December 24, 2007

Always KISSING my sisters..

It's Christmas Eve already.. It's 2:14 AM and I just finally got AIden to bed after 2 hours of crying and screaming. I got fed up and rocked him to sleep with a little bit of a fight but not much cause he was so over tired and worn out from crying. I thought we were getting a handle on this (just this past week) cause he started going down between 9:30 and 11 pm which is FINE with me!
No such luck, once again the last few nights he's been up late and that is with no late nap. He usually naps about 4 hours after he gets up in the morning for 30 mins to 2 hrs, depending on how tired he is and how early he got up, and how late he was up the night before. Now he still does that but hasn't been taking a late nap which means from 1 or 2 pm he is up and active until 2am. I don't get it. By this time I am exhausted I don't know how the kid does it or what he runs on but give me some.. REALLY!!!! LOL
Every one keeps telling me to let him cry, but when your stuck in a one bedroom apt (til summer only we hope) and you also have 2 three month olds, it's hard to let him scream it out. Like I said it went on for two hours tonight and one of the twins slept through it (Riley) the other (Morgan) was awake and not happy either so it was not fun. In the mean time Chuck was trying to sleep to so he could get up early and let me sleep since one of us is always up at night cause the girls still don't sleep through the night.
Added to the fact I have been trying to make my homemade truffles for xmas which consist of hand dipping each one in chocolate. This is not fun with 2 crying kids and at one point all 3 were up in arms. UGGHHH!!!!
So anyways.. My christmas shopping is done which is good considering I wasn't sure we'd be able to really do christmas presents this year. With me still out of work on leave (with no pay) we only have the one income so it's tough at times. Christmas is a big deal to me and I LOVE to buy gifts for everyone, but this year I sucked it up knowing that it wasn't going to happen. Then I came into a little bit of money that I didn't expect so it gave me a little cash to get a few gifts for the kids and Chuck and my parents. YAY!! Now if I could just finish these truffles it would be nice. With two down and one still awake I'm still not able to get much done since Morgan doesn't want to sleep and is a bit fussy. Let's just say her scream cuts right through you.. Eeekkkk..

As for my littel Aiden, he is doing wonderful. He is drinking SO much better and I am positive we will have that G-tube out come spring. We hardly ever use it to bolus him now.
The other news is.... He took 5 steps.. FIVE !! They were tiny little steps but he still took 5! It was awesome and the most he has taken. He'll stand on his own but usually won't take a step, he'll whine or sit and crawl cause he's scared. He walks well holding just one finger most of the time too and if he can just muster up the guts to take off on his own I think he will be off and running. I can't wait!! People keep telling me I don't want him to start walking with 2 little ones but trust me I do. To be able to put him down and just have him stand for a second would be so helpful just getting out of the car for example. It's tough loading up the car (alone) with two in infant car seats and one in a big boy seat. Just thinking about it makes me tired (not to mention these darn snow banks that make it such a hassle now but that is another story.)