Brrrrrrrrrr!! It is cold!! It has been in the single digits to low 20s and it is down right cold. Even in the house. I know it is cold outside when it is cold in the house...since we haven't left the house since Thursday. Such bums we are!!!

Still having some trouble with Madi sleeping. We are trying something new, which is to let her cry when she wakes up in the middle of the night. She has been doing better and crying herself to sleep after about 10 minutes. But this is soooo hard. We can't figure out what is waking her up. She wakes up and cries out at least 6 times a night. We also have changed her bedtime routine and it has worked so nicely the last two nights. That is until Oliver (our dog) went in last night to "check" on her which swung her door open all the way. She woke up and could see the lights on in the livingroom and could hear the tv and then there was no falling back to sleep. Oh well, I keep telling myself this won't last forever...but it sure is draining. (Andrea, I am so jealous after reading your wonderful bedtime story...this will get better before she is 2 right? Ella needs to come teach Madi her tricks!)

Our new excitement around here is that Madi is starting to crawl!!! I don't know if I should be happy our sad, she is growing up so quickly. She is still learning and will only take about 2 little crawls before her butt gets swaying so fast that she falls over. But she gets back up on her hands and knees and tries again. Between the little crawls, rolling and lunging, she gets around the livingroom pretty well. Time to baby proof!!!

Take care!!
Love, Amy