One amazing husband!

Have I ever told you what an amazing husband I have? Well I will tell you now! I never thought growing up that I would ever marry someone like Scott. I had hopes for someone like Scott but didnt think men like that really existed. I figured I would rather be single than have a husband who drank or didnt respect me. Scott is so patient! I dont know how because Im not at all patient, but he never ever looses his temper with me or our kids. Today I was having a terrible day and felt like I was being a jerk and he still went out in the rain to Mrs Curl to get me some ice cream. Why? I dont know! God knew I could never handle a husband who yelled or a husband who drank even one beer because of my upbringing so being the Most Gracious God ever he gave me the perfect husband for me! Yes he does have faults but they are hard to see in a man like Scott. He is even a hottie!!! Our kids and I are so blessed to have Scott in our lives!

Im at a loss!

So when I talk to all of these experienced Mothers out there I hang on to so much of what they say because I need all the help I can get. However, one thing Ive been told by so many of these Mothers is that rest time for non-nappers are essential for both me and my kiddos. So I had in my mind that it must work well then and I would get a full hour of me time. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What a joke!! Rest time/nap time has become the absolute worst time of my day! I hate it and I dread it! First of all, 1pm is rest time/nap time. Caleb goes down for his second nap so it should work out perfectly. Right. Ryan goes to her room to rest and Bekah goes to her room to "nap." This should be awesome! Nope not at all! Ryan is so worried that I will forget that Calliou starts at 2pm and she will miss it therefore she asks every 10 min or less if rest time is over. Yes we have put a timer in her room and that did not help one bit! Bekah is only 2 and thinks she is as big as Ryan and wants no part of actually sleeping. If I do not sit by her bedroom door she Will Not stay in her bed no matter what the consequence. She will take herself potty a dozen times and never actually go, she will get clothes out of her drawer to change into a more comfortable pair of pants, and she will simply wander in circles around her room. If we do get her to actually sleep it isnt until 2:30pm. So if you want to see Jennifer in a really Bad mood then stop by around 1:30pm because usually by then Im fuming!! Scott and I have gone over thousands of ideas to fix our problem and have tried some only to conclude they didnt work either. We decided to not care if Bekah naps and just let her have rest time/room time like Ryan. Well by 4-5pm she is tired and sometimes falls asleep. That then makes it hard to get her to bed at night again. Which is a problem if she takes a nap at all really. We have had nights where Scott and I have gone to bed at our usual 10pm and she is still awake. One night Bekah was awake until 11:45pm!!! I was fuming again!! So this brought Scott and I to try only letting the girl nap for 30min-1 hour. Yah that was terrible too! This only made the girl whinny and grumpy. She took almost 2 hrs to really wake up and play well again. We are afraid if she quits taking naps which she obviously needs still that she will get sick more often and be a grouch! After 3 days in a row without a nap she is unbearable in the mornings let alone in the evenings! If she misses the nap we have to put her to bed by 7pm which will not be any fun come spring and summer. Scott will have barely been home from work which is not good for either of them. Scott does not like what this rest time/nap time does to me or the kids. It only makes us all miserable when we have been told it is supposed to be medicine for all of our souls. I dont know what Im going to do but I know I cant continue doing what we are doing much longer. I know one thing for sure...We need to do what works best for OUR family! That just may not be what everyone else does. Please let me know if you have an unconvential way of doing things that might just work for us!

Tonsilectomy

Well it is finally over! Bekah had her surgery two weeks ago today. As soon as the surgery was over and I saw how miserable my little girl was I started thinking Scott and I had made the wrong decision. Afterall, was Bekah's snoring really that bad? Maybe she was waking in the night crying because of bad dreams and not sleep apnea. Scott of course said it is too late and we cannot worry if it was the wrong decision. The dr told us it would take up to a month before we noticed a change in the snoring. However, after 2 days the girl stopped snoring and was sleeping through the night! On pain meds of course but still sleeping through the night. Bekah hadnt slept through the night in over 5 months!! So it was then I realized yes we did make the right decision even if she does suffer for a couple weeks from the pain. It was a very long first week! Bekah basically cried the first 3 days all day. On top of that Ryan developed a small cold and was jealous of all of the attention Bekah was receiving. I wanted to pull my hair out, comfort my child, scream, cry, and wanted it all to end. But we made it through and by the end of the first week we could see our Bekah coming back to herself. She is now sleeping very well and almost too well these days. She isnt wanting to take naps anymore. When she does take a nap she will not fall asleep until 10pm or 11pm!! We just dont know what to do! She is too young to give up naps and after a couple days is way too tired. Weve tried a lot of things so Im not sure what we will do about this. Very frustrating!! Maybe skip the nap and go to bed at 7pm instead of 8pm. We did that tonight wo we will see how that pans out. We may just have a very frustrating year ahead of us.

Ryan has been enjoying speech class. I didnt realize that we would basically be reteaching her vocabulary. For example, when she says back or bat they both sound like ba when she says them. Or Moo and Moon both come out Moo. Basically she leaves the last letter sound off of every word which is hard to understand when so many words have the same beginning sound. She is doing great and loves working on her words. In a couple months Im sure we will see a huge improvement!

Caleb is 5 Months old!!! Such a big boy! Not sure his measurements but I can hold him and know he is growing. He is so much easier to hold and entertain. He still sleeps almost 18 hours out of the 24 because he is a sleepy head! I feel like Im constantly putting him to bed. Hopefully he will get rid of his late nap soon. He loves his cereal in the evenings. I plan to start some fruits and veggies in a week or two. I havent added any more cereal during the day because he is having trouble enough pooping it all out! He is so close to sitting up on his own and rolling over with all those rolls on his legs! His favorite activity is naked time at 7pm! haha! He also enjoys Ryan in his face. By in his face I mean litterally. She just doesnt understand personal space yet! He giggles anytime Ryan comes near him. He had a few nights where he slept all night until 6:30am or 7am. To be honest I hated it bc I couldnt go back to sleep which made for a longer day. However when he wakes between 4 or 5am I can easily go right back to sleep and sleep until 8am when the girls get up. I prefer it and actually hope it stays this way. Im usually not sleeping well by 4am anyway so I might as well nurse. After nursing I sleep amazingly well and he is finished within 10-15 min!

We are hoping to have a great week getting back into our routine and enjoying the warmer weather!!!! Yeah!!