This makes me smile.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Blues
For the past two months sleeping has been a joke at our house. Ava has never been much of a good sleeper, but at least when we used to put her to bed I could count on a good four to five hours of uninterrupted sleep. Not these days. Its been a struggle for us to even get her to sleep. It's not that she's not tired either, she can barely hold her eyes open. But she changes positions every two seconds and whines. I know part of it is our fault somehow for this one reason or another and part of it I think is sleep regression.
During this time in a baby's life so many developmental things are going on and it's keeping the baby from being able to sleep. They are going through a growth spurt, teething, and learning new things.
But I cant help feel like a failure. This is the first time I feel truly helpless.
I thought the sleeping situation would have been awesome by this age but it's only been harder. I have tried several sleep methods. Crying it out has only resulted in Ava getting so upset she throws up and ,in turn, I end up having to change the sheets, clean Ava, and myself up. It's not fun. I have tried white noise, lullabies, reading, bedtime routines....no success.
I know I am having a mini pity party for myself right now, but I had to vent before I had an emotional meltdown. I sure hope we can all get some better sleep soon. On that note, I'm going to bed. Or attempt to. Goodnight moon!
During this time in a baby's life so many developmental things are going on and it's keeping the baby from being able to sleep. They are going through a growth spurt, teething, and learning new things.
But I cant help feel like a failure. This is the first time I feel truly helpless.
I thought the sleeping situation would have been awesome by this age but it's only been harder. I have tried several sleep methods. Crying it out has only resulted in Ava getting so upset she throws up and ,in turn, I end up having to change the sheets, clean Ava, and myself up. It's not fun. I have tried white noise, lullabies, reading, bedtime routines....no success.
I know I am having a mini pity party for myself right now, but I had to vent before I had an emotional meltdown. I sure hope we can all get some better sleep soon. On that note, I'm going to bed. Or attempt to. Goodnight moon!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Ava Lately
Ava Lately:- At her last well check appointment, Ava weighed 18 lbs. and is 28 inches long.
- She has two bottom teeth otherwise its still gummy smiles
- She does alot of jib jabbering but I think she knows dadda and momma :)
- She's crawling all over the place and couch/ottoman surfs. And a couple of times she's stood up for 2 seconds before realizing nothing was holding her up
- She is drinking 4 oz bottles and eats baby food and any other mashed up foods. She is able to feed herself finger foods
- SHE IS STILL NOT SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT
- She is still wearing some of her 6m clothes but we've moved to 9m clothes
- She is a happy girl. She loves to be chased. She has a funny laugh, I can't even describe it. It sounds fake lol
- She can wave hi and bye by opening and closing her fingers
- she just learned to clap and anytime she sees people clapping she drops what she's doing to join in, so cute!
haha speaking of not sleeping through the night, ava's up... gotta go...
Monday, January 3, 2011
Party Planning Mode
Okay, so I think Ava may be down for the count finally and I have time to blog some more :)
So with two big parties to plan this year I have been brain-storming like crazy.
First>> Ava's first birthday :) She turns one on St. Patrick's day. (She'll love this when she's older!) I considered the thought of having a St. Patricks Daysey themed party, but we are planning to do it the weekend following so no dressing her like a little leprachaun (spelling?) for the party. Maybe for the parade though :)
Since I have an obsession with cupcakes, I think that is what I am going with. Another reason to use my mini cupcake maker I got for Christmas :) and make these mouth-watering and oh-so cute red velvet cupcake bites/pops! I found the recipe at Bakerella.
So with two big parties to plan this year I have been brain-storming like crazy.
First>> Ava's first birthday :) She turns one on St. Patrick's day. (She'll love this when she's older!) I considered the thought of having a St. Patricks Daysey themed party, but we are planning to do it the weekend following so no dressing her like a little leprachaun (spelling?) for the party. Maybe for the parade though :)
Since I have an obsession with cupcakes, I think that is what I am going with. Another reason to use my mini cupcake maker I got for Christmas :) and make these mouth-watering and oh-so cute red velvet cupcake bites/pops! I found the recipe at Bakerella.
I can't wait to try these out :) Yummy!
Second>> The other party I am planning is Noah's mom's retirement/going away party. I am so happy to do this for her because she deserves a party just to celebrate her. She's always going to baby showers, bridal showers, etc. for other people and now it can be about her! She is retiring from being a kindergarten teacher and I am thinking of having a classroom/old school themed party. I found these ideas for it last night. Granted these are for a baby shower, but I can alter it for a retirement party.
love the incorporation of chalkboards
I want to go with either a report-card like or elementary tablet paper invitation
going to use a composition book as a guest book
You can't see them well in this picture, but I love the idea of hanging up giant flash cards
I was thinking school themed food like sandwiches, apples all through-out, with fun snacks (goldfish, pretzels, animal crackers) along with different types of dips, veggie/fruit trays...
School/classroom decore throughout... Cheesy? or Cute? I think it will turn out great and i think she'll be tickled, personally.
