Well, it is time to check in again. We are fast approaching the beginning of a new part of our life. The boys are growing up so quickly!
Archer, dear sweet Archer. He still wakes up every two hours. I even tried the cry it out method for weeks with him, which I never bothered to try with the others, and with him, it just doesn't work. Not consistently enough to count on it anyway. He gets so worked up that not only does he not succeed, but the other boys begin to hear him and wake up. NOT GOOD. So, bummer. But I keep trying. Because everyone always swears it only take two to three nights and they sleep through the night. But I am sure that there must be a critical piece of missing information-maybe Benadryl? Do other people's kids not mind that their teeth are aching, despite all the Advil we spoon into them? So I keep thinking maybe tonight is the first night of the magic three. But I have never seen a more adorable worked up little 12 month old. He is so cute.
I actually witnessed Ronan becoming aware of a mess he was making and-I can't believe it-he altered his action to halt the continuation of the disasterous creation. My dear little Ronan. He is still the size of an 18 month old. Little shrimp. We love his activity, he never stops moving and he has reinvented the meaning of hopping mad. He is quite good at it. And it is stinking cute.
Odin expressed his love for church today on the way to a friends house. He observed that every time he goes to church he learns something exciting and that he hopes it never ends. I asked what his favorite part was. 'Not any one thing, everything is my favorite part.' Awesome. He refers to himself as a lover. I don't quite know how he came up with that term, but he is always draping himself on my shoulder and saying 'sigh, I am a lover, Mom. I sure do love you.' He put the couch back together for me too, after deconstructing it into a million different sorts of machines that can do just about anything. A very clever, fun boy. We are looking forward to Kindergarten for him next year.
