How you doing?

I forgot I had taken these pictures the other morning before church.

You know? Like while their clothes are still clean and I've combed their hair.

They weren't mustering up much enthusiam for me and the camera, so I had to bring Cary in to get them to laugh.

Ella still isn't so sure...

Ella started out as a great sleeper, by 2 months old she was pretty consistantly sleeping through the night. I was thinking "yes! This is awesome." Should have known better... soon with teething, different illnesses, etc... she started adding  wake up times over the last several months, and by last week it was to the point where she was waking up 4 x's or more a night.

I was sick last Thursday night and Ella was waking up every 2-3 hours and I said "ENOUGH!". We're doing some sleep training or something, this is ridiculous for you to be 9 months old and waking up this much. (I knew it was bad, but sometimes you have to reach a "breaking point" in order to actually do something about it.) I hate letting them cry it out, but sometimes it's really the only thing that works, so that's what we did. If/ when she did need soothing we sent Cary in to do it so that it would make it a smoother transition.

On Friday, Ella started getting sick with a cold, so I was thinking "Oh no, guess we better not make her cry it out tonight" Bless her heart, she slept until 6:00. She's slept through the night ever since, but I know better than to think it will stay that way. ☺

When I've got Aidan and Ella sitting down at the table to eat they like to make each other laugh. It doesn't have to be about anything funny, they just start laughing so that the other person will laugh too. Aidan has started saying "How are you doing today?" and he speaks it very clearly. It's so cute.