D-Backs Game

YESTERDAY BLAKE, NICK, ERIN, AND I DROVE DOWN TO PHX TO WATCH A BASEBALL GAME FOR MY BFF ERINS' BIRTHDAY!... IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. HER HUSBAND NICK FOUND US SOME TICKETS IN THE "ALL YOU CAN EAT" SECTION. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. THIS WAS MY FIRST D- BACKS GAME SO IT IS SO TRUE WHEN PEOPLE SAY "HOT DOGS ARE BETTER AT A BASEBALL GAME" 10 DOGS LATER... JUST KIDDING. BUT THEY WERE GOOD.....

ANYONE WHO CAUGHT THE GAME WOULD TELL YOU WE GOT DOMINATED BY THE CUBS BUT IT WAS STILL A LOT OF FUN. WE WERE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY CUBS FANS WHO WERE LOVIN TORTURING US ABOUT THE SCORE. BUT THE BOYS WERE STILL GOOD SPORTS ABOUT IT. NICK MORE THAN BLAKE.

GO DIAMONDBACKS!!

ERIN AND NICK WALTON

BLAKE AND I AT THE GIANT BATS IN FRONT OF CHASE FIELD

THE WHOLE FAMILY. EVEN TALIA HAD A D-BACKS SHIRT ON

OH YEAH!!...... MATCHING FROM HEAD TO TOE.

"TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME. TAKE ME OUT TO THE CROWD"

SUMMER???

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I AM STILL NOT SURE IF I SHOULD PACK UP THE SNOW BOOTS JUST YET BUT JUST IN CASE THESE DAYS ARE SHORT LIVED I WAS OUTSIDE ALL DAY.

I TOOK TALIA AND BRUZER FOR A LONG WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEN WE WALKED DOWN TO BUSHMASTERS AND PLAYED AROUND IN THE GRASS. BRUZER HAD A BLAST FINDING ALL THE LEFTOVER EASTER EGGS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS MUST HAVE MISSED LAST WEEK. GROSS!!! AND TAY TOOK A NICE SIESTA IN THE SHADE. IT WAS PERFECT!!! ON THE WAY HOME WE ALL STROLLED THROUGH SOME SPRINKLERS TO COOL OFF! WHAT A GREAT DAY

P.S. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT GAVE ME GREAT MOTIVATION WITH MY NIGHT OWL!!!

BED TIME HELP

THE LAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TALIA TO SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT AND IT IS NOT WORKING!!!! SHE WAKES UP AN AVERAGE OF THREE TIMES A NIGHT. ONLY SINCE SHE HIT THE 4 MONTH MARK. IT HAS WORKED OUT BETWEEN 4 MONTHS AND NOW BECAUSE I WOULD JUST PUT HER IN BED WITH US, FEED HER FOR 5 MIN, AND SHE WOULD FALL BACK ASLEEP. THEN I WOULD PUT HER BACK INTO HER CRIB. NOW THAT SHE IS ABOUT TO HIT THE 6 MONTH AGE I THINK THAT THE NIGHT FEEDINGS NEED TO END. SO NOW THAT SHE IS NOT BROUGHT TO OUR BED THE NIGHTS ARE HORRIBLE! SHE SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER FOR AN AVERAGE OF AN HOUR. THREE TIMES A NIGHT. YOU DO THE MATH.

THINGS I HAVE TRIED

- IGNORING HER COLD TURKEY (THIS WAS THE WORST ONE. SHE CRIED FOR 2 1/2 HOURS STRAIGHT.)

- EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES I WILL GO IN HER ROOM AND RUB HER FACE AND PUT HER BINKY IN HER MOUTH (THIS APPROACH WORKS BETTER. SHE SEEMS TO CALM DOWN AND GO BACK TO SLEEP BUT THEN 20 MINUTES LATER IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN)

-PICK HER UP AND ROCK HER BACK TO SLEEP (SHE GOES BACK TO SLEEP BUT THE SECOND SHE REALIZES SHE IS IN HER CRIB IT IS BACK TO FULL ON SCREAMING)

-STUFFING HER FACE BEFORE SHE GOES TO BED ( STILL WAKES UP)



I FEED HER THEN GIVE HER A BATH AND THEN PUT HER INTO HER CRIB AWAKE EVERY NIGHT. SHE GOES TO SLEEP FINE. BUT A FEW HOURS LATER THE CRYING BEGINS. I KNOW I HAVE ONLY GIVEN THIS NEW TRANSITION A WEEK BUT I JUST WANT HER TO SLEEP ALL NIGHT LIKE SHE USE TO. BLAKE AND I ARE MISERABLE AND I AM SURE THE BABY IS TOO. WAAAAHH

ANY MORE IDEAS I CAN TRY?? ANYONE!!!

ITS GO TIME!!

