Stash Bash

My little man turned 1 years old! Where has the time gone? It's been a great year and I love the hell out of my little guy. He loves some snugglin time with mommy. He calls out mommy when he is sad or scared. He loves to give kisses. He loves to snuggle with dad under the covers in the morning. Jack has such a love for Alana it's amazing to see. He will just walk into a room and hug her. And of course Alana eats it all up. She loves her baby brother! 

The week leading up to his birthday party he was teething like crazy. Even maybe sick, it's hard to tell the difference with this guy. Runny nose, fever, just not feeling well. I really debated even having a party for him because he was just walking around the house crying, sad and I didn't want to just shove him into a party while feeling so horrible. The party was at the park right by our house so I just figured he would be fine and everyone else could play anyway in case he wasn't. 

My decor for the party came together at last minute. As always with me these days. But it came out great and I loved all the pictures of him with his stash! 

How many times do you think I had to explain this one? One too many.

Grandma provided this awesome pinata full of yummy mexican candy! My favorite. 

 Almost every single person that I invited to the party came. It was a full park with tons of friends and family. The kids had such a fun time! Meanwhile, Jack was in someone's arms either crying or trying to sleep. 

 Jack did ok with opening presents, but we are always so lucky to have such a willing little Alana to help out! Presents are her favorite part! Jack got lots of nice gifts and I am so very grateful for everyone and how generous everyone is!

Family picture! Happy Birthday little buddy. I am sorry you didn't feel well!

 It was finally SMASH CAKE TIME!! This poor little guy hadn't eaten much in the entire week leading up to his birthday party, so I didn't think he would want to really eat the cake either. Boy was I WRONG.

I had to get this picture because we took one with Alana the same way! Mom and dad lovin!! 

I got Alana with some cake as well. Made her giggle. Love my girl.

Jack really got into the cake and just keep eating away. I thought for sure he was going to get sick from all the sugar. He just kept eating.

And eating, and smashing between his hands and then sticking it in his mouth!

His non-smash cake that we got to eat. Designed by me!

Time to beat this bad boy up! He did take a few whacks, but all the kids that came really kicked it's butt and made all of the candy come out!

One of the only pictures of Jack smiling from the entire day, heck, that entire week. But Grandma does that to him. He is such a Grandma's boy! 

I love this picture of him and Aunt Jacquie! Her smile makes this picture!

This pretty much sums up the day! Poor little birthday guy pretty much was grumpy and not feeling well the entire party. Grandpa thought it was a good idea to make the same face. Cracks me up!

The weather was perfect for a January day, everyone we loved was there, it was a perfect day, even if this little man of mine wasn't feeling so well. Happy Birthday to our little buddy! Our first year with you has been trying! You are not as easy as your big sister was, but I love you for being so different! You are full of joy but are so SERIOUS most of the time! Alana can make you laugh like no other. You have a smile when you see me after a long day that just melts my heart. Love you my little man!

Change is good!

That's right, I said it, change is good! Embrace it. Take those lemons and squeeze them all over your wounds! It’s gonna hurt a little but suck it up and move on!

Leaving EPL was a hard decision for me. I was safe there, could have worked there for another 10 years. My boss loved me, thought I could do no wrong, let me have time off when I needed to, let me work from home some days just because. It was an easy job just because I was good at it. The amount of love I got when I left was the best part. People in HR telling me if I ever wanted to come back to just call, my boss tell me that my desk is empty if I want to come back. The people were awesome (well most of them), I’ve made some lifelong friends there! Leaving there was scary, but I had to take the leap! I took a position over at M’s that looked to be full of excitement! They were going to be on the upswing soon, and I was going to help be part of it! It was a great opportunity for me to get out of IT and try something different to “be in the mix” of things.

Less than 60 days on the new job at M’s and I find out they are closing our office in Irvine. Fuck me. I just left this great job and a great company to just be booted out like yesterday’s trash. This news could not have come at a worse time. With only a few weeks before Christmas we had a big company meeting. The week leading up to this meeting was the most stressful of all! People think they know what’s happening, everyone has their own versions of what they have heard from so and so. Stress took me over, was I being let go right after the meeting? I’ve not been here long enough to get any kind of package. I couldn’t sleep, I ate WAY too much. I couldn’t stop talking about what might be going on. My nights were filled with thoughts of having to break our lease and give up our house, sale my car, put my children in one bedroom…. All the craziness goes through my head. I could only think of worse case. Nothing would really be wrong with any of the scenarios above, but I just didn’t want to pick up and change everything because of a bad choice I made.

