A Little Recap...

Here are some snapshots of our first beach vacation as a family of three!

Vacation!

Today, I am super busy packing for a fun filled week at the beach. RJ and I were planning on leaving tomorrow morning, but today made the impromptu decision to leave tonight and drive while Iris sleeps (hopefully!). So far, I've done 3 loads of laundry and gotten Iris and myself mostly packed. I just have to pack RJ's bag and few more odds and ends. If I'm really lucky, I will be able to straighten up the house some as well (I hate coming home to a messy house). 

We are all super excited about the beach. It doesn't even matter that they are forecasting rain every day due to the approaching tropical storm. We are just excited to be together as a family and for a little change in scenery. 

Have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous next week!

Hopefully we will stay sunburn free!

A Little Less Patriotic

*Stepping onto soapbox*

I saw this title on another blog, and I thought, "What a perfect way to describe how I'm feeling!".

This is usually the season on the year where I am loud and proud about this great country that we live in, but lately I feel myself becoming more and more cynical. If you haven't picked up from earlier posts, eating cleanly is something that is VERY important to me. However, with the current political climate, this is something that is nearly impossible to do in our "free" country. So free, we are not allowed to know what all is in the food that we eat. So free, the very organizations that are supposed to monitoring the safety of our food have financial ties to the companies who are making our food less and less safe. So free, laws are being passed that exempt said companies from due process and the court systems. 

It just makes me so sad and angry all at the same time.

Did you know that in just about EVERY other industrialized country, the majority of the conventional food in American grocery stores is illegal? There's something to ponder.

It really doesn't even have to do with one particular political party or another because the current state of things was set in motion several administrations ago, and it has yet to be stopped. 

I'm tired of living in a country where big business controls the food supply.

*Stepping off soapbox*

Taking the Leap Update

So earlier, I posted about how we were going to be transitioning Iris out of the bed, and slowly make our way to her sleeping full time in her crib.

We are two nights in, and I think things are going great! The first night, she woke up twice, and I easily nursed her back to sleep. Last night, I pushed back her second nursing. So even though I got up with her three times (I'm a little more tired today), there was a longer stretch between feedings. Hopefully, that will lead to longer stretches of sleep!

She is being such a big girl about everything!

Happy 4th of July!

Taking the Leap

Tonight is the night. Tonight is the night where we are going to start transitioning Iris back into her bassinet, with the goal of her sleeping in her crib soon. I am having to write in down so I don't lose my nerve, because I am seeing a few long nights ahead of me. 

For the past several months, Iris has been sleeping in our bed next to me. It has worked beautifully up until now. However, for the past several weeks, she is waking more and more, and neither of us is getting much sleep. Making this transition now will work for us both in the long run. Pretty soon, she is going to be able to pull up. Once that happens, her bassinet will no longer be a "safe place" for her to sleep, so she will then need to be in her crib.

Like I said in an earlier post, CIO is not going to be happening in this house, so it's ok if these changes take a while to set. I have already enlisted the help of Grammy coming over in the afternoons, if I need to take a little nap. 

Sweet Dreams!