Where are you Summer??

We had the most beautiful day of the year on Saturday! It was 68 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. However come Monday it is raining so hard and the sun is hiding behind some very thick clouds. The kids and I are ready to have the windows and doors open and soak up some sun.

On a happy note Isabella has finally relearned how to sleep at night. For about 8 months Isabella has had lots of trouble sleeping. Waking anywhere form 3 times a night to 10 times. Needless to say we were trying everything we could think of. We finally decided on a strict night time routine. We had always done similar things at night but this time we actually wrote one out and followed it to the "T". After several weeks of the night time routine she went to bed great. However she was still waking up all night. So we finally decided to lock her out of our room. We didn't want to lock her in her room for many reasons, but we could lock her out of our room and not have to worry. The first week she tried everything she could think of to get us to come out of our room. It was really sad and I probably would have had a hard time ignoring her except for the fact that I hadn't had a full night sleep in almost a year. So after a long hard week she actually slept most of the night. For the past week she has woken only once or or not at all. We feel that it is an answer from the Lord, because I was at my wits end. Now if she wakes we help her to potty once and make sure her bed isn't wet, then the rest of the night our door is locked and she has learned to stay in bed. YEAH!!!!!!

Totally different subject....Easter was great! Stan was the Easter Bunny. He made the baskets up for the kids and hid their eggs. Isabella got a memory game, and Isaac got an airplane puzzle. He has been so interested in airplanes lately. He hears everyone that flies by and when he can't see them he says I hear airplane. If you ask him where they go he tells you the airport.

For Easter I made my first turkey!! It wasn't actually that hard, and it tasted great. The gravy that I made from the drippings was fantastic too! I was pretty proud of myself for being able to do that on my own. Holidays are always hard to be away from family. However we had a great time sharing a meal with our friends the Wadsworths. They have 2 kids close in age to ours so we actually could have a dinner conversation because the kids played so well together. I am truly blessed with great friends!