The WEEK of FRIDAY the 13th!!!

What an eventful last couple of days we have had!!!!! I would sum it up in one word: NIGHTMARE!!! As most of you have come to figure out, I am a pretty laid back and very positive person. Maybe that is why I haven't blogged much lately-I haven't had much "fun and positive" news to report! But, now as things get better, I can see the funny side of everything and can blog about it.

Kathryn is really rolling over. You lay her on her back and POP-over she goes. It is a fun and cute trick and you cheer and get all excited --- then you come to the realization that BUMMER-now we have to stop swaddling. Everyone told me they would just stop wanting to be swaddled...not my babies...they loved it. (but that's not really the problem come to find out now)

So, Sunday night, we took the plung. We unswaddled her and put her in a fleece sleeper to stay warm. She cried and cried and by midnight, we gave up and reswaddled her. (bad mommy and daddy, i know)

Tuesday night, we tried again. She cried on and off ALL NIGHT LONG! She would only sleep in 30-45 min increments and was MISERABLE. It was so sad...she kept knocking her paci out and could not go back to sleep.

Wednesday night I decided if it is going to be this hard, we are doing it with both at the same time and getting it over with now. They went down with their pacifiers and only cried a second...WE WERE THRILLED...until 1:45 AM when K woke up. She cried for about an hour and 1/2 and then was having a hay day in her crib just kicking away. I kept thinking I was hearing thunder but it was just her banging around. 3:30 Garrett woke up. By this time I was already pumping b/c I have had this pesky blocked duct that was horrible so after it still wouldn't release, I thought...humm...I will let them get it out. So, I fed K first, she got most of it out then Garrett. He got the rest but I'm sure it was only a little b/c then he was fighting mad and so I gave him the little bit I had been able to pump. Ahhh, Kathryn was dead asleep by this point (it's 4AM) and so I thought, great G will go right back to sleep! NOPE-he was up until 6AM! SCREAMING! K just cries, G SCREAMS!!

So by yesterday after two nights of no sleep and they aren't napping either, I had reach a breaking point. Luckily, Mimi (brad's mom) came to the rescue and let me go sleep for an hour or so.

But the real story here is that it isn't the swaddling that is the true problem...it is those silly pacifiers! Everything we have read says get rid of them at 6 months...so that was our plan but now we will just do it 2 weeks early. If I go put the paci in-they go right to sleep but when they wake up...CRY CRY CRY! Bye Bye Pacis!!! I wouldn't care if I just had one baby but it is a beating going in one after the other all the time to put it in their mouths.

Last night we took them completely away. They cried for an hour and fell asleep. We turned the monitor off because we can hear them anyways if they really cry. Well, I rolled over at 8:22 AM this morning and JUMPED out of bed!!! We had completely overslept - they usually wake about 7 or 7:30 and we hadn't heard anything!! They were laying in their cribs-Kathryn was wimpering b/c her diaper was so wet (poor girl) and Garrett was just smiling away. We felt like THE WORST PARENTS EVER!! Obviously they were ok - again - we can hear them without the monitor on but it just makes me wonder what exactly happened last night? Either way, Brad and I have't felt this good in ages. We got a great night's sleep and I naturally woke up on my own which hasn't happened in 5 months. It is funny how much easier it is to deal with the crying today when I am well rested!

So, no pics to post or anything. (Sorry Terry - but there is at least an update for you!) :) I will try to do some pics today if they can make it!
Have a good weekend-I am SOOO ready for the HEAT! I know all this rain is wonderful but bring on the warm temps please!!!