New Van

Well, we finally did it................we bought a van. It was getting just way too hard to haul the kids, stroller, groceries and whatever else in our small mid sized cars. We traded in my Pontiac Sunfire for a 2004 Honda Odyssey. We are keeping Craig's Saturn. It is completely loaded and even has a DVD player(Preston is in Heaven with this feature). It only had 57000 miles on it and we just couldn't pass it up. It drives so nice and smooth and we bought it the day we left for Madison so we were able to enjoy the spaciousness.

Swimming

We had loads of fun swimming at the hotel. Audrey loved it too. We even swimmed well past both their bedtimes both nights. Audrey slept in a pack in play for the first time and slept right on through the night despite the fact that she has never been in one before.

Hanging out in the hotel

Tuesday through Thursday we headed to Madison as a family. Craig had a Nursing Leadership conference there, so we thought we would tag along. He was picked by the Director of Nursing to be apart of this conference because he showed leadership potential. We are excited to see what may become of this. The conference was only a day so we were able to do things as a family too.

Audrey and Pryor

Our friends Eric and Rachel stayed over the weekend with their 5 month old Pryor. It was the first time that we got to meet the little guy. He was such a sweatheart and looks just like his Daddy. Audrey had fun playing on the floor with him and Preston had fun playing with all of his toys. It was fun to catch up with them and share stories of the joys of parenthood. Can't wait to see you guys again!

This is what we woke up to....

 

It got a little chilly last night, the heater was working overtime.

Sleeping problems

Preston the last couple of weeks has been screaming before he goes to bed and will wake up several times a night doing the same thing. He has been screaming for me and says "I need you Mommy, don't go. He has been waking us all up. After trying several different dispipline acts that weren't working, I came up with a solution..........hopefully. This is what I have been doing... I have him lay in his bed while I am feeding Audrey in the rocker in his room and I say I will stay in there as long as his eyes stay closed. I remind him that when I see him sleeping I am going to leave and I say "if you think you need me in the middle of the night, I have a blanket on the floor for you that you can come and sleep on". But I also say that he is to come in quietly and can't say a word, cry or scream. So far this has been working and last night he lasted in his room until 5:30.
Has anyone else had problems with their toddler sleeping and if so what have you done?

Bath time

Audrey loves to take a bath. Love her rolls:)