Actually, it’s gotten  a little better around here.   Cooper’s ear infection has diminished, though he’s caught another cold (presumably from another friend who neglected to tell me that her kids were sick before they kissed my precious baby’s face…).   I’ve started doing something I never saw happening, though:   I’m a champion cheerleader … Read more

It’s ridiculous how long it’s been since I’ve updated this blog.   Truly, I have become a prisoner of war to Cooper and his two-week-long battle with a vicious cold and ear infection.   The little bugger has. not. slept.   He’s had several nights of two and three hour crying jags, and up so … Read more

… but pictures I can do! Cooper at the Siesta Key beach on Thanksgiving day… Kenny with his big cousin Ryan… The “daughters-in-law” cleaning the carnage from the Thanksgiving feast, and  looking sassy… Cooper, out to breakfast and holding court… Kenny, proving that a 65 degree day is still a beach day… … and Casey … Read more

Battle one: to eliminate Kenny’s growing obsession with getting to watch TV every day.   Call?   Victory!   We just completed 11 days of no TV watching, and we celebrated by letting Kenny watch  an episode of Boz while I was busy with Cooper.   Though it took several days of him still begging … Read more

Kenny.   My sweet negotiator.   Relentless in his pursuit of winning his way. I used to let him watch TV (or more accurately a DVD) three or four times a week for no more than 30 minutes, usually while I made dinner.   Then we had Cooper.   I didn’t increase the  length so … Read more

I don’t know if I mentioned this in all the chaos for our MommyBlog family in the last two months, but Kenny is completely potty trained.   Finally!   I happened in about two days during all the packing madness – I don’t know if he was looking for some positive attention or what, but … Read more

Ok, so as soon as I wrote about Cooper not being a good napper, but being a great nighttime sleeper, he decided to show off and have TWO totally sleepless nights in a row. Not entirely his fault, to be fair.   For one, Casey was out of town, which means that Dudley turns psychotically … Read more

Kenny with his cousins, pre-tirck-or-treating. Kenny politely asking his treater, “Does this have any nuts in it??” Kenny had one of the most fun nights of his life at my sister’s church’s “Trunk or Treat” Halloween party.   Moon bounces and (somewhat unlimited) free candy.   What more does a three-year-old need??

So after I wrote yesterday’s post, I put Cooper to bed at 8:30.   And he was up at 10, 1 and 6.   BUT, thanks to Crisanne, I put him down earlier for his first nap and he slept for nearly an hour and a half, thanks to the advice from __ about the … Read more

Those long-time readers of this blog will remember Kenny’s baby nickname: No Nap Joe.   The kid slept through the night at 7 weeks, but never napped longer than 20 minutes (once or twice a day) from the time he was 8 weeks old until he was 14 months, at which time he settled into … Read more