The morning of the meeting I am so sick to my stomach and in tears so many times. This was it, I was going to be unemployed in an hour from now, tossed out of the building, badge taken and sent on my way….

My boss somewhat helped me to feel better and tells me that it was not happening today and I would be one of the last people to leave. But what did that mean? Meeting time happens, we find out they are closing our office in Irvine. I have a job for 3 more months. Some people only had two months, but some of us had 3. My first thought; I can find a job in 3 months! Easy Peasy! BIG relief off of my shoulders. Kinda. The rest of the day was filled with drinking, and LOTS of it. I am pretty sure I consumed at least an entire bottle of top shelf vodka myself! The company was paying and I was drinking! HA.

Hubby picked me up, got home, shed lots of tears, went to bed. Got up the next day, put on my big girl panties, came into work and started the process to find a new job! I had my night of tears, my week of stress, I was ready to hit the ground running! My resume was the easy part, after all, I had just gotten this new job a few months ago, so I just had to throw on my new role and be done! Some people that had been here for longer than I took it more personal and had and is having a much harder time! I can understand and I feel bad for some of the people that have been a M’s for 20 something years. It was easier for me to be positive about it because I think I am a pretty positive person in general, but I had only been here for such a short time! The decision was already made and I knew I could do nothing about it, so just get your crap together and start putting yourself out there!

My new found love is LinkedIn! My cousin who is a recruiter had told me how powerful it was months ago, but I didn’t get it until now. Of course my job search started with Google. But as I would find a job posted I went to LinkedIn to see who I knew that worked at that company. I have heard it OVER and OVER in the last few years, and boy it’s SO true; You have to know someone to get your foot in the door to any company these days. LinkedIn has been key to my job search. Before I knew it I had 4 phone interviews lined up in one week! All with the help of different people I knew that had worked at one of those companies. All because of LinkedIn! Most people don’t mind passing your resume onto someone they know. If you don’t ask, you will never find out!

One of the things my boss told me when we found out the news about losing our jobs was, if I needed time to take calls or interview, please take it! He said he would give me a great reference, after all, he felt super bad about just hiring me and then having to turn around and let me go. This worked to my advantage. My first phone interview was with *bucks. In checking out their website, they had an entire webpage with tips on your resume and how to prepare for an interview with them. It was in fact a really great way to brush up on my interviewing skills! All four of my phone interview went really well! They all promised 2nd interviews. I was hitting the ground running for sure. It was a great feeling. I had some great experience and people wanted to talk to me. It had been less than 3 weeks since dooms day and I was kicking butt!
The next week followed with 2nd interviews and even a third. Then a job offer!!! I don’t even understand how things can move so fast sometimes, but the next thing I knew I was putting my notice into M’s! You can’t fire me, I quit!

Blowing this Popsicle stand for the Bell! They are such an awesome and LARGE company! Very hip, full of young people, energy, and they do a LOT of fun things, it’s like it was made for me! I will be supporting 3 Directors on the Restaurant Excellence team. I start there in February and am really excited for things to come! Lots of great opportunities to show my skills and a lot of chances to move around within a great company! They are really focused on personal and professional development. That’s really important to me these days. The perks I will get for working for the Bell are pretty awesome! They really thought long and hard about what will attract the best people! Between daycare on campus, a gym, a salon and restaurants, they had me at hello.

In talking to my current President at M’s this morning he told me that their CEO is one of the best out there! I really respect our President and have no hard feelings towards him for the decisions that have been made here. I don’t take it personally and I’m not one to burn bridges. It makes me sad to have no choice to leave a company where I really enjoy. I enjoy the management and our President. He is that guy that walks around and knows your name and says good morning. He is that guy that tells me that I will do great things and will be such a great asset to the Bell. It was great to hear. I am going to miss the people I have bonded with in the last four months. Sad to go, but so excited for the opportunity I have been presented! More updates on the new awesome job once I start! More to come on the awesome weight loss journey that is on it’s way. It has been shown in my past, if I am happy at my job, it reflects in my attitude, my home life and my life in general! Here’s to a new change and a new start for 2014!

