Friday, February 06, 2009

Luke's a Big Boy!

We took the plunge. We converted Luke into a toddler bed.  Luke never tried to crawl out of his crib and has always been a really good sleeper.  Then one day he decided he didn’t want to sleep in his crib anymore.  Bedtimes were becoming a battle and he started waking up more in the nights then he did when he was 4 months old.  We noticed how he liked to pull up the sheets and blankets on our bed and decided it was time.   It took him about a week to discover he could get out of his bed.  Then began the game.  He would appear in our room at random times of the night and shout out “mama” with as much excitement as a two year old can fester at 3 AM.  Before we knew it, we had a problem.  We did our research and decided that the Super Nanny Approach to bedtime was the way to go.  It took 9 times the first night we tried it, but since then, he’s been sleeping great!


One of the many nights we had to get him to fall asleep in our bed before carrying him back to his crib.
So excited to be in his own bed.

It was just a matter of time before the pugs decided it was small enough for them.

Couldn't wait for mom to put on the sheets, had to test it out right away.  Butt in the air and all!




Christmas- finally

Wow, it’s been awhile since we’ve had a chance to update.  It’s been a crazy couple of months.  Christmas was wonderful.  Though Luke woke up Christmas Eve morning with a fever of 102.  We were the first patients at our local Urgant Care.   We rushed him there worried that if we tried to wait it out that day, we’d end up at Primary Children’s on Christmas morning.  Luckily we went with our gut, Luke had an ear infection.  Then the germs made the rounds.  Elisa woke up sick on Christmas morning.  Though we had a nice day, we were happy to go home and rest. 


Dressing up in mom and dad's goods.

Luke loved his microwave and play food from the grandparents

Luke's drum set

Oops. "Santa" was up all night putting together the train.  Though he didn't quite finish the entire train set, he also forgot to finish off the cookies.  Mom and dad forgot to put the cookies away before Luke woke up.  Cookies for breakfast?!