Sleep Training + New Year

WOW!  What a crazy month!  December was full of great memories with my little family of three.  Millie had an awesome first Christmas and I can't wait to tell you about it however, it's going to take some time that I don't have at the moment but I promise to fill you in later.

Millie will be four months old on the third and by now, her sleeping habits should be pretty good.  But, they're not.  She went from getting anywhere between six to eight hours of sleep at a time to waking up every THREE HOURS!  I have no idea what happened, but she's been consistent for her whole third month.  Needless to say, it's time to start sleep training.  She needs to learn to soothe herself to sleep and be able to get herself to fall back asleep.  Soooo...last night was the first night we let her "cry it out" in her crib.  She cried for 25 minutes straight and it was the longest 25 minutes of my life!  It was so hard not to walk in there and pick her up and soothe her.  But I know in the long run she will thank me for it.  Thank God for Trevor becuase he kept me sane.  He took the monitor and wouldn't let me go in there.  Thankfully I was preparing dinner so I had something to do to occupy my mind.  I was afraid she would cry for over an hour but after she stopped at 25 minutes, I was relieved.  She woke up again at 11 and I fed her and then again at 2:00.  I let her cry again because I knew she wasn't hungry.  After eight minutes she was out again.  Phew!  I nursed again at 3:00 and then let her cry at 5:30.  Then we were up for the day at 7:30.  I am confident that after a few more days of this, she will be able to fall asleep on her own and keep herself asleep and then all three of us will feel more rested.  Pray that this works!  It's so hard!

I'm super excited that my mom and Mike are coming into town tomorrow to babysit while Trevor and I spend New Years Eve out.  We plan to take it easy and just go out to dinner and maybe have a drink or two after dinner then ring in the New Year at home.  But, Saturday night Trevor and I are going to the JW Marriott Hill Country to spend our first night away from the baby.  We need it so bad.  It's going to be hard to be away from Millie but I know that Trevor and I will be able to enjoy ourselves and have fun.  Hopefully I will get a full night's sleep!

I wish you all a Happy New Year!  I'll be back next year!



Happy Thursday!



Bird family Christmas

Last night we went over to Oma and Opa's house for Bird family Christmas.  We were all together...Oma, Opa, Nana, Trevor, me, Millie, Derek, Paige + 2, and Hudson.  We enjoyed a great dinner and then opened presents.  It's so fun watching Hudson open his presents.  He's at that sweet age where he gets excited about unwrapping each gift one at a time.  Millie got some sweet gifts as well including a college fund from Oma and Opa!  Get ready Harvard, Millie will see you in 18 years!  Trevor and I will work hard to build that fund so Millie can choose any college she wants (as long as it is in Texas). 

Millie's first Bird family Christmas!

Millie and her Aunt Paige who is expecting twin girls in six days!!!  Yay for cousins!

Millie Grace is 3 Months old!

I'm alive!  I'm so sorry I haven't blogged in over a month.  I feel terrible about it.  I've thought about blogging everyday but time gets ahead of me and it just hasn't happened.  But I'm turning over a new leaf and making it a priority to blog more often!

More importantly, Millie is three months old!!!  I can't believe how much time flies.  She is so active now and very attentive.  She just looks around and takes in every single thing she sees.  She loves to watch TV (not great) and is mesmerized by the lights.  I'm not letting this turn into a habit however her father loves that he can watch TV with his baby (also not great).  Millie is talking up a storm now!  She has the sweetest voice and I spend most of my days talking to her about all the latest baby gossip.  She also is beginning to reach for her toys which is HUGE!  She loves to put any and everything into her mouth (beginning stages of teething?).  I'm not certan how much she weighs although I assume it's somewhere around 13 or 14 pounds.  She is officially in a size two diaper but yet we still seem to have many blow outs...

We are getting so excited that Christmas is right around the corner!  Our house is always a comforting and warming atmosphere around Christmas time.  Here is a glance at our beautiful leopard Christmas tree and our family stockings...

In just six days my Aunt Viki, Uncle Joe, and their two most precious twin girls, Reghan and Rylee will be home from Singapore for Christmas!  I cannot wait to meet my beautiful baby cousins and introduce Millie to her great Aunt and Uncle and future best friends/cousins!

Yesterday Rachel came down from Austin with her precious son, Griffin.  He is almost exactly one month younger than Millie and SOO cute!! We had a great day and  got some cute pictures of the future Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Kingsbury!

I finished ALL my Christmas shopping today!!!  The End.