Since I don't take pictures I'll at least update you, I guess....I'm not sure how much Sully has grown in the past couple of weeks. I started getting worried because he slowed down drastically when I returned to work, but I think he's doing better. I've been busy on Wed's so I haven't gotten to take him to breastfeeding group. He is doing better at Pepper's and when I'm gone. This weekend he took 14-15 ounces each day!! He is still rather fussy most of the time, but I have decided it's just his personality. He requires constant attention. He will roll from front to back and play for short periods now. I am praying there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I am going to seriously try and schedule him- the others just went with the flow, but I think Sully is going to need the routine of it.

I am really struggling with being productive at home. I have been logging Sully's day this week to see if I can find any pattern in his napping. Not so much. Yesterday was pretty good with 2 longerish naps and 2 short ones.....today he has been up an hour, asleep an hour, up an hour, asleep an hour, and so on. I've been letting him fuss for awhile when he wakes up after only a short time to see if he'll go back to sleep. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's super hard to get anything done at all when he requires such constant attention/holding and sleeps for such short periods.

Nights have become awful, for whatever reason. He's getting up at least twice a night again. It honestly wouldn't be that bad, except that for WEEKS he slept through the night or at least close to it. So now getting up with him is sheer torture, I feel like a zombie all day long, and I have barely any patience with the big kids. I am very thankful there are 2 of them so close in age now and that they can entertain each other so well. Some days are better than others, but lots of the time they will play.

I think I have given up on doing my triathlon in September. There just isn't any way. My running IS improving drastically though. It still feels really awful, but I am at least able to do it. I really don't have any time to truly train for this race with Sully being so young and needy. I can't take him to the gym with me until he is 6 months old. I am glad I at least TRIED to get in shape for it, though, because it has motivated me to not be lazy and fat forever. My goal is for at least 2 races next year. Surely by then I'll be able to, and hopefully also able to loose a few lbs.

Not too much else is going on. We are planning to take the kids to St. Louis for a couple of nights on Labor Day weekend to go to the zoo and just get away. I'm hoping there will be good weather. The kids start school the week after that. I think we are all excited for that! They really need something to do besides watch TV and sit around home. It will be nice for them to have that routine.