dear doctor ferber, i love you.
ok so tagg has been an awesome sleeper from day one. so i just assumed all babies were good sleepers. but then sully came along. he is a very good baby except when it comes to sleeping. a couple of nites ago i decided i was done. done with getting up several times each nite. i remembered that shanna swore by this book so i went and picked up a copy. three nites later..... sully slept about seven hours straight (compared to the two and a half or three hour stretches i used to have to deal with) seriously. this book is a winner. nothing too crazy. just logical steps to help babies sleep better.

xoxo

a well rested mama.

life with two boys.

its crazy. its tiring. its hard. its the most rewarding thing i have ever done. i love it.

some short clips of my boys.....

sully continued to talk long after i turned the camera off. guess he realizes that he is going to have to do A LOT of gibbering to keep up with his older brother.

he is also reaaaalllly obsessed with blowing bubbles. he was doing it so loudly during relief society yesterday that i had to leave.

we stopped by the fun center for a minute so i could see tagg take a ride on the frog hopper. i swear, i could watch this clip 500 times and still laugh myself sick. the combination of tagg's happy little face + his head looking like a rag doll on the jolts down + taylor's laugh is just plain priceless.

yup. i am one of those moms.

i think my little baby is the cutest thing out there.

the thing is...... i think sully thinks so too.

finally!

we had our annual gingerbread house decorating contest on wednesday....

and my house finally won! i would like to take this opportunity to thank tagg, who helped decided where the snowman should go. and megan, who made the gingerbread houses. without her, this wouldnt have been possible.

the way hot chocolate should be

i tried out this recipe for the first time last week and it is a winner. and a homemade marshmallow completes the experience.

hot chocolate

1 cup water

5 ounces unsweetened chocolate

2 cups sugar

1 pint whipping cream

milk

in a large saucepan, melt chocolate and water. add sugar, stirring until dissolved. cool and refrigerate. whip cream. add chocolate mixture and whip a little more. transfer to a container and store in refrigerator (stays fresh for about a week). to serve: add 2-3 heaping teaspoonfuls of chocolate mixture to hot milk. stir and enjoy.