Do you ever feel like...

there's a million things flying through your head and 

you have some really great ideas and tons of things 

to get done and if you don't do them right now or write

 them down real quick-ie like everything 

will just go up in one big poof of something? 

I'm guessing that due to the fact that most of you are human 

{I do not know of any aliens currently following this blog}

you know what I mean - even if that first run-on sentence was 

just a teeny bit exasperating. 

Anyhoo.... That's how I'm feeling.  

There's probably 10 blog post ideas in my 

head right now, so I thought I'd share a few 

with you so I remember to do them all. 

Hopefully the details of what I was planning to

 say will stick with me.  Why am I not just making a

 bunch of posts and setting them to post later you ask? 

{I just figured out how to do that btw - nbd} 

Because I am tired.  I've had a semi-productive 

day and Madeline just fell asleep.

Speaking of that, I'm trying 

The Ferber Method of 'Cry it Out' right now. 

I always said that I'd never let my

 kids cry themselves to sleep until they are 

like 6-8 months old.  But today, maybe 

not today, but recently, I came to the realization

that I will go crazy if this girl doesn't 

get on some kind of nightly routine soon.

So about 10:00 I gave her a bath, 

rubbed her with lavender lotion {love that stuff}, 

fed her, swaddled her, read her a story, 

sang her a song, gave her a kiss and laid her down.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Ferber Method 

basically you let them cry for a few minutes then

 go in let them know they're ok, stick the binky 

back in their mouth, etc  and leave the room.  

You don't pick them up or turn on the light.  

Just let them know you still love them. 

If/when they start crying again you wait a few 

more minutes than the last time then go in 

again and tell them you love them.

I laid her down about 11:05 and didn't hear a

 peep til 11:15 or so.  I let her cry for about 5-6 minutes 

{one of the hardest things I've ever had to do}

 then went in.  She took the binky again I didn't hear

 anything for another ten minutes or so.  

She cried for a few more minutes and then fell back asleep.  

And then woke up once more and fell back asleep.  

It's been probably about twenty minutes and I 

still haven't heard a thing! woot woot! 

So maybe I won't tell you about any 

more post ideas and I'll just go to bed! 

But just because it wouldn't be any 

fun to read a post with out at least one picture, 

here's a sneak preview of Madeline's blessing day.

She and her cousin, Scarlett, were blessed the same day

so naturally there was a photo shoot.

I promise we got better ones than this.

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kluvyoubye