Sleep, yes again....

So I messed it all up. We were doing so good. Then she was teething something terrible and I didn't let her cry, picked her up as soon as she started crying, rocked her completely to sleep for bed and all naps. Guess what? She started sleeping terrible. I don't think you can spoil a baby, but for lack of a better term I spoiled her. She didn't know how to go back to sleep. she wouldn't just cry, she would scream. Then when I went in her room she would give me one of these.....

I could just see it in her eyes "haha, I won again mom". She won a lot. So this week we are getting back on track. It is so much more work (to me) to sleep train than rocking them to sleep or cry it out. I let her cry for 15 minutes then go and pat her back and shhhh her till she calms down, leave, and usually repeat this more times than I care to think about. BUT it's only Wednesday and it's getting better. She took two long naps yesterday and this morning she just hung out in her crib playing for 30 minutes before I went and got her. Hands down, figuring out the sleep thing has been the toughest part of having a baby thus far. Although I know one day I will look back at this and wonder why i got so worked up about it. right now it just seems really big.

Easter 2012

Okay, so I'm in a blogging slump, but at the very least I wanted to to post some Easter pics! Since we don't live around family so Easter's never been much a holiday for us (as far as celebrating with ham and hard boiled eggs sort of way). This year was fun! And although she would of been just as happy with a big pile of newspaper (the girl loves her paper that's for sure) I went ahead and did an Easter basket. Because I am finding out buying your kid is just as much for you (if not more) than it is for them. Miss Ruby in her pretty dress.....

Our little family

Goodies from the Easter bunny

It was a wonderful day and to think that next year Miss Ruby will be able to go look for eggs- so fun!

Blue Bonnets!

This is definitely the spring thing to do down here...gotta have your blue bonnet picture with your kid! They are everywhere and just gorgeous and I finally have a kid I can plop down in the middle of them because don't babies normally hang out in fields of flowers on the side of the highway?

We were really hungry and it was getting dark so we just went to a friend's parents house down the road that had a few and took a few shots. I wasn't hoping for anything great, more just my South Texans duty to get the shot. They turned out pretty good though!






Looking forward to many, many more years of blue bonnets shots!

Goodbye smuglies

Our couches were gross. Not like dirty (although one time we did find a dirty fork in between the cushions) but just ugly. I hated them. I couldn't justify new ones though because these were only five years old and they worked. Man, they were comfy too. Darn you overstuffed cushions that felt so good to snuggled down into. Also we have people over a lot and although our friends are good sports about having to sit on the floor or some uncomfortable folding chair we definitely needed more seating.

Anyways, my friend Jessica is awesome and found some sweet deals on craigslist for me. I knew I wanted a Karlstad sectional. It just seemed like the most practical couch, great price, lots of seating. I was about to pull the trigger on one couch for $300 ( I think they are like $400 new + whatever for the differnet slipcover they had on it), then the next day she sent me another link for two couches for $350. Yes please!

So I was pumped to find out they were only six months old and had been sitting in a lobby of some fancy office building so had little to no real use. Score! Plus when we went to pick them up they threw in four throw pillows and had some guys load it up in the truck for us. Double score!

So thanks to Jessica for the sweet find and also my my friend Rachel for being our driver (we sure do miss our truck sometimes but we've got the 2nd best thing- friends with trucks ;) )

Old couches, again, not bad, just big and dark and didn't allow for much seating


My new beauties I heart so much....


Come over and sit on them with me!!!!