{sleep and standing}

***WARNING***  screachy, excited mommy voice ahead.  You might want to turn down your volume :)  

Well, my kids won't sleep, but they can pull themselves up to stand!  This video was taken about 10pm last night.  They're back on a sleep strike.  Cool.  Anyway, I put them in their cribs and I heard giggling and rustling coming from Coach's crib.  Usually they're fussy or screaming, so I looked over in his general direction and here's what I saw:

I thought to myself, I just lowered their cribs, no way is that kneeling!  So I flip the light on and find this:

He's been kneeling for a while, but still somehow scared to take that next step.  Well ladies and gents, he's figured it out, my son can pull up to stand!  He's so darn proud of himself, if you can't tell in that video :)  My babies are becoming little kids. 

lack of Sleep.  The babies go down around 7:30p.  We put them in their beds and if we're lucky they'll snooze for a couple hours.  If we're not lucky, they skip this "nap" all together and are monsters.  I'm not a big fan of CIO, but my babies need to go to bed MUCH earlier than what they're averaging now, which I'm embarrassed to say is around 10pm.  They nap all evening, but they won't stay asleep.  I'm at a loss.  They sleep in late in the morning, so I'm not worried about them getting too few zzz's, I just want them in bed at a reasonable hour.

I'm scared CIO is our only option.  Here's the thing.  Fancy REFUSES to CIO.  She just keeps on crying.  And crying.  And CRYING.  Literally.  She's like her momma, she never lets anything go.  Ugh.

Also, my great Aunt Mary and Uncle Jim have had some very bad medical news lately.  Can you keep them and all my cousins, etc in your prayers?  Much appreciated.