On To The Park

     Last week, we had the fun experience of going to the zoo and the park with my sister and some friends.  I am pretty sure it was Bryan's first time playing on a jungle gym.  It took him a little to warm up to it and to playing with friends, but eventually he got it.

 He couldn't figure out where all the people were coming from on the slide.  Definitely did not like going down it himself.  He may have done a flip on the way down.

 One of our good friends just moved back in the area, So he decided to tag along.  We have decided that Bryan takes more to men, than to women.  Warmed up pretty quickly To "Uncle Danny".

 Once Bryan discovered this tray of gold fish, it was all over.  Ate them double handed as fast as he could.  Pretty sure we owe this kid a giant bag of gold fish for the many times we have gotten together and stolen his fish.

 Funny store about the kid above. His mom and I were chatting it up when he comes up and asks her "Where's George?" Confused she asks "Who is George?"  Who was George?  Well we found out he was talking about Bryan of course.  His mom has corrected him a couple times about what his name really is, but he insists, "No, his name is George"  He is too cute.  You call Bryan whatever you want buddy.

Our little play date was so fun.  Hope to have lots more in the future.

We have a special guest at our house the next couple weeks, so LOTS of pictures to come.

17 Month Update and A little bit on sleep training.

I think I need to update my blog layout.  I feel like it is way too narrow.

Anyway, Bryan is officially 17 months, and growing in amazing ways.

Cloths:18 months, size 6 shoe(size 7 width) and size 4 diaper

Words: More, No, Yeah, MeMe(mommy) Though he tries to copy any sounds we make

Favorites:Movie-Horton Hears A Who. 

Food- Cheese and gram crackers

Songs:Pat-a-Cake(He loves to do the hand motions)

Games:"Jump on Mommy's bed" and"Where is Mommy's Boy"(I sit on the floor and say"Where's my Mommy's boy?" and he runs into my arms.  Doesn't sound like a game, but he sure does treat it like one)

Sleep: He is now, for the most part, sleeping through the night.  In his own bed.

Lets talk about sleep.  Bryan did not get to this point naturally.  We also did not use the traditional "Cry It Out" method.  We didn't rock him all night either.  I feel like we did a good medium of the two

(Just to be clear, we don't have any negative opinion on people that do chose those two methods, It was just something that wasn't for us.)

It started when I was ripped from my sleep, by excruciating pain of being bit...in the milk.  after that, it was a slow trail to sleep.

• We started by weaning him off night nursing.  Which means, daddy gets to help.
• Then we started putting him back in his own bed till 4, then a week later, moving it to 6.  He was already starting the night off in his crib, but was allowed in our bed after 12.  Still holding him to sleep.
• The last step was to get him to go to sleep by himself.

If he woke up, we give him a hug, kiss, then lay him back down.  We don't leave the room until he is asleep.  In the beginning, we had to sit with him and pat his back through the bars.  Then slowly get farther away. until we are sitting across the room.

This part took the longest, but it was rewarding.  We went from waking every 2 hours, to now he may only wake up once, if at all.

We also don't have to lay him down constantly anymore.  He still cries a little bit, but when he wakes up, all I have to do is give him a hug and kiss, then he lays himself down.  Still cries a little, but not for hours, just minutes.

So that is how I relearned what sleep is.  Now enjoy some pictures of my sweetie pie.

cheeks!

just some cousins dancing to Annie

Apparently, dogs make a comfy chair.

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Crazy life

I was starting to do so good!  Then, BAM, life.  Though, thankfully, wasn't a bad thing.  Just some change, and a lot of projects on my part.  I was able to get some of the bow ties I make for Bryan into a local store, so there was filling that giant order.  Then a family friend made an order for some crochet goodies, and, well I'm still going.  It is slow enough now, though, that I can type up a quick post.  

The hard think about my lack of posting is,  I take SO MANY pictures every day, that it is hard for me to pick and choose, and takes a long time just to get to the bottom.  So here are just a few, then I will hopefully get around to sifting through more and posting again when it isn't 11 at night.

 He is getting better at selfies

 Playing games with Uncle

 Taking a nap at a play date

 That face! Too. Cute.

And here are a few Instagram pictures. (follow us at lhhuerta)

Granny's Piano/going to Grandma's/drum set/goodmorning

cousin love/peekaboo with auntie/lotion is exciting/mommy and me matching

sleepyhead/pool time/looking sharp/yogurt stash

merry-go-round/selfie with mommy/lovey Papa/No more sleeping

How long do we think I will keep up with it this time?  Hopefully now that I discovered my phone can be plugged in and pictures transferred within minutes, that will encourage me...Probably not.