Random Randomness

Hey all!  My brain is a little scrambled so this may come out as a blog post that has been dropped out of nowhere.

1.  It has been an interesting week here in our home as we had between 8-12 inches of snow on Wednesday and Cali got to experience all of 60 seconds of sitting on snow.  She is the pink marshmallow in the picture.  Her snow suit is a little too big and immobilizes her which might be one of the cutest things I've ever seen!

2.  Tonight we purchased tickets to fly Cali and myself to Atlanta!  I'm so excited to be able to get into some warmer weather and to see family.  It also happens to fall near my birthday.  Feel free to send presents.  It is going to be hard to be away from T while he stays in Boston, but it will be good to get home and recharge my batteries.  Being cold is exhausting. See? Cali thinks so too...

3.  I'm working on a longer post that I may or may not ever finish on common food intolerances and recipes that involve healthier substitutes.  Stay on the look out for that!

4.  Something else to look forward to in the near future.....our first giveaway!  I'll be reviewing an item that I think Cali will love and I can't wait to share it with one lucky reader.  Stay tuned for details.


To round things out, I'm going to leave you with 2 more really cute pictures...

One of Cali's favorite things to do now is wake T up. He sleeps with a pillow over his head and she thinks it's hilarious to lift up the pillow and "find" him. I swear my heart literally melts every time she does this.

As you can see, she's starting to realize that people/things can be hiding behind or under things. Anytime she hears T in the shower, she crawls in there and pulls open the shower curtain to "find" him again. "Surpriiiiise!"

Anyways, that's all for tonight.  Thanks for stopping by.

10 Month Pictures! and a Sleep Update

So Cali turned 10 months old on the 28th. 

I guess I could sit here and talk about how time flies and I can't believe she's almost a year old and such but I won't. All of that is true but I've learned that no matter how many times I complain about it, nothing changes. Time still flies and I'm still left looking over newborn pictures that feel like yesterday and crying over the fact that my little baby isn't so little anymore and she has no time for trivial things like her mom.

So instead I've decided to accept the fact that time is a thief and try as hard as I can to live intently in the moment and soak up this time that I have.

I still don't like the fact that she has no time for me. She's busy. With important things. Like eating shoelaces.

Anyways, without further ado, here are her 10 month pictures.

She's adorable. I know.

Also, all of these were taken outside the batting cages where Cali and I are working while we're in Boston. That's the life of a nomad. You make do.

Now, let's talk sleep. I've talked about it before but I wanted to touch on it again.

Cali as a newborn was a rockstar sleeper. From early on, she would sleep from 10-8 every night waking only once. And then I did what no parent should ever do…

I bragged about it.

Yes. I was that parent.

"Oh, you're kid doesn't sleep? I'm so sorry (hear the sarcasm?). I really can't help you because my kid is an awesome sleeper. Let me just go paint my nails and get my hair done and shower because I'm so well rested."

Well ladies and gentlemen, Cali heard my challenge and raised the ante. 

It was the (now infamous) day of her 6 month shots that it all began. Since then we've gone through a million ups and downs but she hasn't slept through the night since then. About 2 months ago we sleep trained her with the Sleep Lady Shuffe and ever since then she goes down wide awake for naps and bedtime and puts herself to sleep.

Now, this is a huge improvement from what we were dealing with before that so for this, I am EXTREMELY grateful. No more nightmare of getting her to sleep. The issue now is that for the past month, she's been waking every 1-3 hours and refuses to go back to sleep until I nurse her. For the past week it's been every 45 minutes. We're all exhausted and I'm hoping it's just teething and a phase. 

*Fingers crossed*

I have no idea how we'll deal with it if it's not a phase. Right now we're just focusing on getting the job done in Boston then we'll cross the "sleep bridge" when we have time. Until then, coffee and I are BFFs.

Anyways, that's where we are. I hope everyone is having a good New Year so far!

Until next time.

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