I don't know....

I am the worst sleep helper to Hannah. I don't have any clue on how to teach her to sleep on her own or sleep through the night. I am a super big wimp and know i couldn't handle her crying it out at night, but I read the no cry sleep solution, with no solutions for me.

I was able to get Hannah out of the habit of being breast fed to sleep, and I came up with a routine for nap times and bedtime, but nothing really works. I have to admit that I started rocking Hannah and singing her songs before bed, but by the time I would lay her down she was pretty much out. So now I keep thinking I should let her learn to fall asleep on her own, but it has now been 45 min of the poor girl crying since she doesn't know why I won't snuggle her.

I really need Hannah to start sleeping better at least through the night. Last week she did really good, only waking up once and we were back in bed within 15 min, but the last few nights have been 4 times awake again. She also still takes 4 30-45 min naps a day. It really is wearing me down and i feel like I am going crazy sometimes!! Anyway I just needed to vent and talk this out. I am out of ideas and I know since i can't let her cry it out at night that I will just have to endure, but can't she at least sleep for longer than 2 hours? Okay I am done complaining! Thanks for letting me get that all out.

Besides sleeping, Hannah is the most beautiful and fun little girl! She smiles at us all day long, giggles and thinks I am funny! She loves her daddy and goes on flirty on him when he walks in the room! She loves to stand up and is starting to try and walk along the couch. She is also trying to move forward, doesn't get crawling yet, but rolls around and stretches to reach what she wants. She is so cute and more of her personality comes out each day!!

Well as I finish this up, Hannah is finally quiet, which gives me more hope. I know it is my own fault that she doesn't know how to sleep on her own since I have never stuck to that, so I wil just have to endure teaching her this again! We will succeed!!! Also does anyone have any ideas of at home work I could do to make some extra money?? Anything i could do with Hannah around!! Thanks again for letting me ramble on!! I feel better now!!

soon!!!

So our computer decided to die on us! I have been without a computer this whole past week and have felt so out of touch with the whole world. It is amazing what technology offers to us and when we are without it we don't know what to do! So we now are borrowing Kevin's computer until we can fix ours so soon I will get some pictures up here!!!

7 Months!!

Can you believe she is 7 months already! She is growing so fast and learns so much each day! She can now sit up on her own with only a few unbalanced times. She still talks all day, but her favorite thing to do is growl! She is finally sleeping better through the night which is nice....for those of you who are stronger, I just can't let her cry it out, maybe soon, but for now I am happy and okay with waking up once in the night.

So the picture above is how we found her this morning. She has never been a tummy baby so to find her sleepy deeply there was a first. Chris just had to take a picture and the flash didn't even wake her up (the room was dark). Usually we don't bug her while she is sleeping, but her naps are getting better and she had been asleep for over an hour which is still a little unusual so I just peeked in! She really is getting better at naps which is sooooo nice. She was taking 4 30min naps a day, but for the past week and a half at least once a day she takes an hour and a half nap. So now she is down to about 3 naps a day. Hopefully soon she will just take 2, 2 hour naps!! That would be Heaven!! Hahaha, i know i am dreaming!!!

Coast Trip

Chris and I have found a new love...camping in a yurt! We have done this a few times over the past 2 years and this last Monday we went again! We picked the stormiest day of the year, but it was still fun and an adventure! Hannah had fun hanging out, she even slept through the rain and wind!

Hannah decided to try and eat the car she was so hungry!!

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A few new things...

Our angel with the green ball. Grandma has always been the angel on top of our tree!! I think she looks pretty good up there!!

Our cute little tree. Hannah thinks it is a new toy!

Here is the quilt I have been working on and just finished tonight!! I am so excited to be done!!!

Okay so my first one looked better, but here is a new style of bread I learned to make. I was asked to make bread for the Creche display. It had to look like old fashion bread! It actually tastes pretty good!

And of course here is cute Hannah with her chubby little legs. We were watching the Civil War game and she was cheering along with Chris!

GO DUCKS!!!