Adventures in La La Land

1. Good news, guys. We finally transitioned Levi out of the pack n' play in our room to his crib upstairs. We tried for the first time last Saturday, and it was an epic fail. He screamed forever and we finally caved and brought him back downstairs. Sunday night we went to a "concert" at church and kept him up way past his bedtime, so he fell right to sleep when I laid him in the crib that night. But after going up the stairs 3 times between 11:40 and midnight to replace his binky, I finally brought him back downstairs. Monday night he slept all night in his crib for the first time! And he's continued to do well since then. I usually have to go up once or twice to help him find his Binky (I need a bumper for the crib so he can't push them out onto the floor!), and I think I'm going to need to get some blackout curtains, because he's been waking up ridiculously early, but for the most part, he's doing great! 2. He's also making progress with his...

1. We had a nice Easter with our families. I tried to do too much with the girls in the morning before church and ended up a little frazzled. Haha. They opened their Easter baskets first. They each got a mermaid tale blanket and bluetooth headphones. Of course, the bluetooth headphones aren't compatible with their tablets, so that was a bust! (It's a good thing they were just $5 from 5 Below!) Levi got animal crackers, yogurt melts, and Hot Wheels cars. Then we did an Easter egg hunt with our Resurrection Eggs . I've wanted them for a while, but couldn't rationalize the price. So I was excited to find a set for $1.90 when I was out thrift shopping a couple weeks ago!! After discussing the real meaning of Easter, we made resurrection rolls and cinnamon rolls. Then I got the kids all dressed up in their pretty outfits . . . and forgot to take a picture! I told you I was frazzled. We spent the afternoon with the VanderKoddes and the evening with my sisters and parents. It...

Every year, I debate about whether or not to share this. It seems kind of self-indulgent. But I do think it's interesting to see it all written out. I try to be as honest as possible about our screen time, facebook obsession, and horrendous eating habits. I made the spontaneous decision to bring a friend a meal today. I do that about once a year, so don't think too highly of me. Lol.  Tuesday, April 18, 2017 6:45 Alarm goes off, get up and get dressed in the dark so I don't wake up Levi 6:50 Brush my teeth 6:52 Wake up Lucy 6:54 Make Lucy some waffles and pour her a glass of milk while she turns on Netflix on her tablet 6:56 Make Lucy's lunch (pizza lunchable and frozen go-gurt) 6:58 Pack Lucy's snack (Club crackers and granola bar) 6:59 Make coffee 7:00 Put my bagel in the toaster, search for Lucy's library book 7:03 Butter my bagel, put creamer in my coffee 7:05 Sit down with my breakfast and phone – check facebook, instagram, email 7:...

1. I won a contest this week! I follow a couple of Christian authors on facebook and one of them posted a giveaway of a book collection. I entered on a whim (I don't even remember what books they are - haha), and I won! A couple of them are new releases, so I won't get them until they're out, but a couple others should be coming in the mail soon! Yes! 2. We got word from the mechanic this week that the repairs for Justin's car were literally going to cost as much as we spent to buy the thing 5 years ago. So we begrudgingly decided to buy a newish one. After tons of online research, we drove all the way to Lansing to look at the best option. I am a terrible traveler and I hate being in the car longer than like 15 minutes. Haha. But it was worth it for the price we got. We ended up with a 2008 Ford Escape in nice condition with (relatively) low miles. The biggest test was to see if we could cram 3 carseats in the backseat. It's going to be tight, but it's po...