Holiday's

This year was Jack's first Christmas and he was ready for it! We've had the tree up for a month, we moved all the decorations from the bottom and for the most part he stayed away from it. For the most part. He has been a walking little man for a few months now and he is only getting better and faster! Victor's hotel hosted a Holiday party for their employees so we had a fancy night out and left the kiddo's at home with Auntie Crystal. It was such a nice night! The people he works with are really great, and the hotel spears no cost to put on a great party. Dinner, dancing, casino, drinks, photo booth, all kinds of fun stuff to do! This was the only picture I took all night. Lame I know! I wore lipstick and my Grandma's pearls and this is the only picture I have to show for it!

Christmas eve is always spent at Grandma's house eating tamales, playing games and then opening presents with all the kids. It's something I look forward to every year since I met Victor.

There was a very serious game of domino's going on and Alana was keeping score for the first round. She decided she wanted to play the second round and won the first two games. Playing with experts with years of experience. She is awesome! She loves to play games and does really well at them!

We exchanged gifts and then headed home to put together Jack's bike and pull out all of the stuff from Santa! This year Alana really wanted a Barbie that rides the horse. We decided to get Jack this cute Radio Flyer bike that we can push him in and then he can ride on his own when he learns. Finally about 1am Victor and I were done and headed to bed!

The sun came out and no sign of Alana! Finally about 8am she woke up... at her age we were up before the sun to see what Santa brought us and then we would have to wait for the sun to come up before we could go wake my parents up! Some of her favorite presents of the morning were from Aunt Ashley and Amy, and Auntie Crystal! This crazy kitty cat that she wanted had been wrapped and meowing all week long every time you turned on and off the kitchen light. We tried hard to play it off like we didn't hear it. Alana swore there was a cat in the kitchen, after a few days she even put two and two together and realized it was the one she had seen and wanted at the store before. I played it off like dad wrapped all the presents so I didn't know. HA! She is a smart girl though!

After the kids were done opening it was my turn! We got Victor a nice Angels watch and new Angels Leather wallet! He loved it! But then it was my turn. I had two boxes, the first I opened and it looked like a Camel back for hiking. I was happy about it, I thought it might be a good chance to get out and start hiking! Victor saw the look of confusion on my face and said it was a new diaper bag. Hmmmm... Then I flipped over the tag and it said camera bag! OH BUDDY! Bring on the camera! I couldn't wait to get it in my hot little hands! I couldn't believe that after millions of years of wanting a professional camera I had one! Victor has always been a great gift giver (well before we had kids) but this year takes the cake for sure! Thank you my love! I always borrow my sisters and now I have one of my own! Don't get me wrong, my little 5 year old point and shot still works, but I've wanted a Cannon for awhile now! They just take the best quality pictures! Can't wait to post some pics I've taken with it!

The rest of the morning we headed out to Corona to do Christmas with my side of the family. We had the best breakfast ever that my sester made, we exchanged gifts, played a few rounds of Apples to Apples and then headed back home. I love Christmas morning with my sisters and dad. We are just missing my mom to make it complete. It always seems like something is missing, we all know what it is... but I know she is there with us.

Victor had to work Christmas evening so me and the kids visited our Garcia family for awhile before we turned in for the night! It was a beautiful day, 80 degrees, you really couldn't have asked for a more beautiful Christmas day! So thankful to everyone in our family on both sides for making this a great Christmas for the kids! I saw a friend post the other day on FB saying that she thought she loved Christmas so much as a child. Then he had children and it's even better! It's so totally true for me! They make my morning! Watching them open gifts and get so excited about them, it's beautiful! Alana is working on her thank you letters. It's a great way to practice her spelling and writing that she is so good at, while on break from school!

Alana and I had a girls movie day with Crystal and went to see Frozen! Such a great movie, can't wait for that to come out on Blu-ray!

The Greats!

I am totally ashamed to say that Jack was 11 months old before he meet his Great Grandparents for the first time! What a horrible grand daughter I am! We tried to head out to see them a few months back and it just didn't work out. Victor and I both had a day off and decided we were just going to drive out there! So we did, finally! Jack got to meet his Great Grandparents! It was so nice to see them, and I will make sure that another year doesn't pass by before we see them again!

Love this picture of Jack just looking up at his Great Grandpa Andy!

The babes with Great Grandma

And Great Granpa

One of my favorite parts of visiting has always been the lake! The deck and the dock that sits on the lake. Hopefully sometime this summer we will get out on a boat ride with the kids.

