Posey spends the night with gramma and grandpa!

Posey spent her first night away from us last Monday night! I thought it was a big enough deal that I got the camera out! Aaron and I did pretty good. Posey did great! Gramma said she was "wonderful" and "so much fun!"

As Gramma and Posey drove off, Aaron asked me if I was okay. I said, "Yes.......are YOU okay?" He looked out toward the road and said, "I don't know." How cute is he?

In the end, we all did just fine and it was a great night off for Aaron and me. We went on a date and got to go to sleep without thinking about fixing bottles or changing diapers in the middle of the night! Thanks ,Jeannie, for a great date night!

So, the last week or so, Posey's sleep habits have gotten pretty bad. She went from eating once in the night and going right back to sleep, to eating twice in the night and being awake for over an hour. A few nights ago, she started eating only a couple of ounces in the night. This was not gonna work for me. I was really frustrated and I told Aaron I was going to go downstairs to get away. Aaron tried to rock her and feed her more, but nothing was working.

We decided it was time to let her cry it out. There was nothing else to be done for her and we were going crazy and i was super exhausted! So, Aaron laid her in her crib and left the nursery. I was still downstairs and we both just laid there and and listened. It. was. terrible. It was misery to lay there and let her cry! I felt anxious and sad. I finally went upstairs to at least be near Aaron so we could go through it together. We layed there and he said, "My heart hurts." And i told him mine did too. She cried for 54 minutes and suddenly stopped.

We went in there to check on her and sure enough she was asleep! We were soon able to go to sleep as well. The next day, we talked about the need to stick with it and commit to consistency.

I layed her down for her afternoon nap......she cried...................for 6 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I could not believe it!

Later that night, we had to lay her down for the nighttime. She cried for 5 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!

We just canNOT believe how quickly she has adjusted to us laying her in her crib while she is awake!

I layed her down this afternoon and she didn't even cry! Unbelievable! What a great baby!

I can't wait to see if this will become routine! I can't remember the last time I slept through the night! Now that we have taught her how to sleep through the night, we are going to have to teach ourselves!

my favorite mia n posey picture! mia is a nut.

she posed for that shot. i love her.

i have a little catching up to do on posting some cute videos.....this is one.

poor thing, you can hear the rattle in her lungs. it's better now. :)

this is for Dave.

Posey is 7 MONTHS OLD now!!

She is really getting big! She can even wear some of her 3-6 month clothes! She is still mostly in her 0-3 month clothes, but she is growing!

Every time I pick her up from her crib, she pats me on my back. It hasn't and won't get old.

I feel like she has been teething for 3 months straight with no sign of a tooth whatsoever! Soon and very soon I hope to see a tiny white tooth in little PoPo's mouth.

She is starting to really like the exersaucer! She can reach all the toys and she can jump up and down in it. She has grown so much that I had to adjust the height up a notch. It kinda made me sad.

Posey can sit up really well now, too! She sits in a high chair at restaurants and sits in the shopping cart seat as well! She looks miniature in both....especially the shopping cart! Today she was in the shopping cart, holding onto the front bar and pulling herself back and forth. It was very very funny! Then she fell asleep sitting sideways in the cart seat! She's a good little shopper!

She can say "mama" . :) :) :) :)

She still thinks Aaron is the funniest person alive. I love it.