Busy, Busy, Busy

We have been so busy lately that I just haven't had time to sit down and update my blog. I have been busy making quilts and capes for my kids for Christmas. On top of that we are finishing our basement. That seems to take any spare time we have and progress is moving quite slowly because we have no spare time.

I think I have hit a new low in my life when perfataping my basement is a reprieve for me. I feel really lucky if I get to go down and work on it for an hour after Cody gets home from work. Cody's parents came up to help us with it, however Cody got sick and wasn't much help. I tried to help but between feeding Brock and attending to some of the other needs of my kids I didn't get much done.

I still have my frustrating days with Ty, but we are starting to be able to rationalize with him. It is nice that he understands consequences and sometimes makes choices based on what the consequence will be. However, Paige is another story. Her favorite thing lately is to take her pants and diaper off. She has also decided that she no longer needs naps.

The other day I put her down for a nap. After about 1 hour she was banging on her door. I decided to give her some milk and put her back down. When I opened the door it smelled really bad of poop. I looked at her and she had no pants or diaper on. She was covered in poop. It was all over her clothes and in a chair that she tried to sit in. I was a bit frustrated. I put her in the bath and cleaned up the poop. I then put her down for her nap, but she never did take one.

Brock is practicing sitting up. I can't believe how big he is getting. He is having a really hard time sleeping. He has a hard time sleeping in the day and staying asleep at night. I have let the poor child cry a lot lately. I feel like he needs to learn for himself how to fall asleep and stay asleep. He has been getting up at 4:00 a.m. and not wanting to go back to sleep.

Last night I decided I was just going to let him cry it out. He started out by waking up around 11:30 p.m. I went and put his binky in his mouth and he slept for another hour. When he awoke at 12:30 a.m. I just shut the doors so his crying wouldn't bother me as much. He cried off and on until 6:20 a.m. I was awake most of the night worried about letting him cry. Finally at 6:20 I decided to feed him. He ate for about 5 minutes and then fell asleep for hours. By the time I finished feeding Brock, Ty was up and going and wasn't about to let me go back to bed. Hopefully tonight goes better. I really need some sleep.

I never thought I could spend my days so busy and be so exhausted by night and get so little done. I sure love my kiddos!!! I received an email from an old co-worker this week and it was a good reminder that there was a day when I actually got a lot done in an 8-hour period of time. However, I realize the things I accomplished then weren't near as important as what I am working for now!