Breakfast with Santa

This year, like last we got to have Breakfast with Santa at Victor's hotel on the beach! It was fun to get the kids dressed up and put them on Santa's lap! Alana told Santa she wants a barbie house and the Barbie with a horse... Looks like it's going to be a barbie Christmas this year! I was a bit nervous about Jack. Although Alana never did it, I have seen tons of kids scream their heads off on Santa's lap. We sent Alana up first so she could talk to him in peace and then I dropped Jack off on his lap next to Alana and he looked up at him, and just stared. He look at us calling his name and never cracked a smile but never was scared either! Worked out perfectly for his first time on Santa's lap. (Ok, well second time, but it doesn't count if Grandma takes you and doesn't even tell me.. Not so happy about that)

He is a serious man! But my babes did look adorable all dressed up! They enjoyed the pancakes and the drive to Daddy's hotel. Always enjoyable! Adult party next week which was pretty awesome last year, so I'm expecting it to be just as awesome this year. (Plus I won't be "about to pop" as I was last year).

My handsome boys!

Me and my sweet Christmas babes!

Santa by the beach!

Happy boy! 11 Months old

Rosie Posey!

Smart Girl

Alana received an award this week at school! Kindergarten has been pretty easy for her so far, she is doing really good in her class. Victor goes once a week to volunteer in her class and with a quick change of plans last week, I got to go in his place for that day! It was so interesting to see the different levels of kids in her class. From the kid that can barely spell "and", to the kid that needed no help to spell "hospital". Crazy! Out of about the 15 kids that were there, I was very happy to see Alana in the top 5 of those 15. She is a smart girl and loves to "play that game". It's really me asking her how to spell things and what sounds letters make. She loves to play it!
I left work and ran home to see her get her award, we had no idea what it was for. Every quarter the teacher picks out a few of the kids and they have an awards assembly. Alana received an award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Language Arts! She was very proud and so happy we all came to cheer her on! She took a picture with the principal (which is fun for her at this age). So happy she is doing so well and I pray she always loves school this much!

Alana and her friend Hayden

Proud girl

Some cute on-lookers

O' Christmas tree

Needless to say, Jack didn't understand why we were picking out a tree for Christmas. He had pretty much zero interest in it this year. He stood and looked around as to say, what are we doing here? It was a really chilly night but we picked out Alana's favorite tree! She couldn't wait to get home and decorate it! Her favorite part is putting on the tree topper. She keeps saying "putting up the star" but our tree topper is Mickey and Minnie. Although we may just let her pick out her favorite star this year to buy! Good ole Home Depot has the best trees at such a great price, so instead of going to one of those Christmas tree farms, which is fun, but expensive, we head over to Home Depot to pick out a great tree! Hopefully next year Jack will be more into picking the "one" out.

Taking out all of the ornaments and placing them on the tree was less fun this year. Jack can pretty much reach the bottom foot of the tree and wants to pull everything off. So I decided that I was not going to put anything no the tree that could be broken. I have a lot of glass ornaments that I don't want to fall off the tree and break, so I just didn't put them up. Although I am pretty good at watching Jack around the tree, I am not there 100% of the time, so this year I skipped all of my breakables!

What are we doing here mom?

No, seriously, what is up with all of these trees?

My happy place!

18 years!

Gosh time flies! I know this first hand with my kids, but to know that my first baby niece turned 18 this month really puts time into perspective! I was 15 when she was born. She lived with us at home so it was pretty awesome to get to be part of her first years! She will be graduating high school this year which will for sure bring me to tears! Her boyfriend wanted to throw her a party for her birthday so we jumped on it and threw her a party! We decorated Mat's backyard, brought in some food and music and she had fun with a small group of friends! She seemed to have a lot of fun! Happy 18th birthday Hailey! You will still always be my dork! I love you!

My awesome banner I made!

18 Years old!

Nothing too fancy, just done Harp style

Kids these days :)

My beautiful baby niece!

So grown up now with a boyfriend and all.

Thankful

Every day this month on FB, people have been posting what they are thankful for. Some are kinda crazy and some are nice to read. I decided to not put them on FB, but to post them here where I can come back in 6 months and remember what I am thankful for.

