Night #5

Success! It took from 830-10pm to get RDH to sleep (he cried/protested the entire hour and a half) but then he went down and I did not go into his room until 630am! I heard him wake up a few times during the night and fussy - but the longest he fussed was 7 minutes! YAY! this was the first night of sleep I have truly gotten in a year! It was awesome! After I nursed him at 6:30am, he fell back asleep long enough for me to shower and get ready for work! Good job RDH - lets have a repeat of this!

on another note, since i am not nursing him all night long, I worry about his breast milk intake. he refuses breastmilk in a sippy cup or bottle during the day, but he drinks a ton of water out of a sippy during the day. I am only nursing him in the morning and at 6pm and 8pm. I hope that is enough! I am not ready to start real milk yet...hoping he will take breastmilk out of a sippy cup soon, or else I will be donating the 500+ ounces I have in the freezer.

Night #3 and #4

Night #3 was great! It took from 8pm-930pm to get RDH down. Then he slept until 4am!! I fed him at 4am and then he went down and slept until 830am...in fact when I left for work, he was still sleeping. That would have been my first full night of sleep, BUT August came down with a cough that night that kept waking him up.....so I was upstairs 3 times during the night for August. Its good RDH had a good night since August didnt.

Night #4....we regressed. I spent from 8pm-10pm getting RDH down. He woke up at 11pm again and I went in there every XX minutes (extended each time) to soothe him. At 230am, (three hours later) he was still screaming. I was so exhausted that I just let him cry :-( he finally went to sleep at 3am, only to wake up at 4am. I was still too tired to move, so he cried again and then finally was asleep at 420am and slept until 630am when I got up to feed him.

whew.....hopefully night 5 goes better. Really Night #4 is the first night he has put himself to sleep, simply because i was so exhausted and could not get up again. All the other nights I was soothing him to sleep in between the intervals of crying.

I hope this ends soon, I hate hearing him cry!

Scroll down below for RDH's first birthday, trick or treating at Mommy's work, and August's field trip to the pumpkin patch

Fall Fun!

Trick or Treating at Mommy's work!





My lion and superman!




August Trick or Treating through the accounting department at Mommy's work
admiring our decorations
Our Ernst and Young "nerdy accountants" HAHHAHHA! Hard to believe my favorite intern from when I was a manager at EY is now running the ACC engagement! Time flies!
Janae at the pumpkin patch
August telling me the witch has no nose
August and Mommy at the Pumpkin patch
Mrs Gina's class takes a field trip to the pumpkin patch!
Ring around the rosey

Watching the big talking/singing pumpkin
Group shot of all the kiddos at Mrs Ginas. She has now hired a fulltime assistant! (Janae snuck in the shot too)

Mrs Ginas kids!

We love Ms Gina! RDH starts there this week!

ONE YEAR OLD!

BIG BOY!





On RDH"s birthday we took the boys to Zilker to ride the train and play on the playground. It was a beautiful day!
Michele came over on Monday to bring RDH "Pappas" a special gift! "Pappas" is her nickname for RDH. He loves his Michele!

Happy FIRST Birthday Richard Dean! - Pictures

BIRTHDAY BOY!
Cookie Monster cake, made by Grandma! August had this cake on his first birthday too! It was also the cake Mom made me for my first birthday.
August loved wearing the birthday hat!
Mommy and her boys!
Family picture

Singing Happy Birthday. Notice August's BIG smile


Here is the part in the song where you say "Happy Birthday to...." When we all said Richard Dean and not August, poor August's little heart broke. He was so upset :-( He didnt understand. We had to re-sing Happy Birthday to August!
Poor August
RDH first bite of cake
He didnt eat much of it
August loved the cake
RDH kinda just licked his hands


I'm done Mommy!
Opening gifts
My ONE year old!
An attempt at a family picture
RDH had a great birthday with Mommy, Daddy, August and his grandparents!