HE DID IT!!!!!!

My little man is now sleeping through the night!

He can go from 8 to 8 without a peep!

After a pregnancy filled with insomnia & the past 5 months filled with night feeds; the interrupted sleep had started taking it's toll! I finally buckled down & decided that he was old enough & really didn't need the night feed any longer. I'm one of those moms; like so many, who cannot let their sweet baby "cry it out". So every morning at 3 am; like clock work, he'd wake & want to eat. Instead of trying the dreaded "cry it out", I'd pick him up, rock him & put in his pacifier. After 3 nights he just stopped waking up for it. I guess he thought it really wasn't worth it anymore!
I woke up at 6 feeling oddly refreshed! YEAH! I had forgotten how great it feels to actually sleep through the night.

Thanks Adam! Mommy loves you!

Fun at Jenny's..

After the kiddos woke up from their nap, we headed over to Jenny & Dallas' for some swimming, bbq & beer! We always have such a great time with them relaxing & watching the girls have a blast together. It's SO nice to have friends who you can just be yourself around & genuinely enjoy their company. Madison has been swimming SO much this summer that she has already learned to swim!! She jumps off of the step & paddles to me! I'm so proud!!

At bedtime, we layed the kids down & had fun in the pool making cannon balls, taking silly pictures & debating about various subjects... usually; marriage, politics, etc... You know, the kind where the women gang up on the men & vise versa! Fun stuff!!!

Here's a pic of my sweet little man hanging out & smiling of course. That's what he always does!

Happy 4th of July!!

We had a great 4th of July this year! We went to a party at Kevin & Sarah's for BBQ & then hung out in the cul-de-sac to watch the fireworks! The neighbors went all out! It was really a great show! Madison was already in bed- but Trent just had to get her up so she wouldn't miss a thing! He told her that this is what happens after she goes to bed at night! Mean!!

Daddy & Adam hangin' out at the BBQ!

Madison & Daddy watching the fireworks before she passed out!

My little fish!!

Madison has officially become the fish that we always knew she'd be! With our genes it was inevitable! I took her & Adam to one of the neighborhood pools & met Constanze & the kids. She loved jumping off the side & going under the water! After these pictures were taken, she insisted on jumping without the life jacket on! You go girl! I'm glad she's so

comfortable in the water! Soon she'll be swimming laps!

JUNE 2008...

Was filled with fun in the sun...