Yes, even I want to cry sometimes!

Mister Mister is having a hard time going to bed at night. I specifically remember Brynn having this same issue around this age, but honestly, it feels more exhausting with him. Maybe it's because he's the second child and we are busier right now with school, jobs, and new responsibilities. Maybe it's because he's just a bad sleeper. Maybe it's because he can't wind down. I don't know how to help him get to sleep. He used to be our best one to go right to sleep. I don't know what other tricks to try to get him to go to sleep. He gets out of bed at least three times and each time we take him right back up. Sometimes he thinks it is funny but by the third time, he knows we're not happy. He is staying up until 9, sometimes even 10! :( While I don't think his naps are longer than normal at daycare, I am trying to figure out what is happening. It seems like ever since the time change, it's been much harder to get him to go to bed. Perhaps this is a phase? A growth spurt? As a result, frustrations occur nightly at our house.

Baptism

I am behind on my posts from Iowa, but we were able to celebrate and witness Jackson's baptism while back in IA. It was a fun, yet busy day.

Wedding Bells

My sister is getting married so that means we get to start trying on bridesmaids dresses! Whoohoo! Now that I have much less of a chest, I vote for the short dress although I love the one shoulder look. I guess we'll have to wait and see what Mary wants to pick or try on. There are lots and lots of cute dress links she's sent, so there are more options to try. Can't wait!

Poor Mister Mister!

Mister Mister was injured at daycare on Thursday. Dj called me and texted me and emailed me and so did our daycare director. Such is the life of a teacher who can't check her phone and sometimes email when teaching a class. That is definitely not good when your child gets hurt or is sick. I don't have a direct line to my classroom, so it's a bit inconvenient.

Regardless, let's talk about who matters here...MISTER! He was pushing a cart or a bike and tripped over his own feet (a common occurrence) while playing outside. Apparently he fell hard because he ended up scraping some fingers on one hand and on the other, it was much worse; he ended up cutting his fingernail in half...literally. Poor guy! I picked him up on Thursday and just gave him all of the sympathy he wanted. He was whining and wanted lots of love, so I gave him that and more.

We were finally able to convince him to let us remove his original band-aid and clean it up a bit and put on a new one. It was so swollen and looked so sore. :( Today, he seems a bit better and is using that hand more, although I bet it's still sore. Dj was able to pour some Hydrogen Peroxide on it and it really foamed up, so we knew it was starting to get infected. He took it like a champ (surprisingly) and hopefully that will allow us to clean it more often until the nail falls off. :(

I honestly don't know how this happened but he really must have fallen hard. The pictures above are nothing compared to what it looked like a couple of days ago...it looked pretty terrible.

Goooo State!

Let's win this one tonight!

Take a Picture of me, Mommy!

I hear this constantly. Miss poser wants me to take pictures of her all of the time. It's pretty funny. I get all sorts of poses, mostly dance-like.

Brynnisms #21

So funny...

I was sitting on the couch tonight finishing up my homework assignment for my Master's class this week. Brynn walks up to me and hands me a little pink tea cup..

Brynn: Here ya go mom, here's your Bud Light!

Me...(looking at Dj who is smirking): Ohhh thank you, I was thirsty! How did you know?

Brynn: Yeah, it's a little cup of Bud Light so tell me if you want more.

LMAO
Oh Dear...it reminds me of something funny I saw earlier today when I was looking at Cade's food pyramid and he had glued wine at the top of the pyramid in the "unhealthy" section...hahahaha

Kids are so smart.