Jun
24
![IMG_1697 [800x600]](http://www.rndpig.com/wp-content/gallery/img_1736-800x600/thumbs/thumbs_IMG_1697 [800x600].jpg "June 2011 When Daddy is Away")
Ryan was away at a conference and another talk earlier this month for a week or so. The kids and I adjusted pretty well. Allie was a big help and at the end of one exhausting day, I gave up and let Josh cry it out in the middle of the night which put us …
Jun
16
![02 IMG_7408 [800x600]](http://www.rndpig.com/wp-content/gallery/img_7422-800x600/thumbs/thumbs_IMG_7408 [800x600].jpg "June 2011 8 Months Old")
And sleeping through the night. Might be the best news ever! It was a long time coming, partly because he didn’t eat at day care well, partly because it was easier to feed him and everyone go back to bed than it was to listen to him cry. But the important thing is that everyone …
May
22
I say finally because I have been trying for weeks to get to Portrait Innovations for pictures. Josh slept through the pictures at Christmas so they were a bit of a bust. And by this time, Allie had two portrait sessions under her belt. Poor second child, right? Even though Nana and Papa were coming …
Apr
25
![03 photo 2 (2) [800x600]](http://www.rndpig.com/wp-content/gallery/photo-3-2-800x600/thumbs/thumbs_photo 2 (2) [800x600].jpg "April 25 2011")
Most of our life with Josh revolves around him sleeping. Or put more precisely, not sleeping. He simply isn’t a great sleeper which is so surprising given his size and the fact that for 2-3 blissful weeks before Christmas, he slept 8 hours straight at night. These days, it is pretty common that he wakes …
Apr
19
![04 IMG_7335 [800x600]](http://www.rndpig.com/wp-content/gallery/6-months/thumbs/thumbs_IMG_7335 [800x600].jpg "April 2011 6 months")
He is actually older than that now but as usual, life got in the way of getting this up on time. At his 6 month check up, Josh weighed 20 pounds and 12 ounces putting him in the 92nd percentile. He also grew almost 2 inches in 2 months putting him at 26 and 3/8 …
Apr
11
![09 IMG_7270 [800x600]](http://www.rndpig.com/wp-content/gallery/dilger-easter/thumbs/thumbs_IMG_7270 [800x600].jpg "April 11 2011 Dilger Easter")
We traveled to the Dilgers this weekend to have an early Easter and meet Baby Case. I am always surprised how well the kids do in the car. We did a fair amount of night-driving both on the way there and back and both kids slept. Allie also enjoyed playing on the iPad and watching …
Apr
08
![07 [800x600]](http://www.rndpig.com/wp-content/gallery/22-800x600/thumbs/thumbs_7 [800x600].jpg "April 2011 Pictures from Beth")
The kids and mommy traveled to Chicago a few weekends ago to visit friends who were moving away. We will miss having the Bokmeyers close to us but we are excited for them to be closer to their family. And Dallas is only a plane ride away! Another friend met us there and she took …
Apr
07
We do have some pictures and stories and stuff but we’ll let Josh do the talking today.
Mar
30
So the big guy is really starting to babble and can often ‘talk’ his big sister under the table. Here’s a sample vid we grabbed at the dinner table last night (note: he loves chewing on towels!)
Mar
15
This past weekend, we took some 5 month old pictures of Josh. He is looking very grown-up these days sporting two new teeth and everything. Hopefully, the teeth are what is causing the poor sleep because Mommy and Daddy are tired. Josh had been waking up to eat twice a night but recently he’s added …