Happy Birthday, Baylee!

Okay! I think that sums it up for the May birthdays! Whew!

So I don't have too much talk talk about today. Last night was a crappy night. After I blogged Hana woke up again and again and again. The battle used to be getting her to fall asleep. Last night the battle was trying to get her to stay asleep. Any advice? At 3:00am I broke down and put her in bed with us. Call it what you will: bad parenting, weak parenting, I don't care! I'm now thinking she needs white noise. Maybe it's too quiet in her room. I have to sleep with an oscillating fan on high but aimed at the wall (so it's not too cold) in order to sleep well. I cannot stand it quiet! She's been sleeping in our room with that fan going all these months, maybe I've created a white noise habit for her. Jennifer suggested putting a radio in there for her. I might try that. The only thing is we would be able to hear it through the monitor and I'm not one for music or TV while I'm sleeping. But it's worth a shot! I would rather sleep with a radio in the background instead of a crying baby!

We've got a pretty busy weekend ahead of us. JennEllen is babysitting so we can go to that birthday party tomorrow. I have to go shopping tomorrow. I was supposed to go today, but Joe took my car to work and it has the car seat/stroller combo in it. I can't use the other stroller yet because Hana can't sit up on her own too well and she looks like she's just going to topple right out of it. Then Sunday I've invited Betsy and Alvin over. I figure they need some baby practice before little baby boy Lagos gets here. I really like the name they're thinking about. Calen. I LOVE that! Calen Alejandro Lagos. It's a mouthful, but it's pretty! Joe and I have considered Cale or Kale for a boy so I hope that won't be his nickname! If we have a boy someday the name is definitely going to be Liam Clark. So no one else better steal that! We even refer to Liam in conversations. "Hana is going to be so mothering to little Liam," we'll say. I'm so happy I married someone as crazy as me! But if there is ever a boy number two his name just might be Cale or Kale. We seem to really like 4-letter names.

Just a little over a month before Charles Harrison Broom arrives. Joe & I are really excited about that! I can't believe Chuck & Christine are going to join us in parenthood! Annie & Dave's little boy gets here in September but they haven't decided on a name for him yet. Babies, babies, babies! I love it! Joe & I are thinking we'll have Hana start school later rather than earlier so she'll be more mature. (You, know she'll be going on 6 when she starts school instead of 5). The area we are planning to move to is even closer to Chuck & Chris's house, so little Charles and Hana may be in the same grade at the same school. I think that'll be good. She'll have a buddy, someone like a brother to look after her. It makes Joe cringe. He's just thinking of the teenage years!

Well, I just heard a really gross sound come out of Hana so I think I need to go change a diaper!