The beginning of the end

So tonight is the first night of letting Halli cry/scream herself to sleep. She fell asleep on her own without a peep, but then woke up an hour later and has been screaming for an hour so I'm trying hard to ignore it and focus on something else. So tonight is the beginning of the end of no sleep. I'm hoping we can start getting a good night sleep in the next couple of days. We have moved Halli's crib into Carson's room and Carson into our room for a couple days while we "transition". Hopefully she will learn in a few days and Ryan and I can have our room back to ourselves!
Yesterday was Halli's five month mark, and I was just looking back at the photos we have of her. It is amazing how much she has changed in such a short time. This photo was taken when she was 10 days old.And this is a photo of her from Saturday. Her hair is a completely different color. Most of it has fallen out and regrown, but I miss that really dark hair. She still has that crazy curly afro thing going on with it though so that is pretty sweet.She has learned to do so much in such a short time too-things like rolling both ways-back to stomach, and stomach to back. I put her down in one spot on the floor and find her in a completely different place turned the opposite way somehow. Sitting on her own is another thing she is trying to accomplish. She is also working on getting up on all fours-I think she'll be crawling in the next month. Even though she is a high maintenance baby we sure have enjoyed having her in our lives!
Good news...at the moment she has stopped crying. Maybe I can sneak off to bed now and try to get some sleep before she wakes up again in a couple hours looking for someone to come comfort her and stick her binki in. Poor girl just doesn't know what she is in for the next couple of days...I guess it will be a rough week for all of us here. Just pray I can keep my sanity for a bit longer!

New Favs

I just wanted to post my new favorite photos and videos of my little kiddies! Here they are...Carson is doing what he always does-DANCING!

Panda, Poop, and Pumpkins

So it has been a long couple weeks. We all happened to get sick a couple weeks ago, so we have gotten even less sleep than usual. We did manage to make it through Halloween. We carved pumpkins and made fun treats. Carson was a lion and Halli was a panda. Unfortunately most people mistook her for a cow. I had to correct them and say, "Yes, she is a cow... in a panda costume." So yeah, besides being sick and tired, the weather was great and we had fun trick-or-treating. Carson loaded up on candy...we are going to have to help him out with getting rid of all those goodies.















In other good news, Carson went poo poo in the big potty for the first time. Our previous bribe was that we would take him to see Wall-e, but since he took so stinkin long to git er done, we are going to take him to see Madagascar 2. He is pretty excited. Also, Carson has a new favorite song. Its "Love Lock Down" by Kanye West. Yeah, i guess he saw him perform on the Ellen show a couple weeks ago and started asking for it. Now every time i turn music on he asks for "luv luv down". I guess i will post yet another video or Carson dancing. I really dont know where he learned to shake it like that.
Halli is pretty much the same except fatter and louder. She has been talking a lot more too. She is a cutie.