A series of updates

My thoughts are scattered and random right now; nothing that I want to blog about fits neatly into one category. Hence, my series of updates title. So, here we go:

Macey's Sleep:

We are officially one week (and one day) into our sleep training with Macey. I'm proud (and shocked and ecstatic) to say that Miss Macey Jean has officially slept through the night the past two nights. Two nights ago, she slept from 8:15-7:50. Last night, she slept from 8:30-7. Not too shabby, right? All of the credit for her success goes to Matt- he is the sleep training master. The best part? There was very little crying involved in this process. We are living proof that you don't have to use one of the textbook sleep training plans to have success. We just did what felt right to us and thankfully, it worked well for Macey. I'm so proud of Macey and so thankful for Matt's patience and persistence.

Macey's Walking!

Macey started taking a few steps when she was about 10.5 months old. In the past week, she has been walking more and more consistently, but I still didn't know when to call her an "official" walker. She was still crawling at least half the time. The past few days, though, she's walking most of the time-- crawling is becoming a rarity. She has learned to go from crawling to standing to walking, so while she might start off with a crawl, she inevitably ends up walking to her destination. So I think it's time to make the official declaration: I have a walker.

 

Camden & Preschool:

Three more weeks until Camden starts preschool! I took him to his school last week to turn in some registration forms. It was the first time he had been there since our preschool tour back in January. I want to expose him to it as much as possible in these last weeks leading up to his first day of school so that he's as familiar with the building as possible on his first day. We spent about 30 minutes on the school playground and when it was time to leave he declared, "I sure do love my new school, Mommy." I didn't break it to him that there's a little bit more involved in school than swings and slides. We will head back to his preschool again at the end of the month to meet his teachers and then school officially starts after Labor Day. It feels totally surreal that I have a child starting preschool. I'm going to be a complete and utter disaster on his first day but I've already promised myself that I will make it out to the parking lot before I let the meltdown commence.

Instagram:

It's no secret that I'm always a latecomer to social technology fads. I have, however, finally fallen in love with Instagram. If you'd like to follow along with us there, my name is: @KLO1215