Sleep...or lack there of

As I was looking to post pictures tomorrow for Maija's 5th month birthday (woah!) I took a look at the pictures from this week and they were ALL of her sleeping.  You see, these days, that is hard to come by.  She was born a natural sleeper- took after her daddy :)  then she decided to be more like Grandpa Goff and to not sleep anymore...  too bad.  Nights have been a struggle, naps have been a struggle.  I actually cried for the first time in frustration because she was so tired and was crying but wouldn't go to sleep.  I knew this time would come, but was secretly hoping it didn't.  Now that it is here I know what people were saying when they said, sleep before the baby comes.  After almost 2 weeks of waking up at least 5 times a night last night she slept 9-4!  It was like I was on vacation!  She went back to bed until 6, then I pulled her into the guest bed and we slept until 7:45am!  You have no idea how much I needed it.  This was after she only took 3 naps yesterday all which she cried for 30-60 minutes before and my mom and I kept trying to calm her down.  It's exhausting! 

Anyway, here she is, sleep training... or not.

The swing has been a great tool for getting her to sleep this week. 

Beginning to sleep on her tummy

When we stopped swaddling her we had to cover her hands with socks so she didn't pull out her pacifier.  Now she learned how to grab her pacifier with her socks.

Anyway, I love her and I know we will make it through this hump.  I only hope it happens sooner than later!!!

Minnesota!

I know, it has been awhile!  My gosh, July is just flying by with all of our life changes.  But we now have internet at our new home so I can update more consistently.  The last 4 weeks have been quite the adventure.  Packing up our first home of 4 years with some of our dear friends.  Saying good-bye to everyone and leaving our home of 10 years was pretty emotional. 

Our empty home

The roadtrip went better than we expected, Maija is a good traveler but I think we will wait until she is older to do a roadtrip that long again!  We made our stops in Cedar City Utah, Denver Colorado, Omaha Nebraska, and then my parents house in Minnetonka Minnesota. 

A few days after we got to Minnesota my parents, Emily and Abby came which was so much fun to have the cousins meet.  Some days they were on completely opposite schedules and didn't even really see each other!  Gotta love how much the babes nap during the day.

The adjustment has been pretty good here for Ryan and I.  He started work last week and has enjoyed it so far.  He has played kickball with Krista and her friends and softball with some coworkers already- he certainly doesn't have a hard time getting involved.  We've visted a couple of churches but haven't found a good fit yet.

We have spent a lot of time up at the lake already which is so relaxing and fun.  Maija likes the lake and has loved all the time with Grandpa and Grandma seeing them almost every day! 

Maija has definitely gotten worse and worse at sleeping.  It has been exhausting and frustrating, I know it won't last forever but I am not sure why she has regressed so much over the last 2 months.  I am trying to stop swaddling her but that hasn't gone so well so I am going to keep swaddling her since it's the only way she stays sleeping for any long amount of time.  I know we will have a few nights of roughness to get her to stop using the swaddle.  I'm just not quite ready for it.    Thankfully I can get some naps in here and there when I am really tired. 

All in all, we are so happy with the move.  Apartment living isn't my favorite with a babe but I will adjust and it isn't permanent so I have already begun the house search.  I am more eager than Ryan for a house- we have about half of our stuff stored at my parents house since it won't fit in our new home.  Thanks mom and dad!  Ryan just hates moving that much he doesn't mind :).