Sleepy?

 

Doesn't he look guilty in this photo? In addition to being guilty of being cute he is guilty of being a horrible sleeper. In fact, I crown him the super-duper grand champion of not sleeping. This kid is killing me. For the past 2.5 months he has not slept through the night. Not even close. In fact, he wakes up and wants to eat every 3 to 4 hours. He went for longer stretches when he was 6 weeks old. I've tried to break the habit by letting him cry. He cries for a solid hour with no signs of relenting. I've tried to rock him back to sleep without feeding him. He wakes up every 40 minutes if I do this. We've tried swaddling, not swaddling, cereal in his last bottle, pacifier, no pacifier. Nothing is working. Last night we put him to bed at 8:00. He was awake at midnight. I rocked him to sleep and he was awake again at 12:45. I fed him. He was awake again at 5:45. At this point we are just trying to hang on until next week when he has his tubes put in. We are praying this will provide all of us some relief. Little stinker!!

Five Months

If I had only two words to sum up month five those words would be ear infection. Poor Will has had 3 consecutive ear infections over the past month. They have been so bad that he's had two ruptured eardrums. They hurt so bad that he refuses to eat. The pain and hunger mean he's waking up multiple times each night--anywhere between 2 to 6 times. He hasn't slept through the night a single time in the past month. I am also in pain. Last week, after the 3rd diagnosis the pediatrician gave us a referral to ENT. We will be getting tubes soon. When he is not in excruciating pain he is the happiest little guy. He loves to smile and talk and watch his sisters. We've gotten a few laughs out of him this month as well. 

Beanie Weenie

 

I have a hard time coming up with dinner ideas. Each week I ask the kids for suggestions and they usually don't come back with anything other than cinnamon rolls, tacos, or macaroni and cheese. Today, Evy came up with a new idea. "That thing with the hot dogs cut up and beans and that sauce." I finally realized that she meant beanie weenies or beans and franks. Apparently this was one of her favorite dishes at preschool. I figured there had to be more of a "recipe" than dumping hot dogs into a can of beans so I Googled and found this recipe. I am shocked to report that it was very good. And, Evy ate three bowls full. Not the healthiest possible dinner idea, but I call it a win-win. And this gourmet dish is going into the rotation!

A Week of Halloween

We kicked off Halloween on Friday, October 24 at Scott's office celebration.

 

 

On Saturday we hosted 15 kids for Evy's Halloween birthday party.

 

On Saturday night Scott and I escaped to an adult Halloween party.

 

On Monday the girls wore costumes to dance class.

 

On Tuesday we collected pounds of candy at my office.

 

On Wednesday we finally got around to carving pumpkins.

 

Friday started off with a Halloween party at Charlie's school (I don't have a photo). Then, on Friday afternoon Evy had a costume parade at school.  

 

After school on Friday, Evy's friend had a little pre-trick or treat party.

And then, after we had been celebrating Halloween for 8 days we finally went Trick or Treating.

Charlie's loot.

This is what Will did while I took the girls trick or treating.

 

And then he woke up and was ready to party!

 

Bonus Question: How many different costumes did Evy wear throughout the week?