Big Accomplishment

We took all of the grandkids on Alan's side to have their pictures taken. We actually got a really cute one. It was a great accomplishment!

I also got a few with Carden and Max!

As far as sleep goes. It worked!!!!!!!!!!! For four nights straight. I was amazed. But the past two nights he has been up. Whatever!!!! I am used to it now. He only gets up for a few minutes and he has been staying in his bed. However, every morning now he says "I had good sleepies last night." He does not even know he gets up in the night. I love him so much with or without sleep! Just look at him picking his nose!

SLEEP STRUGGLES ANYONE?

This post is dedicated to all of you dealing with little ones giving you fits when it comes to any sort of sleep time! I have spent the last few months TRAINING Maxwell to sleep. It took some work and a lot of guilt but we have been successful. However, Carden has been so difficult when it comes to sleeping through the night. Usually around 3:00 a.m. we hear him crying and some gibberish talk followed by banging on the door. We have tried sleep charts, rewards, praise, punishment, etc. I have checked out books at the library and asked everyone I know what to do. He has always been an excellent sleeper (which I do take credit for).

My new plan…. (ya right, another attempt at sanity)
Earlier wake time. Earlier nap time. Earlier bed time. Yesterday was the first attempt. IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!! Now it may be a fluke but I am happy to have received 6.5 hours of straight sleep last night! It felt great. I was reading a few blogs and noticed so many of our friends are dealing with the same thing. I had to laugh. It is nice to know, Rossi Family, we were not the only ones with our lights on at 4:30 a.m. Max woke but went back down after only a few minutes. However, I had had over six hours of sleep. That is rare and so my body was not going to go back to sleep. I thought maybe I should go to the gym. However, it is not open at that time of the……morning…..or is it still night? So I RESTED in my bed and actually fell back asleep at 5:30 only to have cute Max wake for his morning feeding at 5:45. So, off to the gym I went after all.

Isn’t it nice to know many other lights are on around your neighborhood at 1:00, 3:00, or even 4:30 a.m.? No one is alone in the not so simply task of teaching our children to sleep.

SWEET DREAMS!

Summer Lovin'

I am so sad tonight because we just arrived home from our last summer trip we had planned. Can it really be fall soon? We spent the weekend in Eden with my whole family and the Whitney family. We had a great time. Swimming, motorcycle rides, hot tubbing, reminiscing about the good old days on Aplomado Drive, disciplining the children :(, frog catching, hot air balloons, BBQ's, snake training, and sooo much more. We had a great time and the kids were pretty good all things considered. I was bummed because many of our activities were cancelled because of the weather but we still had great times. We did not get any pictures but Bobbie took some of the kids so I will post those when I get them. I can't believe we did not get the camera out. We love the Whitneys and hope this tradition continues for years to come.

Happy 24th

Why does it seem summer is almost over? Maybe it was the big rain storm we had yesterday or the slight drop in temperature. Or possibly the summer holidays coming to an end. Or even the fact that I saw Halloween decorations in the store. Whatever it is, it has been a wonderful summer and I hope we can make the best of the last few weeks of HOT weather. We really need to use our pool pass up. As you can see, Alan made some new posts. We got some great photos this past week and had to share them. I find it funny how I will grab my camera more often because I see the kids doing something and think "That would be a great blog moment." Happy 24th! We are happy to live in this great state and love being so close to family and friends we love so much!

Viva La Revolucion!

Alan went on a surf trip to Mexico a few weeks ago with a some good surfing buddies (J-Bull Strong, Matt Strong and Mr. John Lake - aka Johnie Utah). This was just a prelude to many surf trips and family vacations to come, when the Revolucion begins and we have a vacation cottage south of the border.

Viva Los Gaviotas! Viva La Revolucion!!

What's the Buzz?

We finally did it! We buzzed Carden and now wonder why we did not do it sooner. No more crazy hair or wasting time trying to make him look decent. Alan broke down and shaved his head also. I LOVE IT! Also, he actually let me do it. I have never cut hair in my life and swore to his Mom I never would. Well, I am now the new barber in the house. The summer cuts look great.

Cowabunga Dude!

Bear Lake 2007

Check out Carden Kneeboarding!

We had a great time boating, eating icecream and shakes, golfing and hanging out with the family.

Good times were had by all.

Alan