Travel plans and more FERBER!@!#

Hello all-

Well, the interesting news is that after a year and a half, we finally gave in and changed our cell phone numbers. No one can say that we move too quickly in making these monumental changes. In case I forgot to send an e-mail, you can just leave me a message here and I will get in touch with you.

Also, in news, I have lots of work-related travel coming up in the next few months. I'll be headed to Las Vegas for a conference, headed to DC for a committee meeting and then the piece de resistance is the trip to Boca Raton with Al for the National Convention of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. Yay! Should be a complete blast! Lots of work ahead, but lots to look forward to.

Other than that, the Ferber method is still providing challenges.. Luke has gotten a lot better about going to bed, but he still wakes up about 3 times per night. Uggg... at least it isn't an hour long routine now, but having to get up and tell Luke to go back to bed mutiple times a night isn't fun.

So, onward....

In other interesting news, we had snow sticking on the grass and falling all morning here. I'm getting really ticked off the global warming seems to have zero warming benefits in Minnesota... I kind of figured that if global warming was really happening, Minnesota would be more temperate. Not the case thus far...

Hell is ferberizing

Well, we have finally hit the limit with Luke's night escapades. The whole family is exhausted and we can't handle this as we gear up for a new baby. So, we are using the Ferber method to get Luke to sleep in his own bed. The first night (Friday) consisted of two full hours of screaming/shrieking. It was phenomenal. Then, he managed to get about 7 1/2 hours of sleep and he screamed from 5:30-6:30 am. We are currently into the first half hour of naptime screaming. Luke is clearly so tired that he is a walking zombie, but he still refuses to sleep. The running commentary to explain Luke's anguish usually consists of "mommy, hold Luke." "Mommy where are you NOW?!?" "mommy, let me out." and then a series of mommy... It is so horrific to hear your child in such frustration and not do a thing. Of course, the alternative is to have to deal with this when he hits college.

IN other fun news... Al lost one of his front teeth at breakfast this morning.

Seriously, it has been one for the record books.

On the plus side, we went to a great breakfast at a place in downtown Minneapolis called Hell's Kitchen.

More details to follow....

I'm dreaming of a WHITE mid-April

I know, I know... I haven't been blogging much lately. Between being completely exhausted from the pregnancy, having a toddler who refuses to sleep through the night on his own, and my busiest time of year gearing up for the proxy and 10-K... I just haven't had the time or energy to be posting on the blog. Sorry.

Things here are super duper busy... which is helping out quite a bit... otherwise I might get more upset about the SNOW! Yes, snow. Whoever came up with global warming is a complete moron and obviously is not spending any time in mid-April in Minnesota when we are expecting up to 10 inches of the white stuff. Seriously... we have now had over 6 months of snowy weather. When we moved to Minnesota, I was fairly sold on the idea that with global warming, we would be living the high life as the Minnesota weather would be much more moderate. For a planet that is warming, this is pretty freakin' cold! Al has refused to start up the snowblower and figures that if he doesn't plow it, it isn't there. As a side note, I am betting that he will be plowing it tomorrow to let me get to work.

Luke is doing well. He continues with his Kindergym and Music lessons. He is just a happy go lucky little chap. I think that we will be enrolling him in soccer this fall and having him take swimming lessons again over the summer. We need to find a way to tap that energy.. Frankly, if I could harness toddler energy and convert it into a commercial enterprise, I would probably be a millionaire.

On the horizon, is the chance that Al and I may have a double date on Sunday with the Lamberts. We may hit the Melting Pot for a last lunch/early dinner. YUM!

Well, I will update more once the snow melts and spring arrives... or maybe in May- whichever comes first.