Logan is thisclose to crawling. He's gotten on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth and has ventured out and taken a few crawls. He's also trying to stand on everything. It's so cute to see him stand up. We thought Isabel was a tiny walker, but Logan is even smaller! He's been teething like crazy and just wants to chomp on everything. I gave him some melba toast yesterday and he absolutely loved it.
I don't even want to post about it, but Logan has been sleeping from 8pm until I get him up to nurse before I hit the gym (4:45am) and then going back to sleep until 7-8am. It's AWESOME!!! It's been going on since we got back from Houston (Sunday), so maybe it'll stick? Brian and I resolved to maybe try and let him cry it out after getting up 2-3x's a night for almost 8 months. One night he was up 4x's and I had just had enough. I told Brian that was it, we were doing it. My body needed more than 3 hours of sleep at once. Of course I chickened out and just couldn't do it. Maybe Logan heard us talking? I don't care what the change was, I'm just SO glad I'm getting more sleep. I'm a much happier and more patient mom with some sleep.
Isabel has been having a bit of a rough time recently. She's at the stage where she's saying something and knows what she's saying, but 1/2 the time we can't understand her. She has very clear ideas of what she wants and doesn't stop until she gets it or after she whines and cries for 30 minutes. She's still been having some biting issues. The behavioral specialist observed her at school on Monday and has some tips for us. She said to consistently use hand signals to reinforce our firm "no." I've been trying it and I'm hopeful that it will help. I dread looking at her daily report from school because it almost always says that she's bit a friend or tried to beat someone up. On a positive note she had school pictures Wednesday and the photographer said she was the best little model he had seen. :) Her teachers both said what a cute picture she took, so I'm anxious to see them when they come in. We're heading to playgroup today for the first time in a long time, so hopefully she'll be on her best behavior!
Yesterday was the 16th anniversary of my first date with Brian. To celebrate I made some freaking awesome beef tenderloin, blue cheese mushrooms, creamed spinach, steamed snap peas, and a the same chocolate amaretto pave that I made last year for dessert. I tipped the bottle on the amaretto since I'm not pregnant this year and it was heavenly. We've been making a special dinner for each other on January 13th every year. We used to take turns, but now Brian will only make it on a weekend due to work. I do remember this trifle he made one year I think when we were seniors in high school. He got the recipe from Jan and it was so good! In 2013 the 13th falls on a Sunday, so maybe I can get him to make it again.
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