I am so long overdue for a post. It has been so hard to find time to blog. It is amazing how we are home much of the time, but finding quiet time to just sit at my computer is much harder than I thought.
I have been working hard at getting the kids into more of a routine with naps and bedtime. Each day, as long as we are home, the kids are down for their naps by 1:00-2:00 p.m. Then in the evenings, we have been working to have them in bed by 9:00-9:30 p.m. Merci has been the hardest to get on the schedule. It has not been because she is not tired, but because it seems that she sleeps better when I put her down a little later. I was putting her to bed at 8:00-8:30 p.m. but it seemed she woke more by going down so early. Since being on this schedule she has only been waking on average one time and it is ALWAYS 45 minutes to an hour after laying her down. I haven't quite figured out why, except that during her last feeding she gets a little gasy. Other than that, she has been sleeping through the night from when she goes down until about 5:30 - 6:30 a.m. This is great. Camden has always been a good sleeper for us. He did have a few nights this past week where he woke up coughing and one night when he fell out of bed. Otherwise, he sleeps great. By 8:30 every morning, we are all up, fed, and ready for the day. I can not tell you what a sense of satifaction that brings!!
Camden is doing well. The hardest part of the cold and snow is keeping him occupied. Being stuck inside has gotten to him and he tends to get a little wild in the evenings. We've played lots of games and lots of pretend play. We will finally be going to Chuck-E-Cheese tomorrow to celebrate his potty training success. I hope that once the weather gets nicer we will be able to go out more and do more outside activities.
Miss Merci is about to cut her two bottom teeth. You can see the white buds all swollen and I am sure they are sore. She is a little fussy with them, but mostly just drools a TON! We have had to wear bibs on her all the time and she drentches them all the way down to her clothes. I will be glad, as will she, once those two teeth come through.
Well, speaking of Miss Merci, I hear her in the monitor awaking from her nap. I am going to have to close for now, but I will try to post again soon. Our love to all of you.
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I've got lots of pics to post, so be watching for they will be posted ASAP.
