How it all began

Ralph and I have been together since the summer of 2008 but it all began in 1992. Ralph's sister, Colleen and I have been best friends since 6th grade and we grew up at each other's houses throughout the years. Ralph was always around but being the younger brother was forbidden to be around us (not that he wanted to make up dances with us). We said hi during high school and when I needed a jersey to wear to school on Fridays, Ralph was nice enough to let me wear his. He visited Kent State while I was there once to look at the football team and campus but decided against attending. He joined the Marine Corps and we spoke through emails every now and then just to see how the other was doing. Life went on and our paths finally crossed again in 2008 when Colleen invited me to their families yearly 4th of July party. Ralph was home on leave from Iraq and I just moved back to Cincinnati. This time when we saw each other things seemed a little different and the rest is history. In December 2011 we were engaged, July 2012 we were married, April 2013 we bought our first house and March 2014 we had our first child, Braxten! Each year has been more blessed than the last and we are so excited to see where our future takes us!

Thursday, May 15, 2014

7.5 week old schedule

We seem to have a new daily routine panning out...
  • 5:00am wake up to nurse - back to bed
  • 8-8:30 wake up to nurse - go downstairs and rest in the Mama Roo until 10:30
  • 11am nurse
  • 11:30 - 12:15 play
  • 12:15-12:30ish rock him for a few minutes and put him down for a nap
  • 12:30 - 2pm nap time (this nap has been more successful than the second one)
  • 2pm nurse
  • 2:30 - 3:15 play
  • 3:15 - 3:30 rock him for a few minutes
  • 3:30 - 5pm nap time (this one does not go over as well as the first one but we are working on it)
  • 5pm nurse
  • 5:30 - 7:40 play time, he likes to go outside and look around or just smile while his parents act like nuts to see it
  • 7:40pm Bath time, he still loves the sink bath!
  • 8:00pm nurse, prayers, song and bed time (all of this done in a dark room with white noise on)
Last night Braxten went 9 hours between nursings! 8pm he nursed and woke up at 5am!!! It was great! Not sure if the longer naps are helping but they sure aren't hurting, thank goodness!
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