success

We have found a blessing in the form of vibration.
Mason is going to  sleep in less then 30 minutes now a days!!! This is way down from his typical 1.5 hours.  We have been using a crib vibrating egg thing that's suppose to go under the mattress to gently vibrate the mattress but our little guy needed more. So we put it under his pillow and it has worked so great!!
I can't tell you what a relief it is to watch him gently fall asleep. He still needs some gentle tapping from us but not the full body bouncing he's required in the past.  I guess I'll have to get my workout somewhere else now 😉

As a Momma I feel success when I find just what my babies need.  I imagine (in some small way) this is what God feels like when we listen to his plan for our life. You know all those times Mason couldn't fall asleep I would pray so hard for his peace, our peace, his future, our ability to parent him the way he needs, and ( not gonna lie) sleep.   Like I've said before, I can see God's answered prayers in our life. Not always in the way I thought they'd be answered but in His perfect way.  This again was his perfect way. 

So maybe you'll see less whining sleep posts.  We can move on to bigger and better things...like how much hair this kid has or how he is growing so big, one area at a time.  Just for the record: Mason can climb stairs one foot at a time, climb everything in sight, snap, write (when he's not eating the crayon), copy sounds, and do also anything his brothers do that looks like fun.  He has such a spunky personality. Like when he eats something he really likes he wiggles. He has a happy walk and is always ready for a big 'old bear hug!! He can be just the sweetest thing. 

That face says it all!

Much to do about nutin'

One of our greatest joys in Florida was SLEEP.  It was truly a blessing to have our little man sleep. Only one night he came in to our bed (which was super tiny anyways).  What helped our precious non-sleeper get his beauty rest you ask? 

Well, we are not quite sure.  It could have been:

1.  we w.o.r.e the kid o.u.t
2. he fell asleep next to us. You see we sat next to him while he slept on a full size bed
3. his oldest brother eventually joined him in that bed to sleep.
4. It was the Mickey magic 😏

Whatever it was... I miss it.
I'm not so much bothered by his nightly visits in our bed.  He is getting much better about not sleeping directly on my head.  I'm having trouble relinquish my precious down time before bed.  Oh how I miss starting a baking project I knew I would see through to brownies.  Or starting a magazine or a mountain of paperwork that would finally get finished only to hurrily put it down to comfort a beside himself little boy.

I'm gonna go eat some Oreos whiles I still can...

Florida Vaca (Part 1)

I know I'm not the only one but...I love vacations.  To get away from the daily grind and have nothing but fun, ahhhh so good!!
We spent part of last week in Florida, and what is a visit to Florida without a little M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e?!?

But lets back up.  Taking a 20 month old on a plane is poltergeist scary!! But he did pretty well.  Even slept a little on the flight there. 

Don't let these pictures fool you...many games of "pass the baby" were played but I didn't need to give anyone earplugs or buy them a drink.  So that's a pass in my book :o)

We played around Downtown Disney for awhile. Then on to Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios the next day for some Star Wars Weekend.

 

LOVE

Ty showing a face only a mother can love 



Disney does Apples right!!