Sleepy Quick Takes

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Since I mentioned Paul's sleeping habits exactly two weeks ago, it took a sudden and dramatic turn for the worse. He's a little better now (and still nowhere near as bad as Hannah as a baby) but am still kicking myself for ever mentioning it. Why did I test fate? Why?

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And even though Paul's sleep isn't terrible, our evenings are still filled with frustration over a child that refuse to sleep. That would be the two year old I'm referring to. Why does my sweet girl who used to just play with her stuffed animals in her crib until she fell asleep suddenly take TWO HOURS to fall asleep every night? She won't stop taking off her pajamas and diaper (not night trained yet). She even magically figured out how to get out of the backwards footie pjs we used as a straight jacket for so many months.

It just sucks. This part of parenting sucks. Listening to her scream and yell because she refuses to just lay down and sleep. It ruins our evening. I don't want sleep to be a battle. I don't want her to cry every night because we refuse to give her an 80th drink of water. I don't want to keep changing her sheets because she gets naked and pees all over herself.

Blah.

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Blueberry picking was awesome last week. I was so excited to snap some cute pictures before I realized I forgot to put the SD card in the camera. So low quality cellphone pictures to the rescue.

We mostly just hung out in the shade and watched

She was in blueberry heaven

Boo-bewies!

About two minutes in we realized Hannah was completely incapable of putting blueberries anywhere but her mouth. "Hannah, just eat one and put the rest in your mouth." All of them went into her mouth. "One in your mouth. Then one in the bucket." Two in her mouth. "Put that in the bucket. Do not eat it." It went into the bucket, only to be plucked out and eaten immediately. She could.not.do.it. It reminded me of a study I read once where they put marshmallows in front of kids and told them that if they could wait to eat them they would be given even more marshmallows in a few minutes. The kids who were able to wait were found to be more responsible adults with better self-control and a host of other good qualities. Hannah would fail the marshmallow test with sinking colors. We just gave up and paid a few extra bucks for the blueberries in her belly.

We picked a gallon and have been eating them all week. I made a pie that is divine and have to talk myself off the ledge of inhaling the entire thing when I'm home without Ted all day. And Ted picked blackberries off the wild bushes near his office today. I see another pie in our future.

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We had to move Paul into his own room. I'm both elated and heartbroken. He outgrew the cradle that fit snuggly next to our bed (Hannah was in it until she was seven months old!) and the pack n play doesn't fit. So he's alllllll the way across the hall. It's too far. But I do love being able to turn the bedroom light on again and talk to my husband at a normal volume before falling asleep.

Sigh. He's already growing up too fast.

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Four takes in and sleep is beating blueberries 3 to 1.

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We still haven't bought a new laptop. Because it's a big decision and I'm lazy. But I have a ton of pictures that need to be uploaded and shared with the world (or just the grandparents) so I need to get my act together. Another cellphone pic to the rescue.

All my blankets are pink and purple and I like it like that.

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I know I'm probably way behind, but I'm watching the 4th season of Parks and Rec on Netflix while Hannah naps. I can't for the life of me get their naps to coincide, so Paul and I hang out and watch TV and make faces at each other for an hour. My favorite character on the show is April because she reminds me so much of my youngest sister. She's moody and sarcastic and hates attention. My sister Haley is pretty much the blonde version of April. They even dress alike. A lot of people might be offended by being told that they are just like April, but when I told Haley she said something like, "That's the best compliment anyone could ever give me," in a nonchalant matter with just a hint of a smile. Just like April would have said it.

.......my children's sleeping habits just won today's quick takes with 4 points. In case you lost track.

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