This is not everything I am thankful for, but these are the top most important things:


1. God – I wonder sometimes where I would be without him. I don’t always feel close to him, but I know when I need him he is there for me. He has helped me through so many hard times, and has been present through so many good ones. I am thankful he is there for me every time I turn to him and even when I don’t. I need to be closer and talk to him more, but I am O so thankful for him. Thankful that he died for me.
2. My Alana Rosie – She is the sweetest 5 year old I know. She is caring, loving, and so kind. I see myself having the same relationship with her as I had with my mom. I hope she will be my best girl forever! I know when they turn into teens they can be a handful, but I pray she always stay close with me.
3. My little buddy Jack – I am thankful to God that he blessed me with a little boy. He is so completely different from Alana, the last 10 months has been very challenging, throwing another kid into the mix sure changes everything. But every day I am thankful for his love of his mama. I am thankful for every time he wants to be in my arms and cuddle with me.
4. Victor – I am so thankful for my husband. It’s been 10 years this month. We have had a lot of ups and downs but we have stuck through it and came out so much better on this end of it. He works so hard for us in everything he does. The days I come home to a super clean house when laundry is done, it means so much to me! He really does share the parenting with me 50%. I never thought I would say that, but it has been amazing to share my life and children with him. I am thankful in so many ways to have him as a husband! I do pray that when we are old, we are out sitting on our porch having coffee watching our grandchildren play.
5. My children are healthy – I know this sounds kind of broad, but I am so thankful that both of my babies are healthy, growing strong and have no health issues. Sometimes I look at some of my friends that have a child with a disease or I hear a story about a child and I just stop and pray for them and then give thanks to God for giving me healthy children! I am not sure I could handle it any other way, and I know God knew that when he gave them to me.
6. My job – I recently changed jobs and I am so grateful for the opportunities that I have found. There have a been so many times that I have not enjoyed my job for one reason or another, but I am so happy to be in a position that I get to make that choice to leave a company for another. I am thankful of the choices that have been put in front of me. I have met so many awesome people through my life at each job, I am ever so grateful for that. My job helps to keep the house over our head and the clothes on our back. It helps to put food in our mouth and I am very happy to have a job, not only that I enjoy but that has many benefits to my life.
7. My sisters – I am thankful to have two sisters. Growing up we loved and hated each other and now as grown-ups we do the same, but I love them both dearly! I am grateful to have a good relationship with them and their daughters. They may not always be around, but they sure are there when I need them. I am thankful to have Julie as an older sister that has taught me so much. Sometimes I think she made mistakes in life so that I could learn from them! I am thankful to her for silently being there for me when I need her! I am so grateful to have my little sister Jacquie! She has always been right at my side when I needed her the most! Believe it or not, we think a lot alike. From the time my mom was dying, to being there for me when my children were born. She has helped me through so much in life. I am thankful to have two sisters to lean on when I need to!
8. My In-Laws – Gosh, some people hate their in-laws and have such a horrible relationship with them. I couldn’t be more thankful for mine! I may not be able to understand my father in law half the time he mumbles to me, but the love he shows my children just blows me away. The love he has for all of his grandchildren is amazing to me. Victor was really young when he met Oscar, but Oscar has always treated Victor as his own. He is Victor’s dad and that is that. We are lucky to have such a wonderful loving man in our lives that my kids and my husband look up to! What can I even say about my mother in law? I love her so much. She is so kind, selfless and loving. She treats my babies like her own. She takes care of my children like no other woman ever could. She does everything, she cooks everything, she cleans everything, she just DOES! She is amazing and I am so thankful for her. She cares so much for me and would do anything in the world for us, it amazes me. I am really thankful for her every single day. I don’t find many way to tell her how much she means, but I should try more often!
9. My Mom – Even though she is no longer here, I am so thankful to have her in my life for as long as I did. She was my best friend and such a great role model to me. She really did teach me so much and was always there to support me. I am so very thankful for the time God allowed me to have her on earth.
