A Weekend of Struggles Ends Good

By the title of this post I am sure you are wondering what the heck could happen to make us to admit that we have moments of struggles. I don't know if we have dug ourselves a hole by rocking Mckenna to sleep or if she is teething or if she has, I hate to even say it, another ear infection but we had a bad weekend of sleep. Lately Mckenna has been waking several times a night needing Mommy to reassure and put a binky back into her mouth and sometimes needing to be fed or rocked. I am really fearful because she can now remember... she can remember when we get her out of her bed to rock her... she can remember if I change her diaper in the middle of the night... she can remember that I fed her last night when she fussed... So there lies our struggle. What do we do when she wakes up in the middle of the night and she can no longer soothe herself back to sleep. Friday night we tried the "fuss it out" method, in the middle of the night, and it didn't work. She was so fussed that it took me nearly an hour to get her calmed down. What to do...??? We have a doctors appointment tomorrow and we will see if she has a reason for these sleeping problems or if I have just failed myself as a mother. Regardless, sleep training will start July 6th!

Another bummer of the weekend was the United States loss in the World Cup. How could the US loose when they had someone like this..... cheering them on?

I said the weekend ended well, so here are the positives....

Mckenna and Daddy bonded over some guitar playing and singing.

Feeding Mckenna wasn't much of a struggle this weekend... She LOVED the ravioli and frozen yogurt.

One Basket + Plenty of Toys= One Happy Mckenna.... She climbed right in to get a little closer...

Yeah that isn't such a happy face, once she got in she realized it wasn't a wise choice and she didn't know how to get out. 

A new set of wheels... now she can get even further on her feet!

Some swimming in the pool... I know, I know I have posted far too many pool pictures but I'm sorry she looks so cute in her pool! 

Some crawling and walking around in the yard.

Flowers in the hair....

And NINE MONTHS of life! Yes, Mckenna celebrated her NINE MONTH old birthday yesterday! Can you believe it... I can't! So, the weekend of little sleep was obviously overshadowed by many moments of happiness, laughter, and fun. 

Have a good week! Love from the Lucas's!