Our First Roadtrip

We went to Lexington to see Uncle Chase and Aunt Tay this weekend. We didn't take too many pictures because we were too busy playing and it was freezing outside! We had the sweetest sign outside to welcome Deacon to Lexington. Tay's friends were so excited to meet him!

We shopped on Friday then Mimmie and Poppa joined us on Saturday for the game. The girls left at halftime to shop some more-due to the weather Deacon came with the girls against his better judgement. We had so much fun. The food good and the shopping was great. We aren't big mall shoppers and neither is anyone in my family so we hit up every TJ Maxx, Homegoods and Marshalls we could find! Thanks Aunt Tay for a fun weekend!

Pray for us this week as we are working on Deacon's sleeping. He prefers to be held while he sleeps which is fine by me since I've waited for these moments my whole life. It makes it difficult though when other people keep him. Although, Mimmie would be fine with holding him while he sleeps too we know we have to eventually break the habit so we are starting now...well actually we started last night. He has slept with us since the day he was born and I don't regret one day of it. Our next child will cosleep with us the first few months as well. We have enjoyed our family bed so much but we need to work on developing better sleeping habits. Last night he slept in his pack n play from 7:50 p.m.- 6:50 a.m although he got up every hour or hour and a half and had to be patted back to sleep. We are pretty pleased for the first night and hope tonight is even better.

He is now napping in his crib which is a struggle but I know he is getting good rest. We aren't letting him cry it out as this isn't us at all. I didn't know you could sleep train without using the crying it out method so our friend Kristin is a God-send for telling us of this method. She also stayed by her phone all night and answered my many questions. I'm blessed to have her in my life. She helped me get through the night since Derek was working which made me want to give up many times!

I know people who have used the Cry-it-out/Babywise/Ferber method and it worked great for them and they have happy healthy children. However, I wasn't equipped that way so I had to find another method. It makes it hard since D isn't here at night because I want to cave in but we made it through night one! When he cried I comforted him but I did not let him in our bed! Hoping for another good night tonight.

Here are the Lexington pics: