleep. I saw the bottle on the night stand and checked it out. I made a 3 oz. bottle, and when I inspected it, there was about 2 7/8 oz. So, obviously, there was no success. But, at least she went down for the night at 9:30. Of course, she got up at 11:30 and again at 4:30 and again at 7:30....but hey count your blessings, right? Logan went to bed at 10:15!!!
Anyway, I decided to try some alternatives to the bottle. Today, I made the bottle, but left the top of and grabbed the the medicine dropper. I started off giving her some carrots, and then I decided that I should try the bottle one more time, so I got up and put the lid on and gave it a shot.....it only pissed her off. So I calmed her down, filled the syringe and slowly started to push it in to her mouth! She ate nearly 2 ounces of the 3 oz. bottle plus some carrots. when I could tell that she wouldn't eat any more, I put it away and we moved on. 20 minutes later I was nursing her and then she was OUT! I guess we will have to feed her from a syringe for a while and maybe the bottle wont seem so bad - then again she may just go strait to the sippy cup! I guess we will have to wait it out.
JR meets up with the owners of the house TODAY to get the keys. We are going to move some of the smaller stuff tomorrow and all the big stuff on Thursday. I am so excited to be almost in our new house! It is so close, and yet time seems to be crawling by! ughhhh....I can't wait!

another beautiful day

Well, it is another beautiful day. As soon as Landry wakes up, we will be heading to the park again! I guess it is becoming a thing for the Lucks! I just can't stand to think of a beautiful day wasted! I can't wait to get into the new house so that we can walk to the park...get some excercise! I can't wait for the summer months to roll around so I can take Logan to the river. I think he will have so much fun floating! I think I am going to buy him a tube in the next couple of weeks...and a new life jacket...he has outgrown his. My biggest concern is how cold the water is....not to mention him sitting still for several hours. My sister has been taking her kids for the last couple of years and they do fine, but I am not so sure. So, I have decided to give it a go and see how he does. I think I will most likely be buying a family season pass to Schlitterbahn! This way we can go to the kiddie pool, and he can have other things to do to stimulate him rather than just floating along! Anyway - I am excited of what this summer will bring. It gets hot here (hello, its Texas) but because the humidity isn't as bad - It isn't like Houston...plus, the mosquitos aren't as bad - or as big! We are going to take Logan to Sea World. I think he will really like it. We are also going to the Zoo and Natural Bridge Caverns and some wildlife ranches. I can't wait to embark on all the adventures! Another big event....camping! I can't wait!
Bottle - NO SUCCESS...I am going to keep giving it a try, but if I haven't had any more success by next week, I will probably just give up...You are supposed to start the sippy cup at 6 months (something I failed to do with Logan - he was 8 months) so, if all else fails, I will try to give her formula from a sippy cup! LOL - I guess we will just bypass the bottle all together! Who knows! I seriously, have never heard of a baby not taking a bottle...JR said he even tried to research it and came up with nothing...I may give it a go, right after I finish up here!
Sleep - Landry went down at about 10 last night...she slept until 7:00 this morning and then I was up for the day....I am dying for a nap! Logan went to bed around 11:00 and got up at 9:00. As of now, Landry has been asleep for nearly 2 hours! Go figure! Lol I am going to wake her up soon...Logan on the other hand is bouncing around and having a good time...I just put on Toy Story, so he is entertained for the moment!
Life is good, I can't wait for Thursday! I want in MY house and out of this one....my mom is off work today....She just woke up at 3:00 (in the afternoon) and started bitching....surprise, surprise! She went back to her room to take a "nap"! Really?

Beautiful weather!

