Preparing for Texas

This Thursday I'm hoppin' on a plane to Texas to hang out with my fam for the weekend. My younger sister Angie has decided to go through the temple for the first time, and I wanted to be there for it. We decided that I would just go by myself and Cameron, and Leah will be staying with Logan's mom for a couple of days and with Logan for the other two days. I'm sad that Logan and Leah won't be coming with me, but I think it will work out better for all of us this way. I'm so excited to see my brother Matt, his wife Kristin and their darling family as well as the other members of my family who live in Texas.

I think we'll plan on going there this summer as a family for a week trip. Then Leah can go swimming and play with her Nana and Papa. I just wish that it wasn't so darn expensive to fly there.

Leah dancing around

This was a video of Leah dancing around on our drive way in her diaper. This was last fall before Cameron was born.

Cameron and Leah videos

Cameron doing tummy time



Leah and Mom making banana bread

Cameron laughing

Logan got Cameron to giggle last night before we put him to bed.

Trying to get a good night's sleep

Before Cameron was born, I bought the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" which was one that I read a little while Leah was a baby but didn't really get into it. We didn't know that we would need to train Leah to sleep through the night until she was six or seven months old. She got into some pretty bad habits and continues to have trouble sleeping some times.

So I thought that when we had Cameron I would learn more about how to get your children to sleep well and try my best to use the methods earlier with him.

So far, he has done much better at sleeping than Leah. He usually sleeps for 5-7 hour stretches at night, and takes 2-3 hour naps in the afternoon. And he doesn't sleep at night with a pacifier. This was a bad habit that Leah developed as a baby that as soon as the binkie came out, she would awake and we would have to put it back in. I hope we can continue to help Cameron sleep well, and by the time he's four months (just a ball-park figure) he'll be sleeping straight through the night. That would be wonderful, especially since it seems like I haven't had a good night's rest in a long time.

Here's a recent picture of Leah playing with Logan on Sunday afternoon. I'm usually feeding or changing Cameron so she loves to have one-on-one time with Logan. She's had some issues with taking a nap this week. I guess some days she doesn't feel tired enough to lay still and fall asleep. So this morning I took her to a McDonald's with an indoor play area. I think climbing all through the tunnels made her tired enough because she took a nap today. And I am a happy mom when that happens.