catching up....

Oh boy...where do I begin?  I can't believe it's been so long since I posted, but then again I can.  What have I been up to?  Well...walking around in a fog sounds about accurate.  Sweet baby Shae' has been going through a horrible phase of waking up all through the night.  *sigh*  It started months ago when she was ready for solids, but everytime we gave them to her it hurt her tummy too bad.  Well, after taking her to a natural healing specialist, thank goodness that has gotten better.  She's been eating rice cereal for over a week now along with other foods, and has had no tummy issues from it!  This in itself has been an answer to many, many prayers.  We're still trying to get the food thing figured out...she doesn't show a lot of interest in baby food, and there's not much table food she can have yet, so it's a slow going process....but at least it's going!


Teething has also been a recent issue.  It has kept her up at night as well.  It just feels like one thing after another around here.   The last few nights I don't even know what the issue has been.  I'm beginning to think she just hates me at night.....because she is a doll baby during the day.  Happy, naps well, content.....but when bedtime comes that all goes out the window.  There have been nights in the last few weeks where I have literally been up every hour with her.....this has led me to being pretty much delirious.  I feel so sleep deprived I can't think straight during the day, I'm tired all the time, etc. etc.  *insert violins here*


So....that has been the last 6 weeks or so for me it seems.  Oh, we've had some good days, they are just followed by really bad nights.  


On a positive note:  this crazy girl has started crawling, pulling to her knees, standing on her feet and even walking along furniture a bit all in the last month.  She's everywhere!  I do not remember Carter being this active...and he certainly wasn't this young.  She wants to walk so bad.....I really think she'll be doing it before I know it.   Needless to say, as a result of her pulling up on everything now, we've had lots of bumps and bruises going on.  She's one tough cookie, though and just keeps going :)


I better brag on Carter for a minute too :)  My smart just-turned-3 year old is learning so rapidly I hardly feel I can keep up!  He knows all of his letters, the sounds they make, can spell his name, write his name and can even read a few words.  He's learning how to sound out the letters to make the words.  I'm so amazed at how fast he's learning!  And he LOVES letters!  He is constantly reading off the letters he sees written in books, on vehicles, stickers, anywhere!   I am going to start him in the ABC's of ACE program this fall.  I know it's a kindergarden program and he's only preschool age, but I really think he's ready for it.  We'll see anyway!


Ahhh....so that's my life in a nutshell!  Now you see why I haven't posted much....although everyday has been something new around here,  it comes out sounding more or less boring in a post :)