Sleep

Sleep. It's a wonderful thing. Ever since we moved this last time Jack has been a monster at bedtime though. I definitely blame it on the fact that we moved 8 times in 8 months. That's not fair to the little guy. He needs normalcy and routine. So, each night he yells and screams and escapes out of his bed more times than I have patience for. Through a lot of trial and error we are finally at a point that I am content with...for now. He has a blanket that is permanently beside our bed on the floor. A big comforter folded up into a mini bed for Jack. This is where he takes his naps and where he falls asleep at night. I know some of you are thinking how horrible, and yet, it's a step up from sleeping in the hallway on the way back to the bedrooms. After he falls asleep at night, Michael or I will scoop him up and haul him into his bedroom to sleep on his bed. Usually at some point in the night he will come creeping back into our room and sleep the rest of the night on his comforter bed. Very rarely I will get up in the morning and find him still in his own bedroom. Those are the mornings I celebrate.

I also celebrate mornings when I wake up to find that Daisy has slept through the entire night. Those mornings are few and far between, but I am hopeful they will become more abundant in the near future. She usually wakes up once during the night. She still has the occasional night where she wakes up four times. Not good for Mommy. I've been increasing the amount of solid foods she has been eating and I think that will help.

In time, both kids will sleep in their own beds all night and I will too...this is what this mother has been dreaming of lately.

Cutie La Pie

Daisy has two little teeth! With a smile like that there's no question why her daddy nicknamed her Cutie La Pie!

The Army Crawler

That's right. She's on the move. Watch out everybody!

It's right on the tip of my tongue...

Life is good at the Hummel household. We love our apartment and we're getting to know new people and make new friends. Michael loves his schooling and I love benefiting from it. The other day I had a killer backache. Michael tried a new technique he'd learned and put my rib back in place....it was wonderful! Now if he can just learn how to get my hips to stop hurting, I'll be living a dream! Here's a little blurb from our lives:

Daisy has an incredibly long tongue and she loves using it.

Despite the red eyes in this picture, Jack is really a sweet boy. He loves his sister, "Daiz". Every morning, she's the first person he asks about. When I put her down for a nap he's always concerned. If she's crying, he gets my attention and takes me to her. Sometimes he plays too rough and accidentally hurts Daisy, but he just loves making her laugh and smile. SUCH a good brother.

Sometimes things can get frustrating.

Or confusing...

But mostly we just laugh a lot and have fun.

This is how to eat an Eggo!

Jack ate an Eggo for breakfast a few days ago. I cut it up, syruped it, and he ate it...nothing out of the ordinary. When he had eaten it all he asked for more. I put an Eggo in the toaster and, while waiting for it to pop up, Jack decided that he was done eating. Ten minutes later he approached me and asked for more food. I retrieved the Eggo from the toaster and, not wanting to spend the time to hoist him back into his chair, cut up his Eggo, and syrup it, instead I grabbed a fork and stuck the Eggo onto it. He was a little hesitant at first, but in the end he thought it was a great way to enjoy his second breakfast...what a cute kid!

Jack's Two!

Jack turned two the day that we most recently moved. Because of the move, we kind of celebrated over a few days. However, we wanted to make Jack's birthday special even though we were moving. So that evening we spur-of-the-moment took the kids to Disneyland.

We had an incredibly fun time. The amount of time we spent there was perfect for the kids. Michael and I switched off taking Jack on rides and staying with Daisy.

We got Daisy this little light-up band. She clung to it all night and was happy as ever!

Jack got a light-up sword. He played with it the entire time he was not on a ride or waiting in line for one.

LOVED IT! What can I say? He is ALL boy. Swords, guns, balls, cars, and tools.

I'm back!

I know that it's been forever since I blogged, but I am hoping that things have settled enough that I can get back into the swing of things. We have been blessed in so many ways. It's been an incredible journey for our family to get to this place and situation. We've moved eight times in less than eight months! We feel that we are finally settled on the right path for our family...but something the last year has taught me is that the plans we make for ourselves aren't always the ones we end up actually completing, so I won't hold my breath. It seems that God has some plans for us that we just didn't see a year ago.

We live in Whittier, CA, within walking distance to Michael's school (yay!). We got really lucky getting into this apartment. Apparently the manager likes people from Utah, even if they don't have good credit...and the cute little kids helped seal the deal. Our apartment is huge (twice the size of our last one), in a nice neighborhood, our neighbors are quiet, and we have a reserved parking spot in a garage! The only upgrade I can imagine would be to have a washer and dryer in our apartment. As it is, we only have to walk it a short way to the laundry room, which I've never seen full when I wanted to do my laundry. I feel extremely happy here.