Bumbershoot

I haven't updated the blog in awhile because this little guy has kept me VERY busy and VERY tired. The kid just does NOT sleep. I knew I shouldn't have written so enthusiastically about the rice cereal being the answer to our problems. It helped a lot for about 2 or 3 days but then right back to not sleeping. He is a very happy and social boy when he has gotten some rest and I must say he can really get by with very little sleep (I wish I could say the same) but eventually he hits his threshold and just gets too overtired and goes crazy and then it is hard to calm him down to sleep. I've been trying to catch him before he gets too tired but even still it takes sometimes a good 30 minutes to get him to sleep and then often he will only sleep for 30-45 minutes. Oh, how I miss the days of having a baby (Josie) who slept anywhere and everywhere. I had NO idea what a good sleeper she was until Benjamin came along. I'm holding out hope that someday he will become a much better sleeper and I will someday get more than 4 or 5 hours of very interrupted sleep a night....
OK, enough complaining and onto updating.

Over Labor Day we went to a Bumbershoot 40th bday hat party. Juli and Josie decorated hats for us to wear.

Even Benjamin got in on the fun.

Bryn joined us on our Bumbershoot weekend.

Josie is sometimes a rather aggressive snugger.

The girls had a great time at the community painting station.