10. My dad – When I was a little girl I would always hear noises in the middle of the night and I would swear someone was trying to break into our house. I was about 4 and 5 years old when Richard Ramirez, the night stalker was in the news and I just knew he was coming to my house! Even after he had been caught I still had such bad dreams and freaked out every time I heard a noise in the house. The reason I tell this story is because my dad was my protector! When I would wake up in the middle of the night because I heard something, I would be frozen in fear laying in my bed. It would either take me about 10 minutes (which feels like a lifetime when you are little) or I would hear another noise and then I would be able to unfreeze and hop out of bed and go get my dad. I remember I would run my fingers across the bed frame at the foot of the bed and make my way around to my dads side, just to tell him I heard a scary noise and I think someone is in the house. He would get out of bed, grab his bat behind his bedroom door and go investigate for me. Of course there was never anyone in the house, but each time we would never hesitate to grab that bat and look just to make me feel better. I grew up with him as my protector and even to this day he looks out for me. In his own sort of way. I am very thankful to be close to my dad growing up. He has always been such a man of strong faith and I am so grateful for that! A girls first love is her daddy, that’s for sure!
11. This Blog – Although this is a place you may stop by ever so often, or maybe this is your first time reading my crazy words, this blog has been amazing to have! I am so thankful to have a place that I can document my best and worst times. I can write and re-write my stories, my memories, post pictures of all that happens in my life. There have been SO many times that I have said, I don’t remember when that was, let me check my blog. This blog has been an outlet for me, a support group for me. A place that I don’t feel judged. It’s just a blog, but I am very thankful to have a place that I can type my words out of my head! That being said, I am also very thankful that I get to stay in touch with people through blogs. I love to read other people’s stories and see pictures and the thoughts in their head! To be able to give my friends and family a place to check so they know what’s going on and can see the latest pics of the fam. (If I stop lagging and post them).
12. Music – I am very thankful that music is such a big part of my life! Almost every moment I am awake I am listening to some kind of music! My hubs shares the same love of music and therefor we have passed it onto our kids. Alana is only 5 and she knows more Michael Jackson and Beatles songs than you probably do! Our love of music is awesome! Some days it cheers me up, some days it makes me cry. Some days I just go home and put on my mom’s old Beatles Rubber Soul album and watch Alana dance to it, feels my heart with joy! Music is amazing and I am so thankful to the people who have made and continue to make it!
13. My church – A few years ago we became a member of NOCC. It was right down the street from our new house so we decided to try it! We loved it! They were so very welcoming to us and invited us to come back. So we did! We have been a member there for about 2 years now. I am so thankful for the leadership and the great decisions they make there. I am very thankful for the friends and families I have met there! The people there are so nice, and really reach out to us right when we need it! I am so thankful to have a place that I love to go to and worship.
14. My friends – Yep, I’m gonna lump ya’all into one. ONLY because I could really go on and on about my friends! I am thankful for the few that are super near and dear to me. The ones I talk to on a daily basis, the ones I talk to once a week and even the ones that I only keep up with on FB or through a few texts every now and then. Each friend in my life is really important to me! Each one is in my life for a reason! There are a few out there that I miss as a friend and wish we could be close again, but each in time I’m sure. I am thankful for my friends that support me. That let me cry on their shoulder, that let me vent. I am thankful that after all of that, they stick around. I am thankful for the ones who call me when they need something. Thankful for the ones who just need a night out and I can be there for them. Or the ones that just need some baby love. Close or not so close, I am thankful for each of them, for their love and support to me and my family!

10.5 Months

One day he took a step or two and the next hour he was a walking boy! He's been so ready to walk for a month now so I knew it was only a matter of time. Everybody thinks it's so early, but Alana started walking at 10.5 months to so I assume it would be the same for Jack!

He doesn't talk all that much, he says mama, but that's about it. He baby babbles, but I guess with Alana for a sister he really won't need to talk much. He eats everything in sight! There's not one thing that I've given him that he won't eat. I only don't give him shellfish, sugar and peanut butter. Other than that, he eats meat, pasta, every fruit and every veggie I give him. I am lovin that! We don't need to buy him baby food anymore!

He is still the biggest snuggle bug! He loves to cuddle and sit in my lap and hug me! He is super sweet. If we go somewhere that he is not familiar with, he will just stop and look around. It's like he is just taking it all in. He has such a serious face most of the time. But when you get him laughing he is hilarious! I can always leave it up to Alana to make him smile or laugh. No matter what she does, he thinks it's so funny! The love between the two of them is awesome right now. Gosh I hope they are always this close. Dreaming, I know.... but I am enjoying it right now!

I HATE to compare, but by this age Alana was sleeping well through the night. Jack, no so much! I have started a new routine this week that has him sleeping through the night, but only time will tell. I need my dang sleep!!


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