Quiet weekend!

It's just me and her this weekend

This weekend Reid took Savanna, Mitch & Treyton with him to Salt Lake to stay at his sister and Brother in law's cabin. I decided to stay home with Carolina. She does not do very well in the car and I wasn't really very excited about camping out with a baby, so we stayed home. I feel a little bit bad about not going and seeing my kids have so much fun at the cabin and for missing an opportunity to get out of town, but I have to say I have been loving the quiet around here. I got the kids rooms and closets cleaned out, and I went through all the kids clothes and got rid of a bunch of stuff. So I feel like I got a lot accomplished and it was worth me staying home to work on. I feel like with 4 kids all I ever get done is the basics, I can't ever seem to get any of the deep cleaning done that needs to happen. I do miss Reid and the kids but it has been an enjoyable weekend so far.

I decided to take the opportunity while the kids are gone to try and get Carolina to sleep through the night. (She shares a room with Savanna, so I haven't felt like I could let her cry it out.) I am getting really tired of getting up with her 3 and 4 times a night. So last night she went to sleep on her own, and when she woke up at about 11:30, it took about 1/2 hour of me going in to her room about every 5-10 minutes to try to comfort her without picking her up and she went back to sleep. She woke up again at 2 am and I did the same thing, and then again at 6:00 am, and I did get her out of her bed then and feed her and she went back to sleep. I will do it again tonight and hopefully we can get her to sleep clear through without too much crying. It breaks my heart to let her cry, but she is 8 months old, it is time to sleep through the night now.