I love...

For Valentines Day, I got Justin Guitar Hero for his Xbox. He has been wanting it for such a long time and I will admit that it is pretty fun to play. We were having FHE last night though and talking about what each of us love. We asked Elliot who she loved and then who Grey loved and who mom loved. Then Justin asked her what he loved. She started with the typical Heather, Elliot, Grey, then without missing a beat she says, "You love Guitar Hero, too." So true, so true.

More Cricut Fun

I have really enjoyed having a cricut and even though I haven't done much scrapbooking with it yet, it has found plenty of other uses, like the paper dolls in the previous post from last night. Elliot and I have also been working on her Valentines for school. This is how they have turned out:

(This is the front)

(This is the back)

They are pretty simple, but I thought pretty cute. And to be making them with a 3 1/2 year old, simpler is always better. She does such a good job writing her name which makes me very proud. We were planning on working on writing her friends' names, but her teacher let me know this morning that they don't want names on them after all. It is very time consuming to get all the right valentines in the right envelope and they just don't have the time. Hence, the smiley face in the "to" space.

We do a secret person swap throughout the year at work and I thought I would get my person a little something. And since I am loving my cricut right now, I labeled her box of chocolates with letters cut from it:

The possibilities are endless and I haven't even scratched the surface. I just need endless amounts of time to just play around on it...ha, ha, ha.

And just for fun and because I was taking pictures this morning, here are a couple of my adorable kids.

Bath time!
Naked Baby Buns!

Paper Dolls

For our FHE tonight, Elliot really wanted to play around with a new cartridge I got in the mail today for my cricut. It is all sorts of paper dolls and lots of other fun stuff. She picked out a character for each of us.

The mermaid is Elliot:


The hula girl is me:

The guy in the suit is Justin:

And the prince is Grey:

And now as I write this post, she is playing with the paper dolls and it is pretty darn cute. And they were fun for me to make too!

Tired

Oh he looks so cute and innocent, but he is actually a little devil in disguise when it comes to sleep.

We've been working on this whole sleeping thing for a month now and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. We will have good night or two (like I posted a while ago) and then have a night like last night. He goes to bed just fine, about 7:30. Then last night he made it until about 11. Then basically cried and screamed until 1 AM when he finally passed out. He woke up I think 2 other times until he woke up at 7, ready for the morning to start. Then you would think, well, okay, at least he will take some really good naps during the day. No. We are talking pretty regularly now 30-40 minute naps 2 or 3 times a day. This kid just isn't getting sleep and I fear for his growth. And I feel like I have tried EVERYTHING!!! We have the mattress elevated on one side in case he has reflux. We try to feed him as much as we can before bed. I try nursing him right before. I try pumping and giving him a bottle before laying him down. We have doped him up on tylenol. We let him cry. We go in and comfort him. I have nursed him 5 times in the night before. We have taken him for car rides. One thing we haven't tried and I will tonight is put him the portable crib in our room. It seems so silly to me, but if it gets him to sleep, I will do it. Thankfully, Elliot has been sleeping really well. She has had her own share of sleeping issues growing up, but she is sleeping through all of this for the most part and going to bed without too much of a stink. I know that this will all pass eventually too and that he will grow up and be just fine. But in the meantime, I am struggling!!! You want to do what is right, but you have no clue what right is. I even called the nurse today for some help. We talked awhile and it was all pretty much stuff that I knew or have tried. We are going to give it another good week and then I am taking him to the doctor. We'll see how tonight goes.

Drawings

Elliot has recently started drawing people and it cracks me up. This is a picture of our family.

Justin is on the far left (I guess Elliot thinks he is putting on some weight), I am on the far right (and I apparently haven't had my V-8 today), Grey is next to Justin and Elliot is next to me. Not sure why we all have straight faces; not smiles, but not frowns. It's pretty cute though.

Everyone likes a good deal!

Awhile ago my friend Erryn sent me an email for this company for cosmetics http://www.eyeslipsface.com/. I have placed a few orders with them and just did again this afternoon. Most of their products are $1. Yeah, a buck. But that is only the half of it. Since I first started ordering from them I have used the same coupon code ("carolina") for 50% off everything. So I get eye shadow, eye liner, concealer all for 50 cents a piece. The "portions" are a little small, but heck, order two! I especially like their eye shadow. I am going to try their bronzer this time too. The shipping is 6.95 too, but I still think it is worth it. Even at Walmart, make-up can really add up and this way you can even try stuff you may not otherwise try. So if you try to be as frugal as possible, like me, and especially on things for yourself (why are we like that?), then try out this website and see if you like it!

FINALLY!

Thank goodness we finally have a good night under our belt. I am trying not to get too excited about this because it could go sour again tonight. But at least I have a glimmer of hope and I know it can be done. He went to bed at 7:30 then woke up at 9 and screamed for 30 minutes, then fell asleep until 4:30. I fed him and back to bed and he is still asleep! Horray!