A Mother's Rant

Sleep... what's that? Now, I know that the majority of parents can relate to not getting much sleep as their little ones grow... but when you can't remember anything from 8pm to 6am, including rather substantial arguments with your spouse among other things, you know you've hit a breaking point. I don't think I could have any type of rational conversation with someone who tells me how their baby was sleeping through the night at 8 weeks old. Grr....
So here I sit... on the lap top due to our 3 year old now sleeping in our office. We've been trying to get James to sleep better through the night and after experimenting with Noah sleeping downstairs we discovered that James sleeps much better without sharing a room. To keep our sanity and savor our entertainment in the downstairs of our home we opted to convert our office to a "bedroom" for Noah until James sleeps better. This has been great so far...well other than the lack of office space from 8pm to 7am.
So with James still not sleeping the greatest Greg and I have been on edge... making our efforts to "deal" with Noah's testing behaviors inconsistent at best. I think there is something to be said for survival mode, especially when you are trying to combine two different people's ideas of how to manage things. It is times like this that I remind myself that children are resilient but also unfortunately why I am guaranteed job security in the profession I currently am in. I would argue that parenting is the most difficult and rewarding part of life.

In other news:

Noah had his very first day of Sunday School today.I could tell he was nervous by his promptly flopping to the floor the second we walked into the church. I did have to fight back the tears as my little guy walked from the children's sermon to his classroom and didn't look back. We found him eating a cookie and having some milk. He proceeded to tell us about singing songs about Jesus the rest of the day. Proud Mama! He keeps saying the he is going to go to Sunday School tomorrow... wonder if he will make it a whole week!

James continues to cruise around the house, furniture, etc. I can't believe how mobile he has become in the last couple of weeks! I can't imagine it is going to be too long before he is walking!

Greg is well on his way to fall semester beginning. He is taking two classes this semester one of which is Saturday's in the Twin Cities. Golf and Softball are done for the year but he has taken on a new adventure of singing on a worship team for our Wednesday night service at church.

I am also helping as a confirmation guide this year at church. My group is with 7th grade boys! Looking forward to meeting new families and working with youth again!

We recently went on a long weekend vacation with Greg's family. We'll have to do a separate post for that to include stories of Noah fishing as well as pictures and possibly a video or two....

Stay tuned....