Thursday, May 21, 2009
Go Reuben!
Reuben graduated and now he and his family have moved far, far away. We went down to Coralville to celebrate with them and took these last pictures with them.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Humbled & Grateful
I have just been blog-hopping, finding people I sort of know and reading what they are up to. What I found humbled me. So many people are going through really difficult things and my life is relatively good right now. In fact, my life has been relatively good for most of my life. I wish I knew these people better so that I could offer my help, my shoulder to cry on, my support, what ever they needed.
Plus, I was talking to my Mom today and through the conversation it came up that one of my best friend's (from home) mom was really sick with cancer. I knew she had cancer, she's had it for several years, but I didn't know how advanced it was and how poor her body has become. Her spirit is doing great, she feels good, no pain, and is out doing things, but she is living on a miracle right now. And who knows how long it will last.
I feel bad, because in my emails with this friend, her Mom's health has never really come up. Looking back, it seems like all of our emails are more on the superficial side. I love my friend and don't really know what to say. I wish I could be there with her.
By writing this some people might say that I am opening myself up for a major trial. I hope not, I'm not sure I am as strong as the others I see. I guess the true title for my post should be GRATEFUL. I am so grateful for my life and the blessings I have. I'm grateful that my family is healthy. I'm grateful that we are able to pay our bills and many student loans. I'm grateful my husband loves me and tries to make life easier for me, and appreciates me and the little I do. I'm grateful for friends. I'm grateful for the beautiful world we live in and the amazing colors and animals that are all around us. I'm grateful that I know how to cook and am comfortable with trying to recipes.
I'm grateful that Eli is such a good kid. That he's potty training well, that he goes to bed without much fuss, that he helps me clean up and wants to help me with Everything. I'm grateful he is eating so well lately. I'm grateful that he loves music and likes to sing Primary songs.
I'm grateful that Josh is learning to sleep on his own and sleep longer through the night. I'm grateful that he loves me and smiles when he sees me. I'm grateful he is learning to crawl and growing, discovering new things.
I'm grateful for my family. For my brother who is getting married soon and his fiance. I'm grateful for my sisters for sending me sweet notes, and being so generous to me. I'm grateful to my brothers for their friendship and protectiveness. I'm grateful to my MIL for her kindness and acceptance. I'm grateful to my FIL for raising such a wonderful son.
I'm starting to cry as I write this. I have so many blessings. It has been a long time since I have written them out like this, and I could go on but I don't think people really want to read this post. I guess this one is more for me.
Plus, I was talking to my Mom today and through the conversation it came up that one of my best friend's (from home) mom was really sick with cancer. I knew she had cancer, she's had it for several years, but I didn't know how advanced it was and how poor her body has become. Her spirit is doing great, she feels good, no pain, and is out doing things, but she is living on a miracle right now. And who knows how long it will last.
I feel bad, because in my emails with this friend, her Mom's health has never really come up. Looking back, it seems like all of our emails are more on the superficial side. I love my friend and don't really know what to say. I wish I could be there with her.
By writing this some people might say that I am opening myself up for a major trial. I hope not, I'm not sure I am as strong as the others I see. I guess the true title for my post should be GRATEFUL. I am so grateful for my life and the blessings I have. I'm grateful that my family is healthy. I'm grateful that we are able to pay our bills and many student loans. I'm grateful my husband loves me and tries to make life easier for me, and appreciates me and the little I do. I'm grateful for friends. I'm grateful for the beautiful world we live in and the amazing colors and animals that are all around us. I'm grateful that I know how to cook and am comfortable with trying to recipes.
I'm grateful that Eli is such a good kid. That he's potty training well, that he goes to bed without much fuss, that he helps me clean up and wants to help me with Everything. I'm grateful he is eating so well lately. I'm grateful that he loves music and likes to sing Primary songs.
I'm grateful that Josh is learning to sleep on his own and sleep longer through the night. I'm grateful that he loves me and smiles when he sees me. I'm grateful he is learning to crawl and growing, discovering new things.
I'm grateful for my family. For my brother who is getting married soon and his fiance. I'm grateful for my sisters for sending me sweet notes, and being so generous to me. I'm grateful to my brothers for their friendship and protectiveness. I'm grateful to my MIL for her kindness and acceptance. I'm grateful to my FIL for raising such a wonderful son.
I'm starting to cry as I write this. I have so many blessings. It has been a long time since I have written them out like this, and I could go on but I don't think people really want to read this post. I guess this one is more for me.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Movies
Seven Pounds - ***
Great movie! Morgan and I really enjoyed it. We didn't know much about it, and I preferred it that way. This is a serious drama though, so you need to be in the mood for it to be able to enjoy it. It was a little confusing at first because there were 3 different time periods that you were dealing with.
