A dreary, boring, sleepy kind of day but....

FRIDAY

I am SO glad it's finally Friday. I know everyone always looks foward to their Friday's but I was especially anxious for it this week. No particular reason. It's just been a looooong week. Today is also a very cold and dreary day. It's made me extremely unmotivated. Not that I have any specific reason to be motivated it just seems like it's making my day drag. I also just had lunch, which made me even more dreary feeling.

It's been a pretty boring week. (hints: the lacking of blog posts) Tuff is just now losing the runny nose but still isn't sleeping well. I am TIRED. I feel like I'm more tired with him lately than I was when he was a newborn. He's 15 months old. Isn't it supposed to be easier now? I wouldn't really call it "hard" but I am so TIRED. He use to have a routine which I thought was O.K. until he took advantage of it. Once we moved into our house (in March) he was sleeping with me. He had been for about a month. There are so many reasons why that is NOT ok so we decided to try the "cry it out" method. The first night in our house I tried it. After an hour of screaming bloody murder, streaming tears, and on going gasps for breath... I gave in. I told Jordan that night (he was working) that I had decided I couldn't do it alone. I needed him there with me for some motivation and someone to tell me "Just ignore him, he will eventually go to sleep." Jordan can do those kinds of things. He's good at not giving in. Especially when it comes to discipline. Anyways, I ended up getting lucky. Tuff got sick a day or two later and was NOT sleeping at all one night. I got so frustrated with him around 3 or 4 in the morning and finally decided to put him in his crib. He whined for a few minutes and went right to sleep. The next night I thought I'd try it again but at bed time instead. It worked! We never had to go through the whole "cry it out" method. From then on, he was sleeping in his own bed (crib). So... Back to his routine... So he's sleeping through the night but for some reason waking up every morning anywhere between 4 and 6. I started getting him and laying him in the bed with me and he'd go right back to sleep for another hour or 2. This is where the routine started. I looked at this as "snuggle time." Well the past month it's been getting earlier and earlier. So this "snuggle time" routine has technically turned into him sleeping with me half the night every night. He is now waking up every night between 1:30 and 3. Mostly being 1:30. I want so badly to start breaking this habit right away. The past few nights I've been going in, rocking him, and laying him back in his crib when he wakes up. I don't want him to start relying on that too, though. The only problem I have with nipping this in the bud is that I'm already so TIRED. Literally, exhausted. I don't know if letting him "Cry it out" is a good idea for me right now. If I were to get any more exhausted, I wouldn't be able to work. So PLEASE, if anyone has any suggestions, let me know.

We traveled to watch Westside play Auburntown last night. Tuff really seems to enjoy the basketball games and everything that's going on. He claps and yells and points and talks and mostly EATS. Every time I take him to a game he eats SO good. I'm thinking I need to try and find some type of game to take him to every night. Ha! He hardly ever eats good at home anymore... Both Westside girls and boys lost. Our niece Sydney got some playing time and she did really well. Courtland didn't get playing time at this game so maybe next game. I really enjoy watching all of our nieces and nephews play ball. It really takes me back and makes me miss those days oh so much. Basketball was the best time of my life.

We don't have to much planned for the weekend. My friend Kel is cutting buddy's hair tomorrow and Sunday we have dinner at Mama's for Bree's birthday. I'm glad for ONCE we don't have to much planned. Because as you all know... I'm TIRED. Haha. Hope you all have a fan-tabulous weekend.

Happy Friday!

The Alford's