Yesterday hit 80 degrees here in Wimberley....I sat around for a while, then took Logan outside to play. He was having a blast on the trampoline, so I figured I should try to get him to take a nap and then go to the park. It was a success! Imagine that...my son, took a nap, at the same time as Landry! HEAVEN! I realized that Logan's face was a little pink when we finally came inside...we were out there for about 45 minutes....I thought he may have just been hot, but when he got up from his nap he was still pink...ughhhh, the kid has my skin tone! So I made a mental note to put on sunscreen when we went to the park! Logan slept for 1 1/2 hours and Landry slept for 2! It was 4:30 when we left for the "big park". Logan played and played and played. At 6 I loaded them up and went in to San Marcos, so I could stop at Wal-Mart. It was my first Wal-Mart trip since being here in Wimberley...When I realized this I was shocked....considering I used to go at LEAST once a week. One of the irritants/blessings of small town living is that the closest Wal-mart is a good 30 minutes drive! Of course, Wimberley has a grocery store, but its very overpriced!! I have been putting off the trip, but decided I needed to go due to my dad being a little under the weather because of allergies, I wanted to do something nice for him, so I got him a little goody bag of some allergy medicine, powerade, a box of cleanex and a few other little items. I also picked up MORE bottles! I bought a gift box of playtex drop-ins. I bought the package because it was the only thing that had latex nipples. I have now officially bought EVERY type of bottle and nipple known to man! The gift set included 2 4oz. 3 8 - 10 oz bottles, a slow and fast flow silicone nipple, a slow and fast flow latex nipple, an orthodontic latex nipple, some drop in bags for each size bottle, and a pacifier. When I got home, I made the bottle...just 2 oz. and put on the latex nipple, HOPING and PRAYING that it would work...it did not....she playeind with the nipple, she bit the nipple, she did everything except suck on the darn thing! So I gave in after 15 minutes of screaming and gave her the boob! I tried again at her next feeding, which only led to more frustration on both ends! Once again, I gave her the boob! I also decided to give her the binky that came in the set. It is shaped like the bottle nipples, so my thinking was that maybe if I could get her used to the shape and texture, it would be easier for her to take a bottle. She will not allow me to put it in her mouth but she likes to hold it and gum on the sides of it...and finally this morning she started putting it in her mouth. Again, she is just playing with it, but I am hoping it will work! I am just going to have to keep at it, but man it is hard. I mean when you are pregnant, you read in all these books about not letting the baby have a bottle for the first 4 - 6 weeks because of "nipple confusion"....in my case its the same "nipple confusion" its just the other way around! I am really hoping that she gets it within the next two weeks, because at 6 months, I would really like to drop one feed. At 7 months I would like to drop 2. At 8 months, 3 feeds....So on until at a year old, I can completely ween her and have her start on milk. Plus, I would like for her to be able to take a bottle when we are out in public....I am to the point where I am tired of nursing with an audience! Of course, I am always covered up, but still. Not to mention, my parents will not babysit if she isn't on the bottle....well I should say my MOM wont. Not that we go out a lot, but it would be nice every once in a while! If this bottle thing doesn't work, I am moving on....to sippy cups! Hell, by the time I get her used to a bottle I will be taking it away....how aweful is that? I have decided that Landry is HIGH MAINTENANCE! LOL

I dont know if it was the coonstant battle, or all the crying, or the park, or whatever, but Landry went to bed at 9:30 - she woke up at 5:00 for a feed and went back to sleep. We got up at 8:30. Logan went to bed at nearly 11:00 and woke up at 9:30. Now, if I can keep Landry on this schedule, and just work on Logan's......ahhhhhh, I cant even think about how happy it would make me! I didn't go to bed until midnight, which was stupid, but I needed to unwind with a glass of wine! JR lefft yesterday morning at 7:00 am to go to Houston for his friend's bachelor party. We had discussed it, and come to the conclusion that because of the big move this week, it would be more financially responsible for him to only partake in the golf event. So he was supposed to go golfing and then head home. BUT, he called me at 5:00 to tell me that he decided he was going to stay, which meant going to eat at the steakhouse, then pokernight (they had a private room at this steak house and after dinner they had all this casino stuff set up). After the casino games they would be hitting the bars. I was not to happy with the decision he made, and I told him, but I also didn't give him a hard time...I mean, I did specifically ask that he tell me ahead of time if he was going to stay for the entire event....and he told me over and over that he was only going to golf. I asked him several times not to call me and tell me he changed his mind at the last minute and he swore he wouldn't. Somehow, because I know my husband better than he knows himself, I knew I would be getting that phone call. So I wasn't surprised...just irked that he didn't even ask about the kids, or if it was okay, or how my day was going. I am actually just jealous that he can go away for an entire weekend and not have to worry about feeding a baby or entertaining a 3 year old! The truth is I could have gone to Houston as well. Ashley invited me to stay with her, but I chose to stay here, because I wasn't looking forward to the drive...but even if I had gone....I still wouldn't have the luxury of going two days without the kids!

ON a funny note....Thursday night, I got Logan, Isabella, and Isaiah into the tub, and after I had scrubbed them all and gotten their pj's on and brushed Isabella's hair, I settled in to feed Landry. Isabella came down stairs and had her shirt pulled down and had her babydoll nestled up to her bare chest. She announced to the living room that she was feeding her baby just like I feed Landry!!! Hahahahaha.....The memory will keep me smiling for a while!
ONLY 4 more NIGHTS until I am in my OWN home!

