Making progress (again..)

Caden has fallen back to his pattern of not wanting to sleep in his own room this past week. He was doing so awesome the week before after we did CIO. I am clueless at how things can change over night.

Monday night Caden went down with no problem, but woke up at 4am Tuesday morning. Of course, the day I have to go back to work after a long extended weekend. I tried letting him cry, but it was no use. An hour later I needed to start getting ready for work, so I just got him up with me. (Getting ready for work with a toddler is quite interesting! He does like to stand in front of the mirror and brush his hair like Mommy.)

Tuesday through Friday we let him CIO for bedtime. I thought the crying would get better reach night, but it last approximately an hour each night. I will have to say that this crying was not as bad as the first time I ever attempted CIO. He was not gagging or hysterical by any means. He was crying with more breaks in between. He even fought me on his nap Friday, but only cried for 25 minutes, so that was some improvement.

Last night he only cried for 20 minutes, so FINALLY we are making some progress. From all I've read on-line this process can take up to a week. I guess I was lucky the first time around when he cried for only 2 nights.

Wordless Wednesday

I love this boy

How could I not love this boy?! I can't. He is simply irresistible, and for all these reasons and more:

He loves his "doggy" and cuddles her non stop...

because he tries to be a big boy and sit on the arm of the couch....

because he is silly.....

because he is sweet and innocent...

and so peaceful when he is sleeping..

he loves to be outside and just be a boy...

because he hides behind the table and plays with the blinds (even though he knows he is not allowed)...

and because I find his toys in places they shouldn't be...

because he is beautiful....

I love this little boy of my mine.

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On a "milestone" note - look who is not afraid of the spoon!

He has been taking bites here and there from his cereal, but at grandma's house this weekend he started feeding himself applesauce. We were so proud of him, but what a mess! I guess he has to learn even if that means flinging food all over. Thanks to Mia for being our mop!

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20 weeks.... this marks half way through my pregnancy. I can't believe how fast it is going this time around. Last night Ryan was able to feel Adisyn bouncing around for the first time. She didn't hide from her Daddy like Caden used to.

While I can't wait to meet little Adi, I am not anxious to give birth just yet. I am happily enjoying this pregnancy as this will be our last.

Status Report-Beginning of September 2009

At some point during the first few months of Caden's life I came across this blog while researching a delayed vaccine schedule. She has a lot of good information on the subject if you want to head over there. Anyway, she had an fun blog idea that I believe originated from this blog Fun, right?
Or maybe it is that I'm just bored right now and this sounded like fun.

Who knows, but either way......

Status Report-Beginning of September 2009

Sitting. . . at my computer desk (at work or at home... does it really matter?)

Drinking. . . Water!

Moving. . . too much these days. I'm always on top of Caden keeping him out of trouble.

Reflecting. . . on how fast time has gone by since we had Caden. I cannot believe he is 16 months old already.... walking and saying some words... He was so tiny and now he is a little toddler.

Planning. . . not much.... but much planning is in our near future.

Looking forward to. . . my mom flying in to visit at the end of this month. I can't wait!

Wanting. . . to have a night alone with my husband, so we can go out on a date and actually hear ourselves talk to each other without any distractions.

Hoping. .. that everything falls into place and that my Aunt fights her battle against ovarian cancer.
Regretting. . . that I did not get to eat ice cream today.

Glad. . . that I have a four day weekend.

Surprised. . . at how much more energy I've had these last couple of weeks. I'm tired, but not to the point where I want to fall face forward into the ground.

Studying. . . I'm not.

Frustrated. . . with trying to find a home that will suit our family's needs at an affordable price.

Not sure. . . if I ever want to do a status update again. It's seems kind of long.

Eager. . . to look at a beautiful home on Tuesday, but I don't want to be let down.

Enjoying. . . life and this pregnancy.

Missing. . . my parents. I wish they did not live so far away.

Bummed. . . that my husband has to work on Monday. I was looking forward to spending some extra time with him this weekend.

Our little girl has a name....

Ryan and I have finally agreed to a name for our little girl. We both LOVE the name we chose just as much as when we chose Caden.
Her name will be......

Adisyn Emily

I imagine we will most likely call her Adi when she is little, but when she grows up she will have a more "grown up" and sophisticated name.
A few other names we had on our list:

Kendall
Rylie
Isabel
Kayla

If Caden was a girl, we were going to name him Madison Emily. (Emily is my late grandmother's middle name) I love Madison, but I do hear that name quite a bit. I am hoping to avoid my child in a classroom with 5 other children with their name. It may still happen anyway. Caden is becoming very popular and I know Adisyn is not in the dark. Adisyn is so close to Madison and when I brought it up to Ryan he really liked it. We slept on it overnight and fell in love with her name even more. I couldn't be more excited.