Bedtime : Part 2

After about a week of Andrew sleeping on the floor in his sleeping bag, I decided to take the bed rails off of his bed to wash all of the bedding. As soon as they were off he was up in his bed so fast playing and reading. Hmmm...maybe he was feeling a bit claustrophobic up there with all of his blankets and stuffed animals being squished together on his twin bed (made a bit smaller with the rails!) So we took the bed frame and box spring out of his room for now and rearranged things a bit...

I'll let you know if this works!

Bedtime

We have been working to finish Andrew's big boy bedroom and were feeling pretty good about the way that it was turning out. I think that we are enjoying it more than he is. Here is how we found him last night an hour after he had gone to bed...




And tonight...
We hope that this will soon pass...we wait until he falls asleep and then lay him in his bed for the night. Any ideas? Has anyone gone through this with their little one? Help!!

UPDATE: Andrew slept well last night and is sleeping very well right now for his nap (I just checked on him and heard snoring.). He is sleeping in his sleeping bag on the floor of his bedroom :)

Movin' On Up

On top of the craziness of the holidays, Andrew learned how to climb (or jump, we are not quite sure) out of his crib! We thought that this was a great time to transition him to a "big boy bed!" He has been loving it and has been sleeping better at night and longer for his naps on a regular basis. Hallelujah! We are still finishing the decorating - heading to Hobby Lobby over the weekend - but it is turning out quite nice I think. I will post more pictures when it is complete.




The crib is now sitting in our playroom awaiting the next Brasher baby...

not ours, our little niece or nephew will be sleeping in it this July!

Chaos!

The past few weeks have been busy, very busy, for our family. We have traveled a lot to spend time with family and friends over the holidays - and enjoyed every minute of our time together. I just wish that we could have skipped over the flu that hit us as soon as we got home! Yuck!

I have so many pictures from these times (those that know me well, know that I have MANY pictures!) but I thought that I would choose just a few...

The kids with their new Christmas Eve PJ's - leaving cookies and (chocolate) milk for Santa. Lauren "knows that chocolate milk is his favorite!"

Andrew ripping open the first of his presents.
I think that Lauren was almost done opening hers at this point!

Lauren in one of her new Princess dresses.

Andrew loves Santa!

We had our first bowling experience while we were at Nana & Papa's. Lauren loved it and had the highest score of us all...we won't mention the gutters that popped up on her turn or the ramp that she used to roll the ball down the lane.....

Merry Christmas!

I had good intentions of sending Christmas cards this year,
but they are still sitting in the box !
Maybe next year...

I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas
and a safe and Happy New Year!

Cookie Weekend

What a wonderful weekend we are having...and it is only Saturday!! We had our 4th Annual Cookie Day today. Our families come to our house...the ladies make Christmas cookies and the men do manly things (a.k.a nap, etc.). It is such a nice chance to get together and visit...and eat! A lot!!

Our turkey dinner before the baking began.

Lauren frosting sugar cookies.

A sampling of the cookies that we made this year. We usually get a picture with all of the cookies that we made, but must have missed this picture this year. Oops!

It was also Todd's 30th Birthday today!

Our family!
We are so glad that Daddy is home with us again!
We missed him!

Thomas

Andrew has just fallen in love with Thomas the Tank Engine in the past week or two. He always wants to watch Thomas and carries this book around with him EVERYWHERE...even to take a nap! I sure hope that Santa brings him some Thomas toys!

Andrew "reading" Thomas... I think that he sat still
long enough for me to take this picture and then he was off again!

Andrew and his "cheesy" smile!