To sleep or not to Sleep

Personally, I would choose sleep over just about anything! The night before last, Landry DID NOT sleep throught the night. She went down around 11, Logan went out at 11:30. Landry woke up at about 4:30 for a feeding, and then again at 7:30...but surprisingly went back to sleep and we got up at 9:00. Maybe it wasn't so rough because I had gotten a full night's sleep the night before, I dont know, but It wasn't that big of a deal and I didn't wake up craving the need for sleep. However, being on my period makes me somewhat drowsy, and all I want is to curl up and sleep. So at 4:00 JR had already gotten home, and I took a nap!
Last night, Landry DID sleep through the night....at least most of it....but getting her to sleep was a bitch! She went down at 9:15....I was very excited, but it didn't last long. She was up at 10:30 and didn't go back down until midnight....from there she slept until 7:30, went back down and we got up at 9:00. Not too bad! But the jumping all around is crazy! I just wish they would go to sleep at the same time EVERY night!
I dont know what the deal is....Logan was asleep at 11:30...I guess my kids are night owls like me...but I am going to keep trying. I guess at thins point that is all I can do is try!

Must have done something right!

Well, I got 8 consecutive hours of sleep last night! I dont know what happened or why, but last night was bath night, so my usual ritual of getting Logan to bed was a little interrupted...and I guess THIS TIME it didn't phase him because he was OUT at 9:00. I was like...what in the world??? Landry went to bed a little after 10:00...so it is getting better...the best part isn't when they went to bed....it is that Landry didn't get up until 7:00 this morning! No middle of the night feedings....just sleep! We left the fan on last night, so I dont know if it was the fan or I was just lucky, by why question a good thing, right?
I also had some success with the bottle last night! I made a three ounce bottle and used a rubber nipple instead of silicone....I was determined to get her to try! I tried and tried and it was a no go, so we took a break, and after 15 minutes I tried again....still no go, so I switched back to the orthodontic silicone nipple and tried that....nothing. We took another 15 minute break and then we had some suckage followed by some swallowing! She would only eat if I was standing (everytime I sat down she screamed her head off) and walking in circles, very slowly! LOL I guess she is particular. Anyway after nearly an hour from start to finish she had eaten 1 1/2 oz. So, I nursed her and she was a very happy baby.....maybe the formula had something to do with her sleeping .....who knows! All I know is that I will be going through this bottle process every time it is time to feed her, until I can pop it in her mouth and she automatically eats without hesitation! i am still not ready to stop breastfeeding completely, but I would like to have a break here and there! The funniest thing about this is that she is already holding her own bottle. I of course am holding it with her, because if she does it herself she just gums the darn nipple instead of swallowing, But I find it hilarious that she is already at that stage.
This is TMI so dont read if you are not interested...

Landry I 5 months 1 week and 3 days old....and I just got my period.....ughhh, I knew it would come eventually but I was PRAYING it never would! LOL I am having awful cramps...not really, they are actually just mild, but I haven't had them in well over a year...in fact in the past 4 years, due to pregnancy and the depo shot I have only had 5 periods.....ughhh! Please make it go away!

Off and On Schedules...and general mayhem.

So Landry and I are back on schedule, at least halfway....he have been getting up at our usual time....around 7:30, but on the other half of that, she hasn't been getting to bed until 10:20. But hey we are getting there. To think that ONE single event has her knocked off course for two weeks blows my mind! She isn't back to sleeping through the night, but last night at 2:30, when I picked her up to feed her, I realized I was really hot, and took notice to the fact that she felt clammy - so I am going to turn the fan on tonight....I just turned it off last weekend due to the weather being so cold. We will give it a go.
Logan on the other hand is still not liking the going to bed early so mommy and daddy can have time to ourselves...I realized quickly trying to make him go to bed when I wanted was going to end in an UGLY power struggle, so I started a routine...(yes, I realize that it is a little late in the game for STARTING a routine). And every night, I have started it 10 minutes earlier than the night before...things were going pretty well....Two nights ago, I had him asleep by 10:15....But then I hit a wall last night...He didn't pass out until 11:30! Geeeee. You would have thought he would be exhausted. We PLAYED all day. He and Isaiah ran around the house, then I took them to the park, then came home and they played on the trampoline and in the back of JR's truck, then we took them to the baseball game, in which they played, played, played....then came home, ate dinner and played some more....all of this and he only had a 20 minute nap in the car! Ughhhh....I am still going to start the routine 10 minutes earlier than I did last night...I am going to keep trucking along! Hopefully one day, both my kids will be asleep at 9:30, and JR and I will have an hour to ourselves.
This whole going to sleep at 11:45 and getting up at 2:30 to feed the baby, then again at 5:30 to feed the baby then again at 7:30 and not getting to go bed until 11:30 at night is KILLING me! I am getting about 6 1/2 hours of sleep and it isn't even consecutive hours!

