Sleep....Who Needs It?

Where to begin?

Well, let's start with this little pistol princess. Guess who decided to be up ALL. NIGHT. LONG. last night? (Well, I guess not all night-she did have about 3 twenty minute cat naps).

No, I'm not even kidding. I saw every hour, thank you very much. I even considered tackling the never-ending pile of ironing at four in the morning.

Thank goodness that moment of insanity was short-lived.

These are the eyes that greeted me at all hours of the night last night.

How can you hold a grudge when looking at those big eyes and chubby cheeks?

Bella is 3 (almost 4) months old now, and growing, growing, growing! She always has had "college" sleep habits (she will typically settle down for the night around 12:30, wake up at 8 for a feeding, and go back to sleep until noon), but I think part of the problem last night is that she is teething.

TEETH?!

You're only three months old, miss Bella. No need for teeth yet.

This picture desperately needs a caption...

Bella, you'll have to be tough with these two as brothers!

The boys convinced Craig to sleep in a tent with them in the backyard the other night.

I'm not sure how much sleeping was accomplished (notice the theme in this post), but the boys had a GREAT time.

Thank goodness, I could play the newborn card once again and sleep in a nice, warm, cozy bed.

I think by the time it was bedtime, half of their bedroom had been brought into the tent.

This picture just makes me laugh:

On a completely unrelated note, Drew has taken relaxation to a new level:

Although his book stays dry. A certain other person, AHEM, may have dropped their book into the pool two or three times this summer.

But I'm not mentioning any names. And yes, it was the same book.

Ahh, summer. I can't believe you're almost over.

Now it's back to the world of early bedtimes (hear that, Bella?), school buses, routine, and blogging!

It's good to be back!

Sum, Sum, Summertime

Goodness gracious. I'm more than a little behind on blogging. As far as reading blogs go-well, let's not even go there.

I'm really hoping that things will return to a more "normal" state around here soon! (I'm using normal very, very loosely).

Hopefully, once the nighttime routine gets more settled, Drew goes back to school, and summer winds down, things will not be as overwhelming!

I've been awful about taking pictures, mostly because our "good" (again, using that term loosely) died and I've been using Drew's camera.

Poor Bella-I'll never be able to get these 3 months back, and I have very few good pictures of her.

So...here are some blurry pics of what we've been doing.

We took the kids to see the movie "Ice Age" at a drive-in theater. It worked great, because I could take Bella without worrying (since we just stayed in the car). Notice how impressed she is.





The boys were much more impressed. (I warned you the pics were blurry).

If I ever need help or have an emergency around here, I'll know who to call. This is the scene that greeted me after breakfast the other morning.

How can you not feel safe with these two around?

The long summer days and hard work of firefighting have worn poor Alex out. When I went to get him for dinner this is what I found: (yes, he does have shorts on)!

We also went to a Cleveland Indians game the other night-minus Bella.

It was the first time for the boys and they loved it. Actually, I think they liked the food and fireworks the most.

Or was that me?

The view from our seats.

Do I always look this tired????

LOVE this picture. Craig and mini-Craig.

If I ever wonder what Craig looked like as a little boy, I only have to look at Alex.

Look! Another picture of Bella. In her car seat and with her nuk. AGAIN.

I'm sorry I don't have any more pictures of you, Bella. Your mom is pathetic.

Does anybody have any camera recommendations? I'd love to hear them!