Fred Claus - **
I didn't watch much of this, but Eli and Morgan enjoyed it. Nice little Christmas flick. My favorite scene was the "Brothers support group" it had such stars as Bill Clinton's brother, one of the Baldwin brothers, Silvester Stalones brother, and maybe others but those were the main ones.
Because I Said So - *
Not worth seeing, I wouldn't recommend it.
Over Her Dead Body - **
This was okay. Nothing special, but it was fine.
Great movie! Morgan and I really enjoyed it. We didn't know much about it, and I preferred it that way. This is a serious drama though, so you need to be in the mood for it to be able to enjoy it. It was a little confusing at first because there were 3 different time periods that you were dealing with.
Fred Claus - **
I didn't watch much of this, but Eli and Morgan enjoyed it. Nice little Christmas flick. My favorite scene was the "Brothers support group" it had such stars as Bill Clinton's brother, one of the Baldwin brothers, Silvester Stalones brother, and maybe others but those were the main ones.
Because I Said So - *
Not worth seeing, I wouldn't recommend it.
Over Her Dead Body - **
This was okay. Nothing special, but it was fine.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
HUNGER
Eli must be going through a growth spurt. He is ALWAYS hungry. I feel like I have a teenage boy. Eli will wake up, eat breakfast and an hour later tell me he is hungry. Today he had 3 bowls of cornflakes and still was asking for more.
We've never really had this problem before. When I was meeting with a nutritionist she asked what I did when Eli asked for food in between meals...what snacks I gave him. I thought about it and said that he never really asked between meals unless it was close to meal time (within an hour) then I would just have him wait. Now I am constantly trying to think of healthy snacks I can give him to tide him over.
We've never really had this problem before. When I was meeting with a nutritionist she asked what I did when Eli asked for food in between meals...what snacks I gave him. I thought about it and said that he never really asked between meals unless it was close to meal time (within an hour) then I would just have him wait. Now I am constantly trying to think of healthy snacks I can give him to tide him over.
Insomnia or Imsomnia?
A quick note I just noticed that my first title to this post was iMsomnia - just further evidence to how tired I am.
It started on a dark night about two weeks ago. Morgan was out of town for a work retreat. It was quiet, peaceful until a scream pierced through the night.
We have not had a good nights sleep in what seems like forever. Eli has been waking up in the middle of the night crying, calling for us. We've let him sleep on the floor in our bedroom. A couple of nights ago I woke up because I was squished and I thought Morgan was hogging the bed. When I looked over I find that Eli is in the middle. I figure Morgan must have gotten him and let him sleep in our bed and I didn't wake up for it.
In the morning Morgan asks something along the lines of why I let Eli in our bed when only the day before we had decided to let him sleep on our floor when he was going crazy. I looked at him and said, I didn't bring Eli into bed, I thought YOU did.
That's right. Eli woke up on his own, and had to have climbed Over top of one of us to get in the middle of the bed.
Luckily that hasn't happened again, and we've got him to stay in his own room the last two nights. Unfortunately Josh is on a no-sleeping kick too. I just don't know what to do about Josh. He wakes up crying, if I hold him he will immediately relax and start going back to sleep, but the moment I put him in his crib he'll wake up crying again.
We've decided to try to teach Josh to go to sleep on his own, hoping that will solve the problem. (Plus he needs to learn how to do it anyway.) Today he cried for 45 minutes, slept for 20 and woke up crying again. I finally caved and put him to sleep because he was so tired and cranky. Even then he didn't sleep for long, but at least he woke up happy!
It started on a dark night about two weeks ago. Morgan was out of town for a work retreat. It was quiet, peaceful until a scream pierced through the night.
We have not had a good nights sleep in what seems like forever. Eli has been waking up in the middle of the night crying, calling for us. We've let him sleep on the floor in our bedroom. A couple of nights ago I woke up because I was squished and I thought Morgan was hogging the bed. When I looked over I find that Eli is in the middle. I figure Morgan must have gotten him and let him sleep in our bed and I didn't wake up for it.
In the morning Morgan asks something along the lines of why I let Eli in our bed when only the day before we had decided to let him sleep on our floor when he was going crazy. I looked at him and said, I didn't bring Eli into bed, I thought YOU did.
That's right. Eli woke up on his own, and had to have climbed Over top of one of us to get in the middle of the bed.
Luckily that hasn't happened again, and we've got him to stay in his own room the last two nights. Unfortunately Josh is on a no-sleeping kick too. I just don't know what to do about Josh. He wakes up crying, if I hold him he will immediately relax and start going back to sleep, but the moment I put him in his crib he'll wake up crying again.
We've decided to try to teach Josh to go to sleep on his own, hoping that will solve the problem. (Plus he needs to learn how to do it anyway.) Today he cried for 45 minutes, slept for 20 and woke up crying again. I finally caved and put him to sleep because he was so tired and cranky. Even then he didn't sleep for long, but at least he woke up happy!
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