YESTERDAY WHILE THE BABY WAS ASLEEP I DRUG HER CRIB INTO HER OWN ROOM! AAAHH!!! SO SCARY. I WAS PLANNING ON DOING THIS WHEN SHE WAS FOUR MONTHS BUT ON THAT EXACT DAY SHE MUST HAVE READ MY MIND AND EVERY NIGHT SINCE THAT SHE WOKE UP 2-3 TIMES.

SHE SLEPT MORE THAN PERFECT FROM 2- 4 MONTHS THEN JUST THREW ME A CURVE BALL. .... I KEPT HER UP LONGER TO TRY AND GET HER TO SLEEP LONGER. AND SHE DID!!! SHE SLEPT ALL NIGHT. WHEN SHE WOKE ME UP AT SIX I WAS SO EXCITED SO I NEVER FELL BACK ASLEEP. I AM TIRED AGAIN BUT IT WAS AWESOME. I HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW SO I AM SURE THAT TONIGHT SHE WILL KEEP ME UP ALL NIGHT.... BUT I AM HOPEFUL..

EASTER

FOR EASTER BLAKE AND I WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN WENT TO HIS PARENTS FOR AN EARLY DINNER. LATER THAT NIGHT WE HAD PLANS TO GO TO MY MOMS HOUSE BUT SHE WAS FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER AND SO WAS I SO WE JUST RELAXED AT HOME.... I HAVE BEEN SICK FOREVER! IT IS GOING ON TWO WEEKS! I HAVE BEEN ON ANTIBIOTICS SO I AM NOT CONTAGIOUS TO OTHERS JUST TO MYSELF APPARENTLY. IT SUCKS.

HERE IS TALIA IN HER EASTER DRESS.... SHE IS SAD THAT I TOOK PICTURES WITHOUT HER CUTE BLUE BOW.... BUT LIKE ALWAYS BY THE END OF THE DAY IT ENDS UP LOST

BACK TO SMILES!!!

DAILY EXERCISE

EVERYDAY TALIA AND I DO HER BABY EXERCISE. STANDING, TUMMY TIME, AND OF COURSE SITTING, SHE HAS ALMOST MASTERED THE SITTING........ RANKING IN AT 5 MONTHS 1 WEEK OLD HERE IS TALIA SITTING ALL BY HERSELF!!!

SHE IS STILL A LITTLE WOBBLY.... SHE LASTS ABOUT 1 MIN. AT A TIME. WE JUST NEED TO EITHER WORK ON HER POSTURE OR GIVE HER MORE MILK TO WORK OUT THAT HUNCH BACK!

MY WONDERFUL LIFE

I AM COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH THIS CHILD!!! HOW LUCKY AM I TO GET TO WAKE UP TO THIS FACE EVERY MORNING.... SHE FILLS MY HEART AND IS SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL! WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE A PERFECT HEALTHY BABY. THE LORD HAS DONE US GOOD. LOVE YOU "TINY" - MOM

GOODMORNING APACHE JCT.

I LOVE THE OUT-SKIRTS OF PHOENIX. IT REMINDS ME OF TUCSON. YOU ARE SECONDS FROM THE BIG CITY BUT IN YOUR OWN LITTLE WORLD AT HOME.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK I DROVE DOWN TO THE VALLEY TO VISIT MY GREAT FRIEND MELISSA. WE WENT TO BEAUTY SCHOOL TOGETHER A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT IS ALWAYS GREAT HANGIN WITH MY "LITTLE J" (LONG STORY)... ANYWAY... I HAD LOTS OF FUN VISITING WITH HER, JAMES AND HER FAMILY. THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE. SHE REFUSED TO BE IN A PICTURE. BRAT... SO HERE IS ONE OF ME AND TAY RIGHT WHEN WE WOKE UP.

HAIR HAIR EVERYWHERE

BLAKE HAS NOT HAD A HAIR CUT SINCE JULY. HE IS REALLY WANTING TO SEE HOW LONG IT GETS. HE TOLD ME HIS GOAL IS "JESUS STYLE." ....AS YOU CAN SEE HE IS PRETTY CLOSE. EASTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. MAYBE HE IS PLANNING ON REENACTING THE PART... WHO KNOWS???... I GO BACK AND FORTH ON HIM CUTTING IT. TO ME HE LOOKS LIKE EVERY OTHER NINTH GRADE BOY IN THIS COUNTRY ( WHICH DOES SHOW, HIS HAIR IS "IN-STYLE") BUT UNLIKE ALL THESE YOUNG MEN, BLAKE HAS HAD SOME ISSUES THE LAST FEW YEARS HOLDING ON TO THE HAIR IN THE FRONT.

ALL IN ALL... I LOVE HIM AND HIS HAIR NO MATTER WHAT!!!