What a Fun Weekend!

On Saturday I took Odie on a nice 6 mile run :) When we got back home at 8:00, Matt and Violet were still sleeping :) Once they woke up we decided to take a trip to Redlands to see family. We had a fun morning watching the cousins at My Gym, then had lunch at grandma's house :) As always, it was so much fun! Odie and Violet had a blast :) One of Violet's cousins was sick earlier this week and was in recovery over the weekend, but we'll see them next weekend (we're going out again because papa will be home and he's been out of the country for nearly 2 months)! After lunch we went to 31 Flavors before heading back home to Long Beach :) What a fun day!

This afternoon we had a fun park day with some friends and their babies (another play date, but with daddy's this time). We had so much fun that I forgot to take pictures! Rarely do I forget pictures! Hopefully some friends will email them and I'll re-post them :)

So onto tonight... I'm sure all the mommy's out there have tried 'Sleep Training'... Am I right?! Well... Our little Violet can 100% put herself to sleep (she wakes up every now and then at night and goes right back to bed without any help... Up to 12.5 hrs of sleep at a time)... But that INITIAL put down? That's a different story! We give her a bath around 6:30 and she's usually down by 7:30 or 8 at the VERY latest... But she's a 'nurse herself to sleep' kinda gal which is definitely NOT done by herself. I've been reading a fantastic book about sleep, but let me tell you... Tonight was NOT my night to try the 'put yourself to sleep baby girl' method. Hearing her cry between check-ins was horrifying to my heart. I think I'll have to give it another go starting Thursday night rather than Sunday. For some reason that sounds better... Or maybe I'm just putting it off? One of my girlfriends said to 'start now'. Eek! Can't I just read the book (a first for me) and hope she learns through osmosis? Or maybe I need to invest in those earphones that block out noise??? Oh dear.

We had so much fun at Park Day!