I made this for her the other day. I was so excited. I did this out of my head - no pattern (as I typically sew...) so it took me a little while to do. So when I went to show Avery and have her try it on, she didn't want to wear it b/c the ruffles around the neck bothered her... :( Are you kidding me!? I'm so heart broken! I wish I could just magically make it my size! I love it! I told Md maybe I'd give it to someone else... have someone else get some use out of it. But he said maybe she'll wear it one day... so we'll keep it for now. And dang it, I really wanted to make the tie out of the stripe fabric, but I didn't have any left (after making the ruffles and hem on the bias) and the fabric is discontinued. So, red ribbon it is! If I can ever get Avery to put it on for more than two seconds, I'll try to get a picture of her in it... so cute! Fashion = pain Avery. Learn it now. :)
For those of you who have been praying for Asher to start sleeping better, your prayers are being answered! Yay! He's finally sleeping longer stretches... he's only waking up about 3 times a night now! He usually wakes around 10:30-11, 2-2:30, 6, and then wakes up for the day around 7-7:30. Yay!!! I know for some of you, you're probably saying, "You're kidding me, right? That's an improvement?" Hey, waking up twice (b/c I usually wait until after his first feeding to go to bed) is HUGE! And has been such a good motivator to get things back on track with the house, kids, friends, etc. He's been sick for the last week (what's new..!?) so sleeping hasn't been on track and neither has eating for that matter, but overall, we're all doing well! Ash has an appointment with a pediatric ENT at the beginning of April b/c he has this cough that just doesn't go away... hmmm. So, hopefully we'll get some answers on that soon! Also, Ash is getting really close to crawling. He's getting on all fours and rocking... very funny to watch :D
But I must say, life is definitely hectic right now. I remember life when January and February were so boring and just dragged on and on. But here we are and its almost the end of February... and I have no idea where the time went.
So onto the good parts! (This photo is about a month old btw.) Asher's sleeping actually got worse for a while and now is starting to get back to every 2-3 hours. One problem that we've always had is that Asher is a total Mama's boy. He won't be soothed by anyone else but me (or he just screams til he's too exhausted to keep it up!). But the other night I was NOT feeling good and just needed some sleep so I told Md to go calm him down and put him back to bed and it took a LONG time, but he did it (thank you my sweet husband). So, Asher's schedule at night seems to go like this: to bed at 7:30, 9:30, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7-7:30. Md goes and calms Asher down at the 9:30 (or so) wake time w/o feeding him. So hopefully sometime in the next week or two Asher will just stop waking up at all for the 9:30 slot. I think he's doing better sleeping b/c he's sleeping on his tummy now. And he is getting better at calming himself down too. Oh and sometimes he falls asleep with his little baby booty high in the air... so cute! So, the journey toward one to two wakings at night continues...
As for Asher during the day - he's a good, happy baby really. He gets frustrated a lot, but once he starts crawling, that will go away (or at least mostly). He's eating lots of different foods and loving most all of them. He laughs, yells, babbles and is rocking back and forth... just waiting for him to start crawling. Although any semblance of a life I had will then go away, I know it will help him be less frustrated and burn off some energy (so maybe sleeping better at night!).
Avery is as rambunctious as ever and is always changing her clothes claiming, "I'm just freezing for this mom!" or my favorite, "I'm just hot for this mom!" I've had to put a lock on her closet door to keep her from rummaging through her clothes all day. Asher sure loves his big sis. He gets really excited when he sees her in the mornings... oh its so cute! And of course she loves him right back in her intense, rough, clumsy way. So I'm sure Avery will love the mama's boy right out of Asher :)
01.08.09 - Asher laughing at Avery from M.D. Neely on Vimeo.
This is so hilariously cute. If you don't laugh, you have no soul.
Note: Yes, that is rice cereal coming out of his mouth as he laughs at Avery :)