Lately. (Part 1 of ??)

Hi there. Yep, the sleep is still quasi-abundant at the Beer household. Every time I stop to think about the sleep going on here I get this picture in my head of the cartoon "light shining down from heaven scene" and a chorus of "AAAAaaaa" rings in my head.

Dramatic? I'm allowed to be.

This may or may not be from my April 2013 folder...

Biggest news? We moved. 15 minutes closer to my husband's work which brings his commute down to 45 minutes on a good traffic day. Which, if you have ever lived in Columbus then you know how often that occurs on 270. Side note: seriously, get over. There are like 10 lanes on that freeway. Get. Over.

The Old House

We went from an 1930 fixer-upper to a 1960 only-need-some-paint-and-as-we-found-out-later-new-carpet dream. Seriously, why is it easier to clean this house? I mean, it's bigger, as in, we don't know what to DO with all of the space (who am I kidding, we are figuring it out), but just easier to clean and put things away.

Favorite parts? TWO sinks in one of the TWO bathrooms (no more pushing each other off the step stool while brushing teeth - and the boys are getting along better too). The laundry ROOM. The PLAYROOM. Yep, finished basement is now a play room. What's that? You don't see any toys in the living room? Boom!

Dramatic? I'm still allowed to be.

So, that's it for now. I still am using nap time to unpack, clean, paint, or maybe, take a nap myself. Especially since I have some short nappers here. Hey, beggars can't be choosers!

Easter 2013. I'm a little behind.

Sleep! Glorious sleep!

Hi there.

It's been a while.

I'm happy to be here again, it's been on my mind a lot. Mostly the mom guilt. If I don't write things down here, then they really aren't being written down.

Sorry mom.

I finally put my foot down and my non-sleeper (Micah) is finally sleeping. Pay no attention that he just turned 18 months-old this past week.

So, you get to enjoy my gramatically incorrect ramblings again, and I get to lessen the mom-guilt.

Winning!

9 & 10 Months - MBB

I'm sorry to skip a month Little Man. You and your brother have not been sleeping well for a long while now. You both have been sick twice and a little more needy than you normally are, so blogging has taken a backseat. I sometimes get a little frustrated that no matter the time I set my alarm you will both beat that time, and it's been difficult to get up before 6. Very difficult.

Despite the lack of sleep you are such a fun, happy baby. You have a little ornery streak and love to entertain people and yourself. You will be happy immediately upon waking and only get cranky right before you want to go to sleep. 

You are now very efficient (read:FAST!) at crawling and you will pull yourself up on everything and creep around the furniture. You seem content with that for now and I don't think you will try walking soon. Foolishly I am hoping in the next month however so that you can play outside better with Asher this summer.

You still love the Tickle the Tiger book as evidenced by it's torn binding. You still have no interest in letting me read them to you but you love to turn pages. You still love your green ball and like to throw it and retrieve it. Your favorite toys are a couple of polka dot spatulas and a couple of wooden spoons which we get some funny comments about out in public. You will stir things around in bowls or containers at home.

You have mastered going up the stairs but are just figuring out how to get back down. You can get down the first two steps on the landing but only if you are still facing up as you haven't figured out how to turn around to come back down yet.

You just keep growing and growing and growing little one! I try to soak in as much of you as I can while it's still left! We love you oh so much!