March Madness!

 Yes, it is that wonderful time of year...March Madness!  I believe this is the 11th year (less one for the birth of a nephew:)) that Jason, his brother Brian, and his dad have made the trip to Las Vegas for the opening rounds of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  The three of them and 1000's of other crazy college basketball fans and spring breakers are all hustling and bustling to get there and stay up all night.  Well, Kyley and I have been having our own "March Madness" here at home the last 4 days.  Of course she has been nonstop go, go, go as is expected at this age.  However, little did we know that her teething and tiredness would get the best of her while her daddy was away.  And, I think it is possible that she may be a little disrupted by the change in schedule.  She is VERY routine and having her daddy here for one on one time is definitely a part of that.  I guess it could also be that she just misses the only other face that she gets to see, and she is plain sick of me...she deserves a break too!  Yet, you would never know by the smiling, bubbly face in all of the pictures I have taken while Jason has been gone.  I was taking them to send to her daddy, and she was a willing subject every time.  It was like she knew she had to smile to make him think "don't listen to mommy...I am happy as can be and giving her no grief at all"!  That is the craziest part about kiddos at this stage...it is madness:)!  She can be as fussy as a bear one minute, fighting her nap and then smiling and giggling the next.  Kyley has spent the days going through every teething ring she owns and then chewing on anything and everything she can get her hands on.  All the while drooling everywhere...there better be a tooth soon!  Her naps have been shorter and bedtime has been taking longer, so we just chalked it up to the teeth.  However, I am a big reader and have been reading the "No Cry, Nap Solution" as I want to get her napping schedule on track and in her crib.  As I was reading I started realizing that maybe the early bed time we had moved her to was not early enough.  So, I figured it was worth a shot.  Well, last night she was in bed by 7:30 PM after less than 5 minutes of rocking.   I hear her starting to move right now almost 12 hours later with only 1 night time waking (and that was at 5:45 AM).  So, I am not sure if we will see teeth anytime soon, but we are working toward a happier baby back to her normal nights of restful sleep.  Maybe she just did not want to adjust to the time change...either way...it will work if I can see this happy face more often!.