General Mayhem: One word...my MOM! Surprise Surprise!
I am counting the days until I am not in this house anymore, the woman drives me crazy. She comes home in a horrible mood every night from work, and on her days off, she sleep until noon, gets on her computer for an hour, then goes back to sleep and sleeps until 4:00...the rest of the time she is on her phone, talking to a friend about her farmtown on facebook... She is seriously the most miserable person I know. 2 nights ago she came home from Lubbock...a 7+ hour drive, she walks through the door, throws her keys across the room and slams the door...we dont see her for 10 minutes, she comes out starts kicking stuff around, grabs her computer and starts her farming...never says a word to anyone - and of course no one wants to talk to her...JR goes to our bedroom, after a while I go to check on him, and he tells me he was uncomfortable being in the living room because of the tension. I was thoroughly embarrased. She is 46 years old....the days of throwing tantrums are over! Last night she comes home takes a shower and gets on her computer...I had tried putting Landry down at 9:30 usually she might cry a little but then fall asleep, if she is still crying after 3 minutes...I know she is not going to sleep! So I went outside with JR and Randi Beth...I was right outside the bedroom window so I could hear her, when my mom opens the front door and says, "You know the baby is crying?" Yes, mom I know, I am trying to get her to go down for the night. And she says, "Wow, great parenting Sara...." then slams the front door. Randi and JR told me not to go back in but I was FUMING mad...this is about the 6th time since being here that she has told me that I am not a good mother, I am not a good wife....basically I am not good enough EVER. I walked in the door stood in the living room, and said, "I would just like to say thank you so much for allowing us to stay here - I wish I could say you have tried to make it as easy as possible, but instead you have just reminded me of why I wanted out of here so badly growing up. Do NOT ever tell me that I am a bad mother again. I do things my way, and you can't stand it because you have no control over the situation. If at any time I do something wrong in my parenting skills or as a wife it is because of the horrible example that you gave me." My dad looked a little shocked....I apologized to him, told him that I know he raised me better than to speak back to my mom, but until he could get her to control herself, I would no longer hold my tongue and allow her to abuse me. I said, her only goal in life seems to tear people down and make them feel awful. Of course, she was sitting at the kitchen table shaking her head, so I looked at her and said, "If you are so miserable in life, do something about it, stop trying to make every one else as miserable as you are."
At her job she sometimes has to do suicide watch, which always cracks me up because I feel like if the people that were in the padded room could talk to her for just 30 minutes, they would probably find someway of completing their mission! LOL
Anyway, she later got on the phone with my little sister, and tore in to her, telling her that she never succeeds at anything. If you know Vanessa, she has always been self-conscious about her brain....she doesn't believe that she is smart...even though she is, so mom plays on the weakness. She kept telling her how stupid she was. That she was a spoiled little bitch...(ummmm...who spoiled her?) This all came about because Vanessa is not doing well in Spanish 3, which is a required course for her major. Vanessa had asked my mom after the 1st three weeks of class if she could drop the class and take it this summer, my mom said no....So know she is probably going to fail or make a D, which means she will have to repeat the course anyway. She even hired a tutor almost 2 months ago and it hasn't helped much. IF she fails the course it will be the first F she will recieve in her 3 years in college....Geez....really? She doesn't succeed? Really? I just dont get it. How can you be so horrible to people you are supposed to love unconditionally. Then she told Vanessa that if she didn't find a way to make a C in the class she would no longer pay her tuition! That is when I told my dad, he needed to get up and go stop her. It was getting ridiculous...he asked me what he was supposed to do....ummm, I dont know, he has been married to the crazy bitch for 22 years...has he not figured out how to deal with her.....yes, he has, he ignores her.....but come on, step in and help your daughter who is being bashed every which way. I guess that is just my mom's M.O. cut down and threaten you with what is importand to you. Sometimes, I really HATE her....I guess I dont Hate her personally I just hate the way she does things.
So sad - wish she could be better - I hope my children never think of me the way I think of her. She does these horrible things and yet, I am the bad mother for letting Landry cry for 4 minutes! Let's just say I am not taking ANY parenting tips from that woman!