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Due in March

Sleep Update

Night one: Hayden wouldn't stay in his bed when we put him down. It took about 20 minutes but he eventually slept in his bed. He slept about 10 hours. He got up 1 hour earlier then normal but I guess you can't complain about that.

Night two: I got him to nap in his bed, but it took some struggling. Bed time started the same way but he eventually went down. He woke up at 4:20 am. I ignored him for awhile then went to put him in bed. Basically I let him know we were still her and we loved him but it was bed time (Kind of like what we did when he was 6 months). Well he didn't like that. I ignored him. Next thing I know he climbed over the gate that we have in his doorway to keep him in his room. This boy is a monkey! It was pretty high. So now I have no way of keeping him in his room and stopping him from just walking out. If I can keep him in his room he eventually climbs into bed and will sleep...

Who needs sleep?

Oh how I miss this...


So Hayden has realized that he can get out of his crib. He has been able to do this since Feb but just started again. The other day I put him to bed. I was reading the paper. About 40 minutes after I put him to bed there he was right next to me. He scared the crap out of me. He got out without making a peep! Great...

So now the last 2 days he won't nap. He climbed out of his crib 15 times yesterday. So no nap. He went to bed ok that evening. At 2 am I woke up to big thud and crying. I thought he climbed out of bed and hurt himself and went to check on him. He was still in bed. But I ruined it. He climbed out several times.

I did something I never did when he was a baby and put him in bed with me. That didn't work. He would lay and then be almost asleep then either talk ("Mommy, Kennedy is at school"), once he pulled Mike's chest hair, and several other annoy ing things. Or he would just scream and cry uncontrollably. Finally he layed down right on my stomach and started to sleep or so I thought. It was so uncomfortable. He was hurting me and my arm was asleep so I waited as long as I could and I whispered to mike for help. Well I guess Hayden wasn't asleep b/c he stood up.

So I took him back to his crib and laid on the cushions next to it and kept stopping him from climbing out. Eventually at 5 am or so (3 hours later!!!!) he went to bed. I woke up super uncomfortable and went back to my bed. At 6 am, when I had finally fallen asleep, Mike's parents who were visiting knocked and woke us up to have mike take them to the airport b/c they got an earlier flight.

So I got no sleep and was a walking zombie at work. Hayden didn't sleep at my sisters house today even though he was exhausted. He climbed out of the pack and play there.

Tonight we built him his bed. I know he will climb out of it like all of the other nights but at least I can ignore him b/c he can climb back in (which he couldn't do with his crib). He has already cried for a half hour. I have him gated in his room! He is so stubborn. I wish he had some of Mike's personality and not all mine...

Needless to say my boy has been a beast! Tantrums, crying, whining, etc. He will be good for 20 minutes and then just lose it. He definitly needs some rest. So do I. I guess this is good practice for when our little girl comes. (What was I thinking??!! :) Great, I will have a 2 year old that doesn't nap and I will never get to nap with the baby. Oh well.

Happy Fall

We took some fall pictures last week when the weather was nice. We officially need a new SLR camera b/c it just would not focus. Most of my pictures were out of focus. Here are a few that weren't. As you can see Hayden loved playing in the leaves.

Mike and Hayden in their matching old man hats...


Burried in the leaves...

Boy or Girl????

So do you think we are having a boy or a girl???

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we went to the pumpkin patch. I avoid crazy places like soergels. Too crowded and expensive. We headed to Shenot Farm instead. The hayride to the patch is free. Hayden absolutely was enthralled with the tractors for the hayride. That is all he talked about.

Here we are on the hayride with our free apples:


We walked thru the corn maze but Hayden got mad b/c he couldn't see the tractors...


We picked out a nice pumpkin:


Then just walked around and had some fun:






It was a gorgeous day. It was very sunny. Later we took some nice fall pictures that I will post later...

Warm Weather Weekend

The weather has been warm lately. One day even in the 80's. Last weekend we did as much outside as we can before it gets too cold. We took a short hike in the woods at Settler's Cabin park, we cleared a path in our backward to the trails, we hit golf balls, we went to dormont park (at night and it was still warm), and to the pumpkin patch. I will post the pumpkin patch pictures later. Our computer is acting up.

We also have celebrated Mike's 34th birthday. You can read about the meal I made him at my recipe site: here

Here are some pictures of our walk. Hayden was a little cranky. He kept wanting to see "doggies". Of course when they get close he cries...




Hayden with his walking stick... a must for all walkers!



A side shot of pregnant Brooke. Almost 5 months along...

Updated

Soccer season is almost done... well the regular season. Then its on to playoffs. We have won our section for the 3rd straight year. We are currently ranked anywhere from 2nd to 4th depending on which paper you read.

If you ask Hayden where mommy is he says Mommy go ball. :( Its almost done buddy!

We had senior night the other day and I took Hayden with me. He loved watching the girls go thru the balloons and he would get a big smile and clap for them. He gave almost each of them knuckles when they walked by. Very cute.

Here are 2 links to articles about the team and for once they didn't make me sound dumb:

Post gazette click here

The Almanac click here

Here are some pictures from senior night:

(Mike took this one and got someone's hand in it!)




Hayden giving knuckles to some of the girls:

For Aunt Season

For Aunt Season...and anyone else that likes "potty" humor.

PS. Hayden can't really say the "s" sound yet. That is why its only "nut"