Lovely

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Babies Don’t Keep by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth, Empty the dustpan, poison the moth, Hang out the washing, make up the bed, Sew on a button and butter the bread. Where is the mother whose house is so shocking? She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking. Oh, I’ve grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue, Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo The shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew And out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo But I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo Look! Aren’t his eyes the most wonderful hue? Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.
The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow But children grow up as I’ve learned to my sorrow. So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep! I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.
So I know I don't always get this put away like I would like but I remember this poem and think that its okay that things can wait. I love that Iain is still little but one day in the not so far away future he will be headed to school and I won't be with him all day long. But for the the moment things can wait to be put away my little guy is here wanting to explore this world. And I want to show it to him and see everything for the first time with him. To experience it all again because its all new and so exciting when you have a little person to show it too. So, the dishes and clothes can wait for a while. I realized that I was wishing Iain was older so he could tell me what he needs. Shortly after that thought I came to the realization that he wasn't always going to be this little and this time was special and to cherish this time for as long as it last because it won't last. There are days that I wish he was still a little baby but right now Iain is so much fun right now. He is so full of adventure and wonder that I can't wait till we are exploring this world together. So I'll stop wishing for him to be tiny again and be happy with right now.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Iain has leanred a new word...

My baby has added a new word to his vocabulary. This morning while I was putting a way the dishes, Iain said gram and a minute later added ma. (So for those of you that don't know my mom is Gram and Brian's mom is Grandma. So technically he has added 2 words to his list). His list of words...
  1. Mama
  2. Dada
  3. Hi
  4. Out side
  5. Yeah
  6. Hey
  7. Dug (for dog)
  8. Gram
  9. Grandma
  10. Up
  11. Bye-bye
  12. Uh-oh
  13. Da (for down)
  14. Appa (for apple)
  15. Bapah (for bath)
Wow I didn't realize that he said 12 words. My regular little talker. He is so very smart. He understands so much of what we say that we really have to watch what we do and say around him. I love my little man. Iain also points to his ears, eyes, nose, hair, mouth and toes. When we play this game with him he wiggles his toes when asked where they are and he makes this face and you just know he is so thrilled for himself. Its so funny.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Hair cuts and a trip to the temple

Well, we all finally got hair cuts today. Brian and I wanted to go to the temple today. But we didn't realize that the last session started at 4pm. We left the house at 3:30pm and traffic was horrid. It took us over an hour and half to get to the temple. So, Brian and I decided to sit on the grounds and talk for a little while before we headed back to the house. After we left the temple we went to the book store because it had started to rain hard and we didn't want to be on the road in that weather. All in all not a bad day. Kinda wish that we had been able to go to the temple.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Things I've learned as a wife and mother...

To look outside myself for help when I'm in need of it. My greatest joys are my husband and son. The gospel that has/is such a big part of my life. A roof over our heads (even if it is with my in-laws) To look for adventure/new beginnings every day. Teaching our son about who he is and where he came from. Teaching our son about the world around him. To always count my blessings.

Still not sleeping...

Okay that's not all true. Iain does sleep through the night once in a blue moon. But most of the time he screams at us till someone comes and gets him. Still there are days that he will just stare at the ceiling for hours and than stare out the window till he gets bored (no screaming when he does this). But it's not every time. Brian and I are not getting the sleep we need because of this (one of many reasons). We have read Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child ( I've read so many books on this subject I think I could scream); we have decided that we are going to do the cry it out method. What did you guys do?

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Things are starting to go right

Well things have been pretty rocky lately for us but we started to actually talk to one another. Things that have been bothering us and we just didn't hold back. Brian and I started to spend time together again (instead of just sitting in the same room watching TV on different couches). We get out of the house and talk (we even hold hands...gasp). Its so nice to be on the same page again. I don't know why or even when things started to derail for us. But that's all behind us now.