Howdy Partner!

Last night was family night at Alex's school, and it had a Western theme. They provided all the kids with cowboy hats and scarves, and they had a bunch of activities that centered around the western theme. Unfortunately Marlon was out of town and unable to go, but Kellan and I represented the family! He slept through the entire 2 hours, which was good!

My little cowgirl!

Sitting on her log in front of a "campfire" (notice the change in scarf color--a typical woman, indecisive)

Eating her trail mix

A self portrait of me and the kids

My little guy, who is quickly becoming not so little, is now 7 weeks old (almost 8)! No, he's not wearing makeup in the below picture, he just had a bath and has a fresh coating of lotion on. I gave up on fighting the hair that always sticks up and just went with it, just letting it stand up! I think we're having a sleeping breakthrough these days....last night he slept for 6 hours straight--unfortunately it was from about 9pm-3am, which doesn't do so much for me since I'm typically not asleep by 9 to maximize the sleeping period, so my goal is to manipulate that a bit tonight with his schedule and hope that he eats for the last time around 11pm and sleeps for another 6 hours or so (unless last night was just a fluke!). It may take a little more time but we're making progress! I've noticed over the past 2 nights that instead of waking up crying really hard to eat, he's been kind of half-waking up, as if he's not sure if he wants to keep sleeping or wake up and eat, so there has definitely been a change. He's realizing that sleep is nice!! Mommy can't wait to have a solid night's sleep-my first in almost 2 months!