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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Heart Day!

Happy Valentines Day from our little Valentine to yours! AND BIG Happy 1st Birthday Riley Elizabeth!!!


We've had a major grumpster for the past two days. Miss Riley is GRUMPY! Nothing makes her happy for very long. Not even Roxi or her round-a-bout make her happy. She's waking every 3 to 4 hours during the night. Usually she'll wake for a bottle and go right back to bed. She's typically not too cuddly during the night either. It's the same thing, night after night, bottle and then back in the crib with her bunny and a binky and she goes back to sleep. But not the last two nights. She cries when we put her back in her crib so we've been rocking and holding her, for up to an hour, before she's ready to go back to bed. The only thing I can think of is teething but I can't see anything trying to work it's way up. Maybe since today is Valentines Day she'll find love in her heart and start being happy again. Oh where, oh where, has my happy baby gone, oh where, oh where can she be???

25 comments:

Angele said...

Thank you guys and Miss Riley for the birthday Wishes....

She could also be going thru a developmental milestone and wake up one morning and all of a sudden she can do something. Babies are weird that way and it always freaks us out when Riley does stuff like that.

Anonymous said...

Happy V-day, Riley. I hope you feel better and let your mamas sleep soon!

my--four--sons said...

Happy Valentines QT!!!!

Stacey said...

Thanks for the bday wishes. :)

The bad sleep thing happens from time to time. It could be teething. It could be developmental issues like Angele said--we've had that with Riley repeatedly. Hope it goes by quickly!

Merr said...

She looks pretty happy to me! So I don't believe you that she's grumpy. How could someone so cute be grumpy? HUH?

Merr said...

She looks pretty happy to me! So I don't believe you that she's grumpy. How could someone so cute be grumpy? HUH?

K J and the kids said...

Maybe she's fighting off a virus of some sort.
I blame teeth too !!
I hope she feels as good as she looks soon :)

ajs4ever said...

So glad she is recovering well. She looks so happy and of course just precious!

Sorry your having some sleep issues! I'm sure that is no fun. Hang in there:)

Kim aka Mommy said...

That cute lil girl grumpy? NO way!

Holly said...

poor little one! I can't imagine such a cute little face being a grump!
Hope it's just a passing thing! Can't wait to see her in person!

Unknown said...

But she looks so happy in that picture! :) Hopefully she gets happier soon and you guys can get some sleep!

Shannon said...

Awww, she's so cute. Sorry she's having some sleep issues. Every now and then Erik would do that too (still does once in a while.) I always blamed it on teething, or, like Angele said, a developmental milestone.

Angele said...

THANK YOU for the fantastic valentines postcard!!!! We love it

Anonymous said...

She is too adorable to be cranky.. What? I don't believe you.. ;-)
Maybe an ear infection or something???
See you today. Yeppie!

Jennifer said...

Every time I see her picture I think what a beautiful little miracle. I've been keeping up with her story (alas, just not commenting!) and it just floors me.

The night thing: Could it be more teeth? Both Madeline and Avery experience night wakings and then, suddenly, new teeth pop up. Maddie has SEVEN (!) and it looks like some molars are coming in. Avery has two and it looks like her two top ones are breaking through. I bet Riley has some teeth about to emerge too!

my--four--sons said...

Hey Riley I hope you had a great St Patty's day! Tell your mom to get bloggin......

Deb Williams said...

Really miss your blogs dee! I hope to see some news soon! We really miss you!

Kim aka Mommy said...

Thinkin' of yall!

Casey said...

Hey you guys - I check in often hoping for an update. Is everything ok???

Jen said...

oh where oh where can that sweet Riley be? oh where oh where can she be?????
I sure hope you guys are ok!

Audra said...

Hey guys! I check in on your blog from time to time and noticed there haven't been any new posts lately- hope all is well in Riley land!

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Anonymous said...

Happy 1st Birthay Riley

Hope your Mom starts posting soon. Miss seeing your updates.
Hope all is well with everyone!!!!

Stef said...

Where are you guys? We miss you.. Post !!!!

Kim aka Mommy said...

Miss you guys! Hope all is well.

Our Conception Story